[ Partners · RETN ]

RETN at DFDC.

IP transit on the BareFABRIC blend · AS9002 · HQ London, United Kingdom.

[ About RETN ]

RETN — public profile.

RETN operates AS9002, an IP backbone with strong reach into Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and parts of the Middle East — regions other Tier-1 networks often hand off rather than serve natively.

[ Why RETN + DFDC ]

How RETN integrates with THG1.

RETN is present in the THG1 meet-me area, available as a direct cross-connect or via the BareFABRIC IP transit blend. The fit is sharpest for tenants whose users sit east of the EU core.

[ Quick facts ]

RETN at a glance.

  • Role at DFDC
    IP transit on the BareFABRIC blend
  • Headquarters
    London, United Kingdom
  • AS number
    AS9002
  • Established
    2002
  • PeeringDB
    AS9002 on PeeringDB
  • Hand-off at THG1
    Upstream in the Internet Port blend
  • [ Integration ]

    How a deployment with RETN looks in practice.

    In the Internet Port blend

    AS9002 sits in the Internet Port upstream mix. Traffic egresses over RETN where BGP selects it as the best-path. No extra cross-connect required — the upstream is native.

    One port, full blend

    An Internet Port carries the full blend — it includes RETN alongside the other Tier-1 and regional upstreams. The blend provides the routing benefit of several carriers from a single port, without separate cross-connects.

    Diverse-path egress

    The Internet Port blend egresses over physically diverse paths out of THG1, with multiple Tier-1 upstreams active simultaneously. Single-carrier-incident risk does not take down your egress.

    [ Get started ]

    Provision IP transit including RETN.

    A request specifies the endpoints, the term and any diversity requirements. The response includes a quote and the full install record: LOAs, patch labels and physical-separation details.