Current Internet Status and Current Internet Status and Trends in Russia. Trends in Russia.

Brief Survey and AnalysisBrief Survey and Analysis Dr.Sci. Andrei S. MendkovichDr.Sci. Andrei S. Mendkovich

asm@free.netasm@free.net

Dr. Alexander I. RusakovDr. Alexander I. Rusakov alex@free.netalex@free.net

Institute of the Information SocietyInstitute of the Information SocietyAcademic and Research Network FREEnetAcademic and Research Network FREEnet

Central and Eastern European Networking Association Central and Eastern European Networking Association

Brief History of Brief History of Russian computer Russian computer

networks networks

1969 - ARPANET1969 - ARPANET

FREEnet, RELCOM - 1991 FREEnet, RELCOM - 1991

SUEARN - December 199SUEARN - December 19900

1981 - BITNET1981 - BITNET

1986 - Internet (NSFnet)1986 - Internet (NSFnet)

Government decision on Government decision on «ОГСПД» - «ОГСПД» - State data State data

transport system - 1970 transport system - 1970

1994 - IPv6 1994 - IPv6 standardstandard

1991 - WWW (CERN)1991 - WWW (CERN)

Computer networking in USSR/RussiaComputer networking in USSR/Russia

1995 - vBNS1995 - vBNS

.SU TLD - September 199.SU TLD - September 19900

IASnet (X.25) 1987 IASnet (X.25) 1987

National backbone National backbone RBnet- 1996 RBnet- 1996

1999 - IPv6 address 1999 - IPv6 address allocation startedallocation startedConnection to 6bone - 1997 Connection to 6bone - 1997

IPv6 SubTLA (FREEnet) - 1999 IPv6 SubTLA (FREEnet) - 1999

MSK-6IX - 2000 MSK-6IX - 2000

International IPv6 line - 2001 International IPv6 line - 2001

Current Status of Current Status of Russian Internet Russian Internet

• Competition at city marketsCompetition at city markets

• Liberalisation of long distance telecommunication Liberalisation of long distance telecommunication

marketmarket

• Existence of technically advanced A&R networksExistence of technically advanced A&R networks

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1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Number of Russian Internet UsersNumber of Russian Internet Users

Competition at the city markets of the Internet Competition at the city markets of the Internet servicesservices

CityNumber of ISPs

(not less)

Moscow 100

Sanct-Peterburg 30

Ekaterinburg 20

Novosibirsk 15

Liberalisation of Russian longhawl Liberalisation of Russian longhawl channel marketchannel market

““Rostelecom”Rostelecom”

””Gaztelecom" и “Gazcom” (Gazprom)Gaztelecom" и “Gazcom” (Gazprom)

““TransTeleCom” (MPS) TransTeleCom” (MPS)

““Enifcom” (RAO UESEnifcom” (RAO UES)

Russian Russian Academic and Research Academic and Research

Networks Networks

The Information Age is about people and not The Information Age is about people and not

just about technology. In this the academic just about technology. In this the academic

community has a special responsibility and a community has a special responsibility and a

special role to play. It has to be at the special role to play. It has to be at the

forefront of the creation of the information forefront of the creation of the information

society both as a driving force and as a society both as a driving force and as a

testbed.testbed.

CEENet Tartu DeclarationCEENet Tartu Declaration

Tartu, EstoniaTartu, Estonia

31st of May 199731st of May 1997

4075TOTALTOTAL

STAR TAP155CERNCERN

Abilene (NYC)622JANETUK

STAR TAPSTAR TAP320320FASTNETFASTNETRURU

Abilene (NYC)622NORDUNETNordic

Abilene (NYC)1244SURFNETNL

STAR TAP45IUCCIsrael

Abilene (NYC)310HEANETIE

STAR TAP45RENATERFR

Abilene (NYC)155BELNETBE

Abilene (NYC)722DANTEEU

End point USACapacity (Mbit/s)

NetworkCountry

Trans-Atlantic lines capacityTrans-Atlantic lines capacity(A&R networks)(A&R networks)

National Network Infrastructure for National Network Infrastructure for Research and EducationResearch and Education

Russian Backbone Network Russian Backbone Network RBNetRBNet

FREEnetFREEnetAcademic and Research Academic and Research

NetworkNetwork

Backbone and regional networksBackbone and regional networks

Academic and Research networkAcademic and Research network FREEnetFREEnet

• 14 regions of Russia 14 regions of Russia

and Belorus Republicand Belorus Republic

• over 800 organizationsover 800 organizations

• over 50 000 computersover 50 000 computers

•Total international Total international

traffic about 30 Mbit/straffic about 30 Mbit/s

•Out/In ratio 5:4Out/In ratio 5:4

FREEnetFREEnet

• АТМ, GigabitEthernet, etc; АТМ, GigabitEthernet, etc;

• large scale network video conferences;large scale network video conferences;

• IPv6IPv6..

Implementation of new technologies and servicesImplementation of new technologies and services1996-20011996-2001

Leuk

BaselASP

2M

Sion

TokyoCRL

Intelsat 160E

Linz JKU

BerlinDTB

LjubljanaIJS

Aflenz

BudapestBUD

MadridUPM

BarcelonaUPC

MoscowMoscowIOCIOC

KievKSN

ReykjavikITR

Frankfurt

Athens DEM

PragueCES

OttawaCRC

Global-Russia

MinskACC

ISDN2M

BerkeleyUCB

Eutelsat IIF3

Eutelsat

Other Spanish sites

ATM-networkATM-network IST98/Global360IST98/Global360ATM-networkATM-network IST98/Global360IST98/Global360

Vienna ConferenceCentre

2M, TDMA

2M, SMS

Amsterdam

G360 Control Centre & StudioGSL

Uni Brno BRN

Digital Theatre

DTV

Tele-conference RoomTEL

PlenaryHall

PublicMBONE

CERN

TEN-34

Uni LausanneLAU

AveiroCET

PoznanPOZ

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl YARYAR

CEC, Brussels,via MBONE

Main Site (providing programme input and questioning)

Significant interconnection point

Interactive Site (questioning enabled)

Watchpoint Site

Novosibirsk

2M

All links at 4Mbits/sec unless marked otherwise

Yaroslavl

Novgorod

S.-Peterburg

FREEnetFREEnetNOCNOC

Krasnodar Kemerovo Saransk

MSK-6IXMSK-6IX

CatalystCatalyst

ISPISP

ATMATM

StarTAPStarTAP

ATMATM

FREEnet

ATMATM

RIPN

MSK-6IXMSK-6IX

IPv6Internet

TransmediaTransmedia

6TAP6TAP

www.ipv6.ruwww.ipv6.ru

Russian IPv6 ForumRussian IPv6 Forum

Zenon N.S.P.

M6BONE

European IPv6 ProjectsEuropean IPv6 Projects

CEE6IXCEE6IX

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