Open Source for Open Broadband Access
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The document discusses the challenges and importance of open broadband access in bridging the digital divide and enhancing community services. It emphasizes that broadband is critical infrastructure for community survival and highlights the need for innovative solutions in the current disjointed broadband ecosystem. Open-source approaches and collaborative efforts are proposed as ways to develop better, equitable broadband access, enabling economic development and improved community services.
![What is Broadband?
It’s not about bitrates or technologies
25 Mbit/s down, 3 Mbit/s up - FCC, 2015[20]
10/1 for rural
➢ 4 Mbit/s down, 1 Mbit/s up - FCC, 2010[20
It’s critical infrastructure for community survival
Rural Broadband isn’t broken, it’s never been fixed
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Open Source for Open Broadband Access
- 2. Open Source For Open Broadband Access Greg Whelan Principal Greywale Insights
- 3. Broadband Background Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 4. Agenda Broadband Ecosystem at Dis – Equilibrium – It’s Broken Access Networking is Tough Open Broadband Access Broadband Isn’t About Bit Rates Open Source for Open Broadband Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 5. Points to Ponder All Local Loops Are Local 15% of Cost of a Broadband Network Goes to Technology “Over Builds” are “Greenfields” Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 6. What is Broadband? It’s not about bitrates or technologies 25 Mbit/s down, 3 Mbit/s up - FCC, 2015[20] 10/1 for rural ➢ 4 Mbit/s down, 1 Mbit/s up - FCC, 2010[20 It’s critical infrastructure for community survival Rural Broadband isn’t broken, it’s never been fixed Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 7. Community Reality There is a digital divide and it’s getting wider No one wants to be on the wrong side Many communities are forced to act Someone has to Overbuild “We’re losing a generation of highly educated, skilled workers and entrepreneurs that are leaders in the digital economy,” said Natalie Roper, executive director of Generation West Virginia, a young professionals group. “They have moved to other states that have invested in high-speed internet infrastructure Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 8. Why Broadband Is Important: Community Benefits• FOR COMMUNITIES, high-speed broadband will: • Bridge the digital divide by giving all residents access to broadband; • Add educational options such as distance learning and experiential learning; • Use telemedicine to monitor and health and safety of the frail and elderly; • Install intelligent traffic systems to measure traffic flow and adjust traffic signals in real time; • Enable municipal efficiencies; • Significantly reduce response time for first responders. ‘Community Broadband’ is about Communities not Broadband Source: New York State Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 9. Big Thank You to GoogleFiber Tanked the bps/$ economics Highlighted the Digital Divide Forced the Incumbents to act Proved the current broadband ecosystem is broken First: Google/Alphabet wins regardless of who delivers high speed broadband for the simple reason a 4K ad cost more than a 1K ad Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 10. Agenda Broadband Ecosystem at Dis - Equilibrium Access Networking is Tough Open Broadband Access Broadband Isn’t About Bit Rates Open Source for Open Broadband Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 11. Current Ecosystem People ThingsCloud/Web Co’s Want Access to People and things Want Access to the Cloud and to Each Other Sell Access Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 12. Current Ecosystem: Disequilibrium People Things All cloud traffic is clumped together in the Internet Access pipes at the metro peering point (Last 50 Miles) or at the CO (Last Mile) Broadband Central Office Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 13. Current Ecosystem: Disequilibrium- Getting Worse People Things Net Neutrality ? Gives equal access to skinny pipe? In Footprint vs. Out of Footprint Broadband Central Office Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 14. Current Ecosystem: Disequilibrium Constituent Goals Not Aligned Source: Entrypoint Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 15. Agenda Broadband Ecosystem at Dis - Equilibrium Access Networking it Tough Open Broadband Access Broadband Isn’t About Bit Rates Open Source for Open Broadband Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 16. Access is not an Electrical Engineering problem It’s a Civil Engineering problem Moore’s Law Doesn’t apply Access is not for the faint of heart If it did, a bucket truck would fit in your hand Broadband Challenges: Realities Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 17. Broadband Challenges: Realities Miles of facilities (wires/local loop) connecting every building in the serving area Specialized Outside Plant electronics many attached to utility poles or under ground Onerous federal and state and local regulations in a politically charged environment Real operational challenges -- lightning, floods, radon gas, backhoe fades and squirrel chews. Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 18. Broadband Challenges: Central Offices Residential Enterprise Mobile • One central office (CO) may support – 10K+ residential subscribers – 10K+ mobile subscribers – 1K+ enterprise customers • There are 1000s of COs • CO is a service provider’s “gateway” to its customers • CO represents a great vantage point for a service provider – Enable new services to customers Source: AT&T On.LAB/ONF 18 +300 spares, numerous management systems and backend integration efforts, 100’s of M & P’s etc. etc. etc. Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 19. Broadband Challenges: Utility Poles The biggest barrier to Broadband success are the Utility Poles! Make - Ready Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 20. GoogleFiber’s View on Make Ready Source: GoogleFiberGreywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 21. These are Green Fields! Someone has to Overbuild Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 22. Over Builder Options? Internet Access Only Not Enough Cord Cutter to Break even 2- or 3-Play Video infrastructure costs and content costs raise breakeven Open Broadband Access ? GoogleFiber proved one company can’t do it all themselves Someone has to Overbuild Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 23. Agenda Broadband Ecosystem at Dis - Equilibrium Access Networking is Tough Open Broadband Access Broadband Isn’t About Bit Rates Open Source for Open Broadband Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 24. Open Broadband: What’s Closed? People Things Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 25. Open Broadband: General Concept People Things Open Broadband Access Everyone is treated on a Fair, Equitable and Non-Discriminatory Basis Over the same strand of glass at the same time at Layer 2 Open Broadband Central Office Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 26. Open Broadband Access Community Open Broadband Central Office Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 27. Open Broadband Access ‘Cloud Direct’ Access To People & Things Open Broadband Central Office Everyone Gets Choice for all Services! Internet-like and Smart Phone-like Experience Openness enables everyone to become a service provider Broadband becomes an Innovation and Economic Development Platform Internet Access is just one application Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 28. Open Broadband Whole Ecosystem Benefits! Open Broadband Access Residential Services – Triple Play is just the beginning MDU’s and SMB – Open Access Service Portal and L2 Tunnels and VLANs Local Government VLAN/VPN, School Services, Smart City Service: VLANs and VPNs Enterprise Services: L2 Tunnels , VLANs etc. Mobile Backhaul (4G/LTE/5G & Wi-Fi), Critical LTE Communications Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 29. Open Broadband Aligned With Greater Ecosystem! Open Broadband Central Office Metro Peering Co-Lo Hotel Last Mile(s)Last 50 MilesLast 100’s Miles Middle Mile Extend The Cloud To the Edge Wholesale XaaS Platform IoT Edge Processing – Low Latency Mobile Densification – Wholesale M-CORD Smart City Foundation Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 30. Open Broadband It’s a “Win” for All! WinN Consumers and Businesses Win Competitive choice for all services Communities Win Economic Development and Community Vibrancy Cloud Companies Win Level playing field, cloud direct access to customers The Incumbents Save $Billions on upgrades, re-invest in innovative new cloud services, Level playing field off footprint Who else wins? Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 31. Agenda Broadband Ecosystem at Dis - Equilibrium Access Networking is Tough Open Broadband Access Broadband Isn’t About Bit Rates Open Source for Open Broadband Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 32. Why Open Source for Open Broadband? Lot’s of them (20k CO’s in USA) How is Broadband Different? Small, Medium and Large I/O 10-20,000 I/O ports per CO Space/Facilities CO’s aren’t Data Centers Traffic Asymmetrical, Peak Times Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 33. Open Broadband Access: Network Requirements Multiple Service Providers Open Broadband Access Network Requirements Automated (Re) Provisioning Fixed and Wireless Really Simple to Manage Wholesale Centric QoS and Security Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 34. Open Source and Broadband People Things ? ? Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 35. Source and Broadband Collaboration Example BBF Next Gen Broadband Use Cases MEF Next Gen Enterprise Use Cases Use Cases/Requirements Open Source Implementations Input to Specifications IEEE 5G Capabilities IEEE 35 Source: ON.Lab/ONS CORD Open Reference Implementation Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 36. Why Open Source for Open Broadband? Different Interface for each network No different than today Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 37. Why Open Source for Open Broadband? Common Interface and Open API’s Scale benefits entire ecosystem! Create applications once! More communities donating back Community Broadband is about Communities not Broadband Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 38. Why Open Source for Open Broadband? Open Hardware Complete Stack Future Innovation Open Source Software Open Source Basics Shared Investment Rapid Innovation/Iteration Reduce R&D Cost Time to Market Etc. Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 39. Why Open Source for Open Broadband? Switch Switch Switch Switch Server Server Server Server Cable Tray Patch Panel GPON Ports GPON Ports XGS PON Ports XGS PON Ports Metro I/O Metro I/O Gig E Ports 10 Gig E Port Mix and Match I/O ports to match demand Future upgrades ‘just’ add new I/O shelf R-CORD. M-CORD, E-CORD & A-CORD Open Hardware Initiatives Open Hardware Complete Stack Future Innovation Open Source Software Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 40. Why Open Source for Open Broadband? Open Hardware Complete Stack Future Innovation Open Source Software Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 41. Why Open Source for Open Broadband? Open Hardware Complete Stack Future Innovation Open Source Software Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 42. Conclusion Broadband Ecosystem at Dis - Equilibrium Access Networking is Tough Open Broadband Access Broadband Isn’t About Bit Rates Open Source for Open Broadband Greywale Insights – All Rights Reserved
- 43. Greywale Insights Thank You Greg Whelan Principal gwhelan@greywale.com Twitter: greywale