Why using Mikrotik ?

(how to compete whith big ones in a telco world)

Mikrotik MUM 2016 Ljublajana ( Slovenia )

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 WideVOIP / WhichWAN
French Telco based in Strasbourg

VoIP services
Internet access
IP Transit

Thierry Wehr ( France )

CEO
Mikrotik Certified Trainer

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Introduction

This presentation is not about advertising Mikrotik™

solutions but about how it help us making business and

surviving in a Telco World driven by big ones.

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Our Business

 Voice services : A-Z termination, DID

 Internet Access : DSL, Cable Modem, Gpon
 IP Transit : Layer 2, Layer 3, IPV4, IPV6
 Hosting : micro datacenter
 Consultancy : Backbone, Provisioning, Voice

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Our Network

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Some clues

 10 Gbps of IP Transit
 400 BGP peering sessions
 Full MPLS / VPLS backbone
 3000 Internet customers
 2000000 minutes / month
 240000 DID
 Mikrotik™ CCR ( backbone )
 Mikrotik™ x86 ( BGP routers )
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History

 2005 : Company Setup

 2006 : First Rack in Frankfurt
 2007 : Becoming a LIR
 2008 : POP in Paris and DSL services
 2009 : POP in Sophia Antipolis and Strasbourg
 2009 : Gbps ports and Peering
 2010 : Full IPV6 dual stack ( LIR 4 stars )
 2012 : Testing Mikrotik AHx2 and going to production
 2013 : First MUM in Zaghreb
 2014 : VPLS as a Backbone ( full Mikrotik Network )
 2015 : 10 Gbps Backbone
 2016 : Full 10Gbps backbone with waves and CWDM

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2006 : First Fack in Frankfurt

 42U rack with 10 Mbps IP Transit : setup fees 5000 €

 2 servers : 5000 €
 First Cisco 2811 router : 5000 €
 10 Mbps of IP Transit

Cost : 15000 €

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2007 : Becoming a LIR

 RIPE setup fees : 2000 €

 Second Cisco 2821 router : 7000 €
 Second Upstream setup : 4000 €
 50 Mbps IP Transit

Cost : 13000 €

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2008 : POP in Paris

 10U Rack : 2000 €

 1 Cisco 7204VXR : 15000 €
 1 Cisco 2811 : 5000 €
 L2 and L3 links setup : 3000 €
 DSL port : 2000 €

Cost : 27000 €

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2009 : POP in Strasbourg

 2 x 42U Rack : 5000 €

 Cisco 6502 switch / router refurbished : 15000 €

 L2 and L3 links setup : 5000 €

Cost : 25000 €

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2009 : POP in Sophia Antipolis

 42U Rack : 2000 €

 2 Juniper Routers : 15000 €
 2 Juniper Switches : 5000 €
 L2 and L3 links setup : 3000 €

Cost : 25000 €

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2010 : Full dual stack IPV6

 Network crash enabling IPV6

 Lack of ISIS compatibility between Cisco and Juniper
 Emergency migration to OSPF and OSPF v3
 4H of service disruption

Cost : UNKNOWN

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2012 : Implementing Mikrotik™

 Testing Mikrotik with RB750AHx2

 First setup in the backbone with AHx2 ( Nancy POP )
 Full hardware redundancy ( 2 routers )
 50 Mbps Layer 2 transport

Cost : 1000 €

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2013 : MUM Zaghreb

 Mikrotik™ Human Community

 Mikrotik™ Eco System
 Mikrotik™ x86 solutions
 Removing 4 Old Cisco and Juniper
 Setup of 6 new x86 Mikrotik™ Routers
 IP Transit : 1 Gbps

Cost : 20000 €

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2014 : MPLS / VPLS as a Backbone

 Dual MPLS / VPLS ring

 Six POP to Setup
 Minimum of 1 Gbps betwen POP
 Mikrotik™ CCR1036
 Ready for 10Gbps links

Cost : 50000 €

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2015 : Expanding to 10 Gbps

 New POP : Lyon 1 + Lyon 2

 10 Gbps links between POP
 10 Gbps upstream link
 10 Gbps peering link

Router Cost : 0 €
New POP Cost ( per POP ) : 5000 € All Inclusive 

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2016 : Expanding 

 20 Gbps IP Transit
 10000 FTTH Customers
 2 micro datacenters
 200 km of dark fiber
 New markets ( FTTH / FTTLA )

No need to invest in the backbone

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What did Mikrotik™ for us
Reducing hardware costs

Implementing next generation services

Standardizing Router Administration

Reducing support costs

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