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Hello JON?Why are wedoing this?
How canwe do it?
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Recap: Why are we here?
The UK 25th out of 66 nationsfor broadband quality
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Recap: Why are we here?
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Today’s Competition
Source: Ofcom “3g coverage maps”
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The final third
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Very quick to compete!
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The traditional market
If the market won’t change, how is the UK to compete?
• “Every shop’s a patisserie”– Most ISP’s resell BT Wholesale offerings– Marginal investment– Little scope for technical innovation
• Those that do invest, do so in the same places
– Typically along with cable & WiMAX operators
– Expectations of market share must be small
• Most differentiate on price alone– Ever eroding margins– Ever shrinking funds to invest in the future
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Today’s network
Openreach
KCom
VirginMedia
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Tomorrow’s patchwork – Today!
Titanic Quarter
Lace Market
Derby
Cornwall
Alston
WWHC
Cardenden
Baltic Quarter
Fibrecity Dundee
Bradnet
Corby
Quintain
2012
Bristol
Angus Glens
A patchwork sewn together by JON
Hull
Scale and local differences are supported but masked from service providers
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Hubs & Markets
Open Marketplace
ManchesterOxford Road
FibreSpeed
BMEX NYnet
DigitalRegion
GatesheadGti
DurhamNet
• 1 market-place
• 1 set of interface specifications
• 1 set of tradable assets
• No controlling interests
• Enough hubs to make it affordable for local projects
• Sufficiently few hubs to make it economic for service providers
• Meeting place for
– Peering (e.g. Level 3)
– Backbone connectivity (e.g. Geo)
– Managed platforms (e.g. C&W)
Together it forms a Joint Operating Network
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An Open Market……based on Truly Open Wholesale Products
Fungible & Liquid
• Duct A metre of sub-duct
• Dark Fibre A metre of unlit fibrePassive
• Wavelength A specific lambda
• Layer 2 An ALA VLAN
• Layer 3 Shared IP accessActive
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Breaking with the past
• Active Line Access
– Multiple VLANs & QoS!!!
• Default VLAN?
LineRental = Line + IP
AddressFreeto Air
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Independent ScaleFttX projects, vendors, and services are coming together Independent
NetworksCo-operativeAssociation
www.inca.coop
Manchester Yorkshire Birmingham Gateshead Nottingham Bristol Hull
Alston Angus
And more joining. . .