[ih] History of Tier 1 Networks

[Johan Helsingius]

On 28/04/2026 4:33 am, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via Internet-history wrote:

>> - AS1299 Telia / Arelion (from Sweden)
> 
> No idea --- but I sense there's a link to the first Arpanet link to
> Sweden with SUNET and NorduNET academic networks picking up from there
> and creating a large online market for Internet in Sweden very early on.
> A fairly good history is explained on the relevant Wikipedia page:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet_in_Sweden
> 
> I can only imagine that Telia benefited from this early strong local market.

Telia also assimilated Sonera (the former Telecom Finland) that was
a very early IP adopter and one of the first Cisco customers (thanks
to Juha heinänen and FUNET).

	Julf