1. What do you do with a fiber network??
For Providers -- you add services …
For a Municipality -- you add providers ...
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2. Physical-Electronics
Services are revenue …
Provider view:
Convergence is cheaper OPEX
Fiber is new and expensive CAPEX
Today’s Network
Converged Networks
Services Layer
Wireless
Wireline
Video
Data
Operations Layer
Physical-Electronics
Layer
Siloed, Dissimilar, Costly
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3. Citizens are not able to access newer technologies
Municipal Reasons --
Citizens are not able to access newer technologies
Availability of services … legacy providers have not ….
Cost of services is great …
Barrier to entry for new ideas, affects quality of life …
Economic Development Impacts
Cannot attract new businesses
Existing business can not compete effectively
Cannot attract necessary employees, unattractive environment
Governmental Cost of Services
Local costs prevent implementation of new/desired services
Revenue dependence on legacy providers
Newer motivations for security, emergency services
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4. Physical-Electronics
You aggregate individual customers
Physical-Electronics
Layer
NG-SONET - PBT/PBB - MetroE
OLTs, Active Ethernet Hubs, etc
Router CD W M
GigEs C D W M
GigEs C D W M
GR303/T.1 carriage
EDFA - RF
Individual Aggregation Point
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5. Open Networks -- how we may approach
Neutral Provider Commons
Tier 1 Internet
Voice
Services
Video
Services Layer
GPON
Fabric
New Region
“B”
“c”
“C”
New CO SP
Municipal Commons
Regional
Servers
personalization
Center
MPLS Core
Node
Aggregation
Routers
City A
City B
Physical-Electronics
Layer
Municipal Commons
Operations Layer
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6. Many Providers The OPEN Network Idea Service Competition
MN and Local Carriers
Charter
Enventis/Hickory Tech
LightNet
Onvoy
TDS Metrocom
National Carriers
Ascent Media Network
AT&T –SBC
Level 3
Neutral Tandem
Sprint-Nextel
Global Crossing
Verizon-MCI
XO Communications
The OPEN Network Idea
Service Competition
American Fiber Systems
Enventis
CenturyTel-KMCT
Integra Telecom
McLeodUSA
Qwest
Time Warner Telecom
Comcast (Time Warner)
XO Communications
State/Gov/ Corporate
State MN (OET, MnDOT)
University of Minnesota
Hennepin County
LOGIS
TIES – K-12
Local Universities
Global Capacity Group
Sungard-Inflow
Allina Health System
The
Neutral Commons
OCX- CWDM-DWDM
10Mps -10 Gbps
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7. To Build an Open Network … you need
Municipal Commons
Some method of fiber installs
(schools, local government, private, new)
Neutral Provider Commons
Happy people to work out the kinks
(public/private, architecture agreements, etc.)
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8. Lookout Point Communications St. Paul Minnesota www.lookoutpt.com
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St. Paul Minnesota
Questions … ??
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