1. Do You Want To Build An NREN? The BdREN Project Brian Nisbet Network Operations Manager @natural20 TNC2015 17 th June 2015

2. Do you want to build an NREN? Come on let’s go connect The students need their data link It helps them think And gets them on the net!

3. European NREN View FederationStorage ResearchCollaboration Bandwidth

4. Bandwidth in Bangladesh BandwidthNumber of Public Universities >100 Mbps1 50 – 100 Mbps5 30 – 49 Mbps6 10-29 Mbps14 <10 Mbps8 Total39

5. Bangladesh Challenges Universities spread out over geographically challenging country Poor service provider infrastructure Poor national transport infrastructure Lack of university owned infrastructure High cost of services Politics

6. Placeholder Stock Image Of Two Students With Mobile Devices. Smiling.

7. The BdREN Project – What’s Done? Obtain funding from national & international bodies Involve project partners (HEAnet, OARnet) Build national fibre backbone on power company (PGCB) fibre Data centre with 300TB SAN & planned VM capability

8. Bdren Fibre Map

9. Overall BdREN Network Diagram Legend 1G Dark Fiber1G DWDM Site that is not showed in RFP ANNEX4 (Connectivity route is undefined) Edge Type 1 10G DWDM 10G Dark Fiber Site name Site without DWDM equipment 10G (DWDM and Dark fiber are mixed) 1G (DWDM and Dark fiber are mixed) Server Farm Data CenterDR Center Core switch NU JUMBSTUDUETBOU JNUDUBSMMU Rampura BTU BUP JKKNIUSAU NSTU BAU COU BRURRUETJSTUIUKUBMRSTU BU PUST SBAU CUETCVASU HSTU PSTU SUST RU KUET UGCBUET NSU RU KUET UGC NSU BUET NU SUST CU InternetTEINInternet CU RajshahiKhulnaDhaka SylhetChittagong Core switch Bandwidth manager COU BAU

10. The Plan ConvinceConnectCommunicate TrainEducate

11. (Another) Call to Arms! Listen! Get involved! (Officially or unofficially) – Twinning – Secondment – Mailing lists Push governments & suitable organisations to help Peer Encourage Telcos to (ethically) tap markets

12. www.bdren.net.bd brian.nisbet@heanet.ie