The Advanced North-Atlantic 300G for the global Research and Education Community. Presentation at ASREN's e-AGE conference held on December 1st and 2nd at the American University of Beirut.

1. The Advanced North-Atlantic 300G
Alexander van den Hil
Product Manager Network Services
alexander.vandenhil@surfnet.nl
For the global Research and Education Community
e-AGE 2016, Beirut

2. SURFnet
SURFnet, the
NREN of the
Netherlands

3. SURF, The umbrella for ICT in R&E

4. 180 institutes, with over 1 million users

5. 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 circuits
• Cross Border Fibers, GEANT,
NetherLight, AMS-IX, BNIX,
LINX, etc.

6. International connectivity

7. The need for a GNA
Global Network Architecture

8. The very 1st setup

9. ANA-100
Amsterdam
New York

10. ANA-200
London
Amsterdam
New York
Washington

11. ANA-300
London
Amsterdam
New York
Washington
Paris

12. ANA-300
London
Amsterdam
New York
Washington
Paris
Montreal

13. What we’ve learned:
You Need Trust

14. 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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16. What we’ve learned:
Need for efficient continental links:
Alien Waves
SURFnet using PSNC
spectrum
NORDUnet fiber
SURFnet optical
PSNC using SURFnet
spectrum
NORDUnet, GEANT
and PSNC using
SURFnet spectrum

17. Thanks!
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alexander.vandenhil@surfnet.nl
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alexander@vandenhil.net
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+31 88 7873000
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