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The Advanced North-Atlantic 300G

Alexander van den HilProduct Manager Network Services

alexander.vandenhil@surfnet.nl

For the global Research and Education Community

SURFnet

SURFnet, the NREN of the Netherlands

SURF, The umbrella for ICT in R&E

170 institutes, with over 1 million users

Almost 30 years in service

• Approx.13.000 km dark fiber,

directly into ~180 institutions

• Congestion-free connectivity

• 1 Gbit/s - 100 Gbit/s

• IPv6 & IPv4

• Dedicated lightpaths

• Cross Border Fibers, GEANT,

NetherLight, AMS-IX, BNIX,

LINX, etc.

International connectivity

The need for a GNA

Global Network Architecture

The very 1st setup

ANA-100

Amsterdam

New York

ANA-200

London

Amsterdam

New York

Washington

ANA-300

London

Amsterdam

New York

Washington

Paris

Montreal

What we’ve learned:

You Need Trust

What we’ve learned:

Presence of North American parties

in Europe lowers barriers to connect them.

London

Amsterdam

New York

Washington

Paris

Montreal

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What we’ve learned:

Need for efficient continental links:

Alien Waves

SURFnet using PSNC spectrum

NORDUnet fiberSURFnet optical

PSNC using SURFnet spectrum

NORDUnet, GEANT and PSNC using

SURFnet spectrum

Thanks!

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alexander.vandenhil@surfnet.nl

@avdhil

avdhil

alexander@vandenhil.net

www.surfnet.nl

+31 88 7873000

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