1. Neil Shewry Project Manager Janet6 Update

2. Background Procurement What we’re building How we’re getting on Strategic Research Facilities Plans for the future Agenda

3. Background Janet6: Project to replace the UK wide Janet backbone, SuperJanet5 Requirements gathering & analysis2010 to 2011 Procurement Fibre infrastructure Optical transmission equipment Oct 2011 to Sept 2012 RolloutSept 2012 to April 2013 Transition SJ5 to J6May 2013 to July 2013 SJ5 ‘turned-off’Oct 2013 SuperJanet5: 2006 to 2013

4. Fibre infrastructure contract signed: 31 st July 2012 Scottish & Southern Energy Telecoms (SSET) 4 year framework 10 (+5) year contract £30M Optical transmission contract signed: 6 th September 2012 Ciena Inc. 7 year framework Order for supply and 5 years support £12.8M Procurement

5. What we’re building 5 delivery phases  Core  4 Regional RNs connect at multiples of 10G Most are getting an upgrade

6. What we’re building I could go into more detail… …but how good is your eyesight?

7. What we’re building - Points of Presence Vacating the Verizon Business PoPs – Except for small presence in Glasgow and Reading Existing Provider-Neutral PoPs – Telehouse North, Telecity Harbour Exchange – Telecity Manchester, Scolocate New Provider-Neutral PoPs – Telecity Powergate, Telehouse West, Leeds (aql) SSET Core PoPs – Bradley Stoke, Erdington, Lowdham, Glasgow SSET Transmission PoPs – Multiplex circuits from regional fibres onto the backbone SSET In-Line Amplifier PoPs – Single rack, small amplifier shelf RNEPs

8. What we’re building - Lightpath Increase bandwidth between backbone nodes to 100GE Topology reflects what is currently required

9. Acceptance of core infrastructure February 2013 Acceptance of regional infrastructure March 2013 How we’re getting on – fibre

10. How we’re getting on – DWDM equipment Ciena 6500 platform All kit is in the country  40% on site  60% in staging Deployment began in January  Staging  Delivery  Installation  Commissioning Completion end April 2013

11. Upgrade: Juniper T1600 Juniper T4000 How we’re getting on – IP routing equipment Professional Services

12. Regional Network Readiness  Space & power  RNEP router capability Transition Planning Operational Readiness  PoP Control  Fault Management  Network Management Service Management  SSET  Ciena Decommissioning How we’re getting on – other stuff

13. Government e-Infrastructure initiative – £26m funding to Janet £10m for Janet6 backbone £12m for phase 1 (below) £4m for ‘industrial connectivity’ Phase 1 – Met Office, Exeter – Norwich Research Park – Hinxton Campus, Cambridge – (Francis Crick Institute, St Pancras) Strategic Research Facilities

14. LOTS of bandwidth – 100Gbit/s x 88 channels = 8.8Tbit/s – 400Gbit/s? Strategic Research Facilities – possible phase 2 Thames Valley Network South Region (formerly LeNSE) Other regional networks? Individual customers? Plans for the future

15. Janet, Lumen House Library Avenue, Harwell Oxford Didcot, Oxfordshire t: +44 (0) 1235 822200 f: +44 (0) 1235 822399 e: Service@ja.net Questions?