Netnod: the Successful Case of the First Swedish

Patrik Fältström

Head of Research and Development Netnod What is Netnod?

• A company owned by a foundation • Not for profit Luleå • Runs: • IX in 6 locations

• DNS on 45 locations

• Distributes time Göteborg

Malmö Traditional view

Service A Service B Service C Transport A Transport B Transport C

Each service have its own transport Today, with Internet

Service A, B and C Internet Transport Abstraction is key! Service

Independence! Internet

Transport Sharing is caring Competition Service Internet Transmission Fiber Ducts Sharing Ground Sharing is caring Service Internet Competition Transmission Sharing Fiber Ducts Ground Sharing is caring Service Competition Internet Sharing Transmission Fiber Ducts Ground Sharing is caring Service Internet Transmission Competition Fiber Sharing Ducts Ground Example questions to ask? • Is there interest from ISPs to compete with that product? • Will ISPs together save money if the product is shared? • Will provider of the service compete with its customers, the ISPs? The Netnod story... Summer of 1991

Sunet

Telia Tele2

Tele2 was the first commercial ISP in ! Tele2 and Telia wanted to exchange traffic

Sunet

Telia Tele2 n(n - 1) Connections will with n nodes be 2 SUNET offered a solution at KTH

Sunet

Telia Tele2

Easy to do as there where dark fiber to rent! With central services

Sunet

Services

Telia Tele2

For example, first root server outside of the USA The model did grow

Sunet ISP B ISP A

Netnod

Telia Tele2 ISP C

...and Netnod was created Same structure at every location 5:th generation (today)

Stockholm C Stockholm B

10GE 10GE

ISP A ISP B ISP C Bunkers • Regulator PTS owns the bunkers • Specifically built for telecom • Only used for approved critical infrastructure Bergrum Bergrum

Division of labour 1991

• Swedish University Network bring • People, electricity, colocation, switch, services • City of Stockholm brought • Fiber via STOKAB • ISPs bring • Traffic Plan of 1996 • Swedish Government bring via The Knowledge Foundation initial money for the TU-Foundation • TU Foundation create and own Netnod • Netnod provide people, electricity, colocation, switch and services • Regulator PTS provide bunker for colocation • City of Stockholm provide fiber via STOKAB • ISPs bring traffic, pay for connections Division of labour 2012

• TU Foundation own Netnod • Netnod provide people, electricity, colocation, switch and services • Netnod rent colo space from regulator PTS • Netnod rent fiber from STOKAB • ISPs pay Netnod for IX connections • ccTLDs pay Netnod for DNS hosting Investments • Netnod got initial seed money of €500k in 1996 • Do not charge for root server or time • Do not get any help with funding • Charge for IX and DNS hosting • Regulator PTS have during the years made various investments, 1996-2004 €10M/year, later years less • STOKAB is carrying its own cost for fiber investments , and had 2011 26% revenue Patrik Fältström [email protected] e

http://www.netnod.se/