... about bgp-and-beyond.com

by Fredy Künzler I'm a blogger since July 2005, writing the blog CH Internet Szene. My very first blog entry was Cyberlink übernimmt magnet.ch, about a merger of two ISPs in Switzerland. At this time I was CEO of the independent business and wholesale provider Init7 in Switzerland. Blogg.ch approached topics as internet law, interconnections, Swiss telecommunication politics, more mergers and rumours about and of course, new technology. By the end of 2007, I stepped down as CEO of Init7, remaining to be member of the board and shareholder. I'm now focusing on Init7's strategy, and this is mainly building the international backbone of Init7, operational with the AS-Number 13030. My current employer is Zattoo, a startup company in the IP-TV space. Unlike classical IP-TV Zattoo is a piece of software which allows to watch live television on the computer. No setop box is required, Zattoo doesn't aim to replace the TV set in the living room; Zattoo rather allows to watch TV while surfing the web, chatting, writing emails or working on spreadsheets. I've joined Zattoo in June 2006, first as a contractor, later as an employee, and currently I'm the network architect of the company. The Zattoo P2P supported CDN is my field, among BGP routing, datacenters and other related stuff. Together with the experience of more than a decade now in the ISP and telecommunication industry gives me some insight, which I would like to share here. While Init7 operates it's business in Switzerland with the support of the international backbone, joining Zattoo shifted my focus truely global. That's why I hang out on events as NANOG or the Peering Forum. At the last forum, fellow community member Peter Cohen asked me why my other blog CH Internet Szene - blogg.ch is not written in English. The answer is simple: my mother-tongue is German. Peter suggested a change, because the machine translation of Google is, well, not bad but sometimes funny. Changing the language of a blog is generally not a good idea, but starting a 2nd one seems to be more adequate. And that's the story about bgp-and-beyond.com ... kudos to Init7-Engineer Basile for suggesting the domain name. The older sister blogg.ch remains active with a focus on Switzerlands internet. Expect references to blogg.ch here, and don't expect translations for everything. ;-) More information about me can be found on the about-page of blogg.ch and in my Xing-Profile.