1. Dr.Sci. Andrei S. Mendkovich asm@free.net Dr. Alexander I. Rusakov alex@free.net Institute of the Information Society Academic and Research Network FREEnet Central and Eastern European Networking Association

3. 1969 - ARPANET FREEnet, RELCOM - 1991 SUEARN - December 1990 1981 - BITNET 1986 - Internet (NSFnet) Government decision on «ОГСПД» - State data transport system - 1970 1994 - IPv6 standard 1991 - WWW (CERN) 1995 - vBNS.SU TLD - September 1990 IASnet (X.25) 1987 National backbone RBnet- 1996 1999 - IPv6 address allocation started Connection to 6bone - 1997 IPv6 SubTLA (FREEnet) - 1999 MSK-6IX - 2000 International IPv6 line - 2001

4. Competition at city markets Competition at city markets Liberalisation of long distance telecommunication market Liberalisation of long distance telecommunication market Existence of technically advanced A&R networks Existence of technically advanced A&R networks

7. “Rostelecom” ”Gaztelecom" и “Gazcom” (Gazprom) “TransTeleCom” (MPS) “Enifcom” (RAO UES “Enifcom” (RAO UES)

9. The Information Age is about people and not just about technology. In this the academic community has a special responsibility and a special role to play. It has to be at the forefront of the creation of the information society both as a driving force and as a testbed. CEENet Tartu Declaration Tartu, Estonia 31st of May 1997

10. 4075TOTAL STAR TAP155CERN Abilene (NYC)622JANETUK STAR TAP 320FASTNETRU Abilene (NYC)622NORDUNETNordic Abilene (NYC)1244SURFNETNL STAR TAP45IUCCIsrael Abilene (NYC)310HEANETIE STAR TAP45RENATERFR Abilene (NYC)155BELNETBE Abilene (NYC)722DANTEEU End point USA Capacity (Mbit/s) NetworkCountry

14. Backbone and regional networks 14 regions of Russia and Belorus Republic 14 regions of Russia and Belorus Republic over 800 organizations over 800 organizations over 50 000 computers over 50 000 computers Total international traffic about 30 Mbit/sTotal international traffic about 30 Mbit/s Out/In ratio 5:4Out/In ratio 5:4

15. АТМ, GigabitEthernet, etc; АТМ, GigabitEthernet, etc; large scale network video conferences; large scale network video conferences; IPv6. IPv6. Implementation of new technologies and services 1996-2001

16. Leuk Basel ASP 2M Sion Tokyo CRL Intelsat 16 0 E Linz JKU Berlin DTB Ljubljana IJS Aflenz Budapest BUD Madrid UPM Barcelona UPC MoscowIOC Kiev KSN Reykjavik ITR Frankfurt Athens DEM Prague CES Ottawa CRC Global-Russia Minsk ACC ISDN 2M Berkeley UCB Eutelsat IIF3 Eutelsat Other Spanish sites ATM-network IST98/Global360 Vienna Conference Centre 2M, TDMA 2M, SMS Amsterdam G360 Control Centre & Studio GSL Uni Brno BRN Digital Theatre DTV Tele- conference Room TEL Plenary Hall Public MBONE CERN TEN-34 Uni Lausanne LAU Aveiro CET Poznan POZ Yaroslavl YAR 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 FREEnetNOC Krasnodar Kemerovo Saransk

17. Catalyst ISP ATMStarTAP ATM FREEnet ATM RIPN MSK-6IX IPv6 Internet Transmedia 6TAP

18. www.ipv6.ru Zenon N.S.P.

19. M6BONE