As of January 2024, the names of the network services will change. We are doing this to better align our services with the terms and conventions used in the network community. We hope that this will make it clearer to network administrators which services are provided.

Current service name	New service name per 1 Jan 2024
SURFlichtpad	EVPN – Point-to-point
SURFlichtpad – Redundant	EVPN – Point-to-point Redundant
L2VPN	EVPN – Multipoint
L3VPN	L3VPN – Multipoint
SURFinternet	Internet
Multi Service Poort (MSP)	Service Port

Lightpath becomes EVPN

The term lightpath, although well established in SURF language, has always caused some confusion. This is not an optically illuminated path but a dedicated network connection over the service layer between two points. EVPN (Ethernet-VPN) is what is provided here and the addition (Point to point vs Multipoint) indicates whether it is set up between two points or more than two points.

Multi Service Port becomes Service Port

Under the new All-In Network Tariff, which came into effect on September 1, 2023, institutions can adjust their network port configuration as they see fit. This effectively makes all the network ports “multi” service ports. That is why they will simply be called Service Port from 2024.

The changed names have been implemented in the network dashboard, on (mijn)surf.nl and on invoices.