[ih] History of Tier 1 Networks

[Patrik Fältström]

> 28 apr. 2026 kl. 13:58 skrev Johan Helsingius via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org>:
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> On 28/04/2026 4:33 am, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via Internet-history wrote:
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>>> - 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).

…and fork:ed off its international branch in the form of Arelion. Now a company separated from Telia.

Internet started in Sweden with Swipnet that merged with Tele2. This because Telia did not like IP.

Patrik
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>    Julf
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