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City of Cape Town Broadband Project Municipal networks and the growth of the Internet. Leon Van Wyk Manager: Telecommunications City of Cape Town September 2010. What is a municipal network?. Telecommunications network built to service a specific city or region
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City of Cape TownBroadband ProjectMunicipal networks and the growth of the Internet Leon Van Wyk Manager: Telecommunications City of Cape Town September 2010
What is a municipal network? • Telecommunications network built to service a specific city or region • Single shared infrastructure capable of supporting multiple networks • Usually operated on an ‘open access’ basis • Basic infrastructure required to support economic development • Affordable bandwidth is frequently cited as one of the main factors supporting investment and economic growth
Cape Town Broadband Infrastructure ProjectWhat? • Municipally owned, open access, optic fibre infrastructure • New, purpose built optic fibre and switching centres • Phase 1 - R125m capital project (±3% of Cape Town Stadium budget); 500km of fibre • Metro area MPLS and VoIP communications network • Initially link 60 City buildings with each other and the Internet at 1Gbps (currently averages 0.3Mbps) • Dark fibre and Metro Ethernet for third-party use • Due for completion December 2010
Cape Town Broadband Infrastructure ProjectWhy? • Contain telecommunications costs • Currently pay a high cost for very little bandwidth between very few buildings • Reduce voice call costs between City buildings • Improve the standard of service delivery • More bandwidth to more places, allowing greater use of centralised applications and facilities (e.g. SAP ERP, GIS) • Encourage local economic development • Shared infrastructure for commercial network operators at minimal incremental cost • Leverage City’s investment • Avoid unnecessary trenching, and provide alternative where no physical space is available
Phase 1 CBD Build Gallows Hill Switching Center Keller House Switching Center
Melkbosstrand Full planned network (phases 1 – 3) Durbanville Cape Town CBD Rosebank Bellville Athlone Newlands Stellenbosch Houtbaai Plumstead Mitchells Plain Khayelitsha Muizenberg Simonstad Strand
Cape Town Broadband Infrastructure ProjectWhat is being made available? • ECS and ECNS license holders can: • Rent unlit fibre pairs between switching centres • Rent fibre from any fibre distribution point to any nearby building (up to 300m, subject to viability) • Connect their own fibre to a switching centre • Rent unlit fibre on a cross-connect ring to the exchanges of the national networks • Rent rack space in switching centres for transmission equipment • Buy 100Mbps or 1Gpbs circuits between switching centres • The City is not providing Internet transit or offering services to end users • Intent is to support ISPs and telcos, not compete with them
Cape Town Broadband Infrastructure ProjectHow will Cape Town benefit? • Several independent network operators sharing the same fibre infrastructure • More service providers • Reduce the capex barrier that limits competition • Encourage competition based on services rather than ownership of infrastructure • More local bandwidth • Lower costs • More competitive businesses that will employ more people
Cape Town Broadband Infrastructure ProjectWhat does it cost? • Unlit fibre between switching centres averages R2.40/pair/metre/month • Unlit access fibre to buildings will cost up to R70,000 to install (≤300m) and R3.00/pair/metre/month thereafter • Rack space • Half rack (21U): R4,030/month • Full rack (43U): R7,820 (1.5kW) or R10,040 (6kW) • Cross-connect rings: R11,400/pair/month, or R22,800/pair/month with full redundancy • Ethernet ‘circuits’ between switching centres • 100Mbps: ± R61/Mbps e.g. Cape Town – Bellville R7,659 • 1Gbps: ± R30/Mbps e.g. Cape Town – Bellville R38,295
Cape Town Broadband Infrastructure ProjectThe future • One municipal network connecting all buildings and serving all department needs • As we connect more City buildings we will lay more fibre throughout Cape Town, including poorly served areas • Build more switching centres, to both serve the City’s needs and to stimulate economic development • Become a trusted provider of telecommunications infrastructure • Cape Town will become one of the most connected cities in Africa
Cape Town Broadband Infrastructure Project Leon Van Wyk leon.vanwyk@capetown.gov.za