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Own the Network A Radical Approach to Internet Connectivity Brough Turner, CTO, NMS Communications

Own the Network A Radical Approach to Internet Connectivity Brough Turner, CTO, NMS Communications. Hammarbysjostad (Stockholm). Västerbotten (Northern Sweden). Sweden. 100 Mbps, $16/month. Courtesy Lars Hedberg, The Swedish Urban Network Association. US comparison…. Competition?.

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Own the Network A Radical Approach to Internet Connectivity Brough Turner, CTO, NMS Communications

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  1. Own the NetworkA Radical Approach to Internet ConnectivityBrough Turner, CTO, NMS Communications

  2. Hammarbysjostad(Stockholm) Västerbotten(Northern Sweden) Sweden 100 Mbps, $16/month Courtesy Lars Hedberg, The Swedish Urban Network Association

  3. US comparison…

  4. Competition? Regulation? But what to do? Telephony is not a “natural monopoly” — What about Internet connectivity?

  5. Be careful what you ask for…

  6. Local Right-of-Way is a bottleneck

  7. Photo by Dr. William T. Verts, http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~verts/things/things.html Swedish Urban Network Association Using the right of way also has issues

  8. Cable bundles leading to one fiber per home

  9. Who lights the fiber? At least 2 choices! • Regulated monopoly lights the fibers • All homes get same speed(s) and are locked to those electronics until the whole neighborhood is upgraded • Homeowners pick an ISP to light their fiber • Homeowner selects the speeds & services desired

  10. Condominium fiber • Québec’s Villages Branchés program (2002)62 school boards participatein commercial dark fiber coops • 18,000 km dark fiber • 184 new “non-dominant carriers” • 7 engineering firms; 10 fiber contractors • 4332 buildings connected Own (or Control) Individual Dark Fibers

  11. Community Association – Ulmea http://www.bjornerback.com/tomas/mattgrand/

  12. Community Association – Ulmea 1 Gbps middle-km connection http://www.bjornerback.com/tomas/mattgrand/

  13. Municipal dark fiber – Stockholm Stokab AB founded 1994 Fibre to the block – entire metro Stockholm http://www.stokab.se

  14. Issues Existing (legacy) laws and regulations Vested interests Path forward Public & politicians notice US global rank High tech community has some lobbying clout Success models visible Own (or Control) Individual Dark Fibers

  15. Thank you ! Brough Turner rbt@nmss.com http://blogs.nmss.com/communications/

  16. AneComm 2008presentation –http://eCommMedia.comfor more

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