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X2com en MikroTik
Case study new core network
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Joost van der Ven

• Operational Manager
• Responsible for all technical matters
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Content of presentation

• Over X2com
• How is X2com
• What does X2com do
• Why X2com
• New core network

• Current network •
Wishes and requirements
• New design
• Closing
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How is X2com

• Independent telecom operator and internet provider •

Active since 2007
• Located in Rosmalen •
More than 350 partners throughout the Netherlands
• Full service and Wholesale
• Also active in Belgium
• 20 colleagues
• Stable growth from start
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What does X2com do?

• Telephone and internet services

• X2VoIP (SIP Trunking) •

X2desk (Hosted) •
X2mobile (Real VaMo) •
X2connect (DSL/Fiber Optic/Radio) •
Business market
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X2VoIP

• SIP Trunk
• Super stable •
Also functions at trunk level •
Forwarding (always, busy, not connected or not answered) • Voicemail
and Voicemail2mail
• Fax2mail / Mail2fax
• Free number of conversation
channels • Registration or
delivery on IP • Most
'neutral'
platform •
Security • IP security • Adjustable calling limit
• Beronet solution for ISDN exchanges
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X2desk

• Telephone exchange in the 'Cloud'

• Own solution since 2013 • In-house

development • User-friendly •
Completely in Dutch • Stable

• Can be perfectly connected to X2mobile •

99% of the functions are standard

• Only license required for: • Call

recording • CTI (Click to
Dial as standard)
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X2mobile

• On the T-Mobile (3G) and KPN (4G) network • Separate

subscriptions or 'VaMo'
• Let's go:
• The real FIXED-MOBILE solution based on SIM • Even
works on Nokia 3310 • Transfer with
DTMF • 'DECT with a lot of range' •
Calling traffic runs through one
exchange • Mobile visible as BLF on fixed
telephones
• Available on and calling internal number • Works on PBX
on location (under condition)
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X2connect
• xDSL
• ADSL, VDSL, SDSL
• Network KPN or Tele2
• Fiber optic
• National network • Tele2, KPN,
Eurofiber and Unet • Local
networks • nDIX, EFX,
Smart Connect Networks, Parkned • Radio
connections • Good
alternative to fiber optic • High
bandwidths available • Particularly
interesting for rural areas or redundancy • Extended Ethernet

• Via copper up to 20/20Mb

• Delivered to ethernet port
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Why X2com?

• Accessible and down-to-earth party •

Independent and innovative telecom operator
• Independent and innovative internet provider • Flexible and
stable

• Development of services and products in-house. • Praised support

department
• Support on hardware (including MikroTik)
• Knowledge of 'traditional' and 'new' telephony
• Support in the areas of administration, technology, marketing and sales
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New core network

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Current network
• 3 datacenters
• Multiple transits with BGP

• Various interconnects with fiber optic parties (including Tele2, nDIX and Unet) • Multiple
redundant VoIP (SIP trunk) environments • Multiple redundant
X2desk (Hosted VoIP) environments • VMware (Cloud) environment •
Various customer equipment for
specific applications • Various servers ( DNS, SMTP server, etc)

• etc..
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Network
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Why new core network?

• Capacity •
Dependence on core routers • Management

• Lifespan
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Wishes and requirements (1)

• More capacity •
Ring of 10G with expansion option to 40G • More
routes and physical paths for redundancy • At
least 3 transits with BGP (with the possibility of more)
• No dependency on 1 device • All
applications on separate hardware •
Redundant at every location •
Redundant across the entire network
• Even Radius/B-RAS for all internet customers
• Minimum capacity for 10k customers
• Redundancy increase with regard to B-RAS
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Wishes and requirements (2)

• Completely in-house / not dependent on third parties • Layer-2

switches with 10G ports
• Minimum 16 x 10G port per location
• Layer-2 switches with 1G ports • Minimum
35 x 1G ports per location
• Upgrade interconnects to 10G • Take into
account: • Doubling the number
of servers and systems • 10 x as much data

• Making the network scalable

• Geen single point of failure

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New design
• 3 datacenters
• Dark fiber between Amsterdam <-> Rotterdam and between Rotterdam <->
Waalwijk • Capacity of 40 x 10G!!
• Backup route between Waalwijk and Amsterdam (expandable)
• 3 x transit (2 x Amsterdam and 1 x Rotterdam, Waalwijk to follow)
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Switches
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OSPF / MPLS - VPLS / Internal BGP

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Border routers met full BGP-table

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B-RAS for PPP

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Overview
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including Darkfibers
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including Interconnects
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Overview including Transits

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Resume
• Redundant
• Redundancy per location
• Double redundancy in complete network •
Double redundant B-RAS solution
• Separate hardware for each task •
Manageable •
One brand •
Own design •
Management
• Scalable
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