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What do you do with a fiber network??

What do you do with a fiber network??. For Providers -- you add services …. For a Municipality -- you add providers. Services Layer. Operations Layer. Physical-Electronics Layer. Services are revenue …. Provider view:. Convergence is cheaper OPEX. Fiber is new and expensive CAPEX.

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What do you do with a fiber network??

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  1. What do you do with a fiber network?? For Providers -- you add services … For a Municipality -- you add providers ... Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

  2. ServicesLayer Operations Layer Physical-Electronics Layer Services are revenue … Provider view: Convergence is cheaper OPEX Fiber is new and expensive CAPEX Today’sNetwork Converged Networks Wireless Wireline Video Data Siloed, Dissimilar, Costly Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

  3. 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 Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

  4. C D W M CD W M C D W M Physical-Electronics Layer You aggregate individual customers NG-SONET - PBT/PBB - MetroE OLTs, Active Ethernet Hubs, etc Router GigEs GigEs GR303/T.1 carriage EDFA - RF Individual Aggregation Point Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

  5. Municipal Commons Neutral Provider Commons Tier 1 Internet Video GPON Fabric GPON Fabric GPON Fabric GPON Fabric GPON Fabric GPON City A City B Voice Services GPON Fabric ServicesLayer Operations Layer “B” Municipal Commons Regional Servers personalization Center Aggregation Routers Physical-Electronics Layer “c” New Region New CO “C” SP MPLS Core Node Open Networks -- how we may approach Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

  6. Many Providers 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 Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

  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.) Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

  8. Eric Lampland Lookout Point Communications St. Paul Minnesota www.lookoutpt.com 651.227.8122 Questions … ?? Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

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