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How to integrate 13 networks into one and live to tell the tale UKNOF 3 Cogent Communications 1015 31st Street NW Washington DC 20007 USA www.cogentco.com Mark Schleifer VP IP Engineering [email protected] Our Network One of the World’s Largest All-Optical IP Network InterContinental Diverse Cogent Communications’ All Optical IP Network Key Statistics Infrastructure On-Net Buildings On-Net Data Centers Long Distance Network (km) Markets >1,000 >220 Transport and IP Cogent Data Centers 28 Transport Capacity North America 80 Gbps Transport Capacity Europe 40 Gbps Colocation Space (m2) 30,000 Transport Capacity Transatlantic 40 Gbps Metro Capacity OnNet Buildings 2–5 Gbps Rings 175 35,000 Metro Networks > 85 km 14,000 Peering Capacity Number of BGP Sessions >320 Gbps > 3,000 Peering Traffic Private Peering Ratio >125 Gbps > 90% Our Milestones Cogent’s Success Story combines Organic Growth and Acquisition-based External Growth January 2004 France & Spain markets launch February 2002 COI listed on AMEX August 1999 Cogent founded Milestones 2000 2001 September 2001 Acquires assets of NetRail February 2002 Acquires Allied Riser Since 2001, Cogent acquired the entire business or select assets of 13 companies. August 2004 Launches U.S. Layer 2 services April 2002 Offers Off-Net Internet service & colocation November 2000 Backbone lit in initial 4 markets 1999 Acquisitions November 2001 20th U.S. market complete October 2004 Offer wholesale dial IP services November 2002 Toronto market launch 2002 April 2002 Acquires major U.S. assets of PSINet April 2002 Acquires building access agreements from OnSite Access September 2002 Acquires major assets of FiberCity Networks 2003 September 2004 Germany market launch November 2004 Launches managed security service 2004 February 2003 Acquires Fiber Network Solutions May 2003 Acquires assets of Applied Theory August 2004 Acquires UFO October 2004 Acquires Aleron Broadband January 2004 Acquires LambdaNet France & Spain March 2004 Acquire fiber network & equipment in Germany out of former Carrier 1 assets September 2004 Acquires Global Access December 2004 Acquires NTT/Verio dedicated access business in U.S. July 2005 Cogent named largest Ethernet service provider in U.S. by Ovum-RHK 2005 June 2005 Cogent raises $69 million in secondary offering Engineering Goals • Get Traffic on-net ASAP – Turn down acquired backbone – Turn down acquired Transit • Consolidate multiple POPs in a city • Consolidate Leased Circuits Toolbox • Tunnels – MPLS-TE – UTI/L2TPv3 • BGP – Local-as • War Room 2001 • 9/2001 – Netrail AS4006 – 34 devices/15 sites – New for Cogent – Off net TDM services – Tools Used • MPLS-TE Tunnels 2002 • 4/2002 – PSInet AS174 – ~5000 off-net customers on ~250 devices – Frame Relay Backbone – New to Cogent – Frame Relay – Tools Used • • • • MPLS-TE UTI Tunnels Local-as Routers pretending to be Frame Switches 2003 • 2/2003 -- Fiber Network Solutions (FNSI) – AS6259 – 400 Business customers on ~10 devices – Tools Used • L2TPv3 Tunnels • Local-as 2004 • 1/2004 -- LambdaNet France/Spain – EU Backbone – New for Cogent - SDH Services – Splitting off from German Network • Linked IGP • AS Conversion – Tools Used • Local-as 2004 (Cont) • 8/2004 – Unlimited Fiber Optics (UFO) – AS22099 – New for Cogent – Layer 2 Business • Required buildout of Native Ethernet Backbone • 9/2004 – Global Access (GATel) AS13129 – Tools Used • Local-as 2004 (Cont) • 10/2004 – Aleron AS4200 – Tools Used • MPLS-TE Tunnels • Local-as • 11/2004 – Verio – ~2400 Customers – Tools Used • Local-as • War Room The Rest • 2/2002 – OnSite Access – Primarily Building Access Agreements • 2/2002 – Allied Riser (ARC) – Primarily Building Access Agreements – Assets Very helpful with PSInet Migration – Each city an Island with own AS & IPs • ARIN work to consolidate records • 9/2002 – FiberCity Networks – Primarily Building Access Agreements The Rest (Cont) • 5/2003 Applied Theory – Customers circuits • 4/2004 Carrier 1 – German Fiber Backbone Q&A Questions?