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Case Study – Building A Regional Optical Network (RON)

Case Study – Building A Regional Optical Network (RON). The Quilt Fiber Workshop June 21-23, 2004. Presentation Objective. To share the issues involved with implementing a RON and the associated container corporation with The Quilt Fiber Workshop participants

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Case Study – Building A Regional Optical Network (RON)

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  1. Case Study – Building A Regional Optical Network (RON) The Quilt Fiber Workshop June 21-23, 2004

  2. Presentation Objective • To share the issues involved with implementing a RON and the associated container corporation with The Quilt Fiber Workshop participants • To provide workshop participants with examples of how SLR dealt with and continues to deal with these issues

  3. The Vision • Southern Light Rail (SLR) • Regional access to Atlanta National LambdaRail (NLR) node • International Connectivity • O&M of National Science Foundation (NSF) Atlanta Extensible Terascale Facility (ETF) hub • Southern Crossroads (SoX) operations

  4. International National Regional Statewide GT Campus Atlanta 345 Courtland 56 Marietta SLR Southern Light Rail (SLR)Spheres of Influence SOX GT Europe NLR GT Lorraine ETF GTREP Bio-ring Peachnet

  5. Getting Started – Governance Issues • Board Directors of vs. Board of Trustees • Advisory Board • Non-voting • Voting • Hybrid – Advisory Board elects Board seats

  6. Getting Started – Business Plan • Budget • Pro-forma • Detailed • Leadership • Sponsor (champion) • Directors & officers • Source of Funds (especially seed funding)

  7. Getting Started - Business Plan • Bandwidth Pricing Models • Costs • Marginal vs. Market based • Equipment replacement - fully loaded • Cost center – rate study • Other telecom services • New service offerings • Marketing

  8. Getting Started – Business Model • Affiliate or cooperative corporation vs. independent corporation (i.e. LLC) • Sources of funds • Flow of service and charges • Capture total costs

  9. Next Steps – Fiber Acquisition • IRU / Lease / Trade / Donation • Metro • Rural • Strategic Alliances • Private sector – I/CLEC / IXC / CATV / utilities • Public sector • State Board of Regents • Education and Research Consortiums

  10. Next Steps – Equipment Procurement • SONET • Ethernet • CWDM • DWDM

  11. Other Issues • Politics (the science of relationship building) • Multi-level selling (top-down and bottom-up) • What do I get for my money? • What, no vote? • Paradigm Shifts • Shared network infrastructure vs. dedicated point-to-point connectivity • Sales & Marketing (Business Development) • Campus Network Infrastructure • Dedicated fiber connectivity to the lab

  12. Other Issues (paperwork, paperwork & more paperwork) • Organizational • Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws • IRS 501(c)(3) filing • Procurement (pre-selection) • Fiber & Equipment RFP (Mandatories / Desirables) • Vendor relations (post-selection) • Contracts • MSA (Collocation & IRU) • Vendor • Members (Participants) • MOUs / MOAs

  13. SLR Distributed GigaPOP • Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta • 56 Marietta – Carrier Hotel • Abundance of fiber • Carrier neutral • 345 Courtland Street • NLR Atlanta node

  14. SLR Distributed GigaPOP

  15. SLR - NLR Access • Georgia – Access Network #1 • Emory • Georgia State University • Morehouse School of Medicine • Georgia – Access Network #2 • University of Georgia - Athens • Medical College of Georgia – Augusta • Georgia Tech Savannah • SoX Universities • Access Network #3 – South Carolina • Access Network #4 - Alabama

  16. SLR - NLR Access Network #1

  17. SLR - NLR Access Network #2

  18. Strategic Alliance Proposal • The Deal • SLR or educational entity provides optronics • NOC / O&M • To be negotiated / contracted with fiber provider • Bandwidth • Shared between both parties to the deal in direct proportion to their financial contribution • Current Status • Fiber Providers Approached (CLECs, Cable Providers, Utilities, etc.) • Utility has agreed in concept that proposal is feasible – next steps vendor involvement & technical issue assessment

  19. Other Regional Locations – SLR-NLR Access Networks #3, 4…#N • Southern Crossroads (SoX) • South Carolina • Qwest fiber? • Alabama • Level 3 fiber? • Tennessee / Kentucky • Qwest fiber? • Leased Waves? (commercial or private network)

  20. NLR Access Network #3 & #4

  21. Questions & Comments Thank You

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