OARnet Doug Gale March, 2001 GigaPoP Transport Options

OARnet 1. Bandwidth Utilization Doubles Every Year 2. The cost of Interstate Internet Connectivity is not falling as rapidly as use is increasing 3. The cost of Intrastate long haul lines and local loops isn’t falling as fast as Interstate lines The Problem

OARnet 1. Quantity Buying 2. Distributed Storage 3. Symmetrize Bandwidth 4. Internet2 5. Peering and Private Circuits Strategies to Contain Interstate Internet Costs

OARnet Strategies to Contain Intrastate Internet Costs  More PoPs & Shorter Local Loops  Acquire Dark Fiber Infrastructure 3If $54,000/mile for 72 strands, then $1,500/fiber-mile 3A two fiber 1,700 route-mile network would cost around $5 million 3Pay out time at current Internet1 revenue streams is 5 to 10 years or less

OARnet A Strategy for Higher Education  Buy time for campuses to manage bandwidth  Focus on higher education’s core mission of research, instruction and outreach Differentiated services via Internet2 Dedicated intra-state dark fiber infrastructure