Case Study: SURF reduces indirect CDN traffic and saves transit costs with BENOCS Analytics

SURF reduces indirect CDN traffic from 58% to 20% with BENOCS

SURF, the national research and education network of the Netherlands, faced a challenge after changing its IP transit providers, which resulted in 48% of its traffic from a major CDN being routed indirectly. Without the proper visibility from BENOCS Analytics, this suboptimal and costly routing issue had gone undiscovered.

By implementing BENOCS Analytics, SURF gained full visibility into its traffic flows. This allowed them to identify the problem and work with the CDN to correct its BGP announcements. As a result, direct traffic from the CDN increased from 42% to 80%, saving SURF substantial monthly costs on transit fees. BENOCS provided the essential tool for this peering optimization and strategy.

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