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Russian Federation
1. Country: Russian Federation
1.1 Country suffix: .ru, .su
1.2 Population: 147.3 million
Area: 17 075 200 sq km sq km
Capital: Moscow
2. Estimated number of hosts in the local Internet
Approx. 370 000 hosts in .ru and .su domains
Approx. 250 000 unique IP addresses in .ru and .su domains
3. Estimated number of users in
theeducational/commercial/governmental sectors:
educational 2465 000
commercial 1700 000
governmental 880 000
Altogether, there is about 8.0 million Russian Internet users.
Geographical deployment:
12% - West-North region
19% - Central region
18% - Volga region
11% - South + Nechernozemye region
15% - Ural region
25% - Siberia + Far East region
4. List of major commercial ISP's
(According to ROCIT ISP Monitor http://www.rocit.ru/ispmonitor)
1. RELCOM.DS
2. Demos-Internet
3. Global One
4. Sovam Teleport
5. Golden Telecom
6. Metrocom
7. Compnet
8. Kaskad
9. Makomnet
10. MMTEL
11. PeterStar
12. Pienet
13. Rascom
14. Rospak
15. Rosnet
16. RosTelecom
5. List of major non-commercial ISP's
1. FreeNET
2. NMBB
3. RBNet
4. Relarn
5. RSSI
6. Runnet
7. Moscow State University (MSU)
6. Internet Service Providers operating their ownbackbone
networks:
I. RELCOM.DS
(former RELCOM) http://www.relcom.eu.net
It has 119 Points-of-Presence in 87 major cities of 11 countries,
connected by various
protocols, from leased lines at 28.8 to fiber optic 34M (E3) from
Moscow
to Sankt Petersburg. Runs IP, ATM and Frame Relay on certain
connections.
Foreign connections: Fiber optic 34M (E3) from Sankt Petersburg
to Helsinki
and 4M satellite connection to Amsterdam.
Commercial ISP.
II. RoSprint
http://www.rosprint.ru
Present in 10 major cities: Sankt-Petersburg, Ekaterinburg,
Rostov-Don,
Moscow, Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Samara, Sochi,
Khabarovsk
Runs ATM, Frame Relay and ISDN on its links.
Commercial ISP.
III. Golden Telecom
(united Sovam Teleport, TeleRoss, TCM)
http://www.goldentelecom.ru
Present in Russian and Ukrainian cities and in Almaty(Kazachstan)
and
Tashkent (Uzbekistan): Moscow, S-Petersburg,
Vladivostok,Novosibirsk, Tumen,
Krasnodar, Ufa, Ekaterinburg, N-Novgorod, Irkutsk,
Voronezh,Arkhangelsk,
Khabarovsk, Syktyvkar, Murmansk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd,
Kazan,Kiev, Kharkov,
Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, Vinnitsa, Lvov,
Alma-Ata,Tashkent.
Connections are typically digital 64k, but ATM and Frame Relay
oncertain
directions as well. Offers X.25 services.
Foreign connections: satellite 12M to Teleglobe, as well as
connections to
Cable&Wireless, UUNET and Moscow-New York 45Mbit channel.
Commercial ISP.
IV. Metrocom
http://www.metrocom.ru
Present in the Sankt Petersburg region. It has 250 POPs in this
area.
The POPs are connected at speeds 64k-2M and fiber 155M.
Foreign connections to Telia (Sweden), Telecom Finland and
AT&T.
V. Compnet
http://www.compnet.ru
Present in the following cities: Moscow, Saratov, Lugansk,
Zelenograd
and Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan).
Connections at speeds up to 64k. Runs IP, X.25, UUCP.
Foreign connections through Golden Telecom and RELCOM.DS
VI. Kaskad
It has Points-Of-Presence in Moscow, Saint-Petersburgh,
Kiev,Minsk,
Charkov (Ukraine), Irkutsk, Yaroslavl, Samara,
Krasnodar,Blagovechensk,
Novosibirsk, Karaganda (Kazachstan), Vladivostok,
Odessa(Ukraine), Omsk,
Ulyanovsk, Nizhnevartovsk.
Runs X.25. Connections through leased lines and satellite.
Foreign connections through Rosnet and Rospak.
VII. Makomnet.
Present in Moscow, Sankt-Peterburg, Rostov-Don,
Samara,N.Novgorod, Perm
and Ekaterinburg. Connections through allocated digital
fiber-optic channels,
SDH ATM 2, 34, 140, 155 Mbit/s, Frame Relay 2 Mbit/s.
Foreign connections: 4M satellite connection to Teleglobe,
2M satellite connection to UUNET.
VIII. MMTEL
http://www.mmtel.ru
It has POPs in Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Chabarovsk,
Chamkend,Donetsk,
Sankt Petersburg, Astrahan, Minsk, Donetsk, Tashkent and
Budapest.
Connections through allocated phone channels.
This is email-only (RFC-822) network.
IX. Pienet
Present in Moscow, Kiev, Minsk, Tallinn, Shaulay,
Kishinev,Tbilisi (Georgia),
Tula, Uzhno-Sachalinsk, Voronezh. Connections through allocated
phone channels, X.25 and TCP/IP.
This is email-only (X.400) network.
X. Space Connection
The system consists of 10 satellites "Gorizont",
1satellite "Express" and
2 satellites "Ekran", located at geostationary
orbitsand 5 teleports
"Space connection"- "Shabolovka
37","Bears lakes",
"Dubna","Gus-Chrustalny" and
"Redisson Slavianskaya".
Offers access to X.25, IP.
XI. MTU-Inform
http://www.mtu.ru
The main fiber-optic Internet provider in Moscow
Runs its own fiber optic SDH network at speeds 155M, 622M, 2488
and FrameRelay 2Mbps.
Foreign connection: 8M to Teleglobe.
XII. FreeNET
Present in Chelyabinsk, Kaliningrad (Moscow region),
Kazan,Kemerovo, Moscow,
Mytishci (Moscow region), Nizhni Novgorod,
Chernogolovka,Novgorod, Penza, Perm,
Rostov-Don, Tver, Vladikavkaz, Voronezh and Yaroslavl.
The connections are made over leased lines at speeds from 33.6
to4M (HDLC modems
on shorter connection). Offers full IP services.
Foreign connections through UNIBEL (Belarus) and NASK (Poland).
XIII. RBNet
http://www.ripn.net:8080/rbnet
Links the academic networksin the following cities : St.
Petersburgh, Moscow,Rostov-on-
Don, Samara, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Chabarovsk, N.
Novgorod,Tver, Kazan,
Ufa, Tula, Ulyanovsk, Saransk, Ioshkar-Ola, Yaroslavl,
Krasnodar,Cheboksary, Perm,
Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Blagovechensk,
Vladimir, Vologda,
Maikop, Taganrog, Voronezh, Volgograd, Ulan-Ude, Vladivistok
The connections are based upon allocated Teleglobe International
Corp., Rostelecom-Internet,
Relcom.DS and others channels, typically at digital channels L1
(2048 Ebps).
XIV. MSU - Moscow State University
Present in : Moscow, Saint-Petersburgh, Minsk,
Irkutsk,Krasnoyarsk, Kharkiv,
Novosibirsk, Obninsk, Rostov-Don, Saratov, Erevan
(Armenia),Alma-Ata (Kazachstan) and Arkhiz.
Connections are made using microwave technology and satellites,at
speeds from 64k to 2M.
Foreign connections: 2M satellite link to Hamburg, Germany
andsatellite link to MCI.
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| Date: | 25.I.2000 |
