Runet lost on the stability of the Internet system of Bangladesh and Romania
Russia fell in the world ranking of the stability of the national segment of the Internet. Government policy of centralization and communication systems of the Runet makes it all the more vulnerable, experts say.
In 2017 Russia took the 13th place in the world for sustainability of the national segment of the Internet for possible disruptions, according to the annual rating of the company Qrator Labs, working to counter DDoS attacks (have RBC).
In their study, the company analyzed how the Internet and national segments of the Internet of other countries (244 covered by the state) dependent on the work of one particular operator, and what percentage of other operators in the region will lose connection with the world in the event of a failure in his work. On the first positions of the ranking are Germany, Hong Kong and Switzerland. Stable, the study authors also called online system of Ukraine (8th), Bangladesh (10) and Romania (11th).
Last year Russia was included into a three of leaders, having conceded on reliability only the UK and the USA.
However, as explained RBC representative of Qrator Labs, the company changed the methodology of calculating the rankings. If it was used last year, Russia would have occupied 12-e a place. The new methodology takes into account the actual presence of the operator in a particular region and the presence there of subscribers, not just its connection to the regional traffic exchange point. “For example, at the point of HKIX traffic exchange in Hong Kong there are hundreds of operators, but not all of them work in Hong Kong,” explains Qrator Labs.
According to the survey, the operator, from which most depends on the work of the Runet, is the state “Rostelecom” — it to fail would have resulted in the global unavailability of approximately 5.7% other networks of Russian segment of the Internet.
“Legislative initiatives related to regulation, licensing and other excessive control over communication networks contribute to the consolidation of the Russian market. Small providers will simply stop working, unable to withstand the pressure. I think in the short term, the trend for consolidation in the Runet is not only maintained, but also significantly will increase,” — says CEO of Qrator Labs Alexander Lyamin.
He notes that the stability of the national segment of the Internet is largely dependent on the diversity of the market and how many operators are cross-border transitions.
“Oligopoly in the communications market leads to the fact that because of the failure of one operator suffer a large number of other networks and, ultimately, subscribers. This complete failure of the work of the big operators have more and more recent issues of “MegaFon” example”, — said Lyamin.