Cybera - for IBM
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This document discusses several network initiatives in Alberta, Canada including improving access to rural communities and reducing connectivity costs. It notes the growing demand for network services among academic and public sectors. Several small educational institutions and rural communities lack adequate broadband access. The document outlines federal initiatives to expand broadband access to rural Canadian homes and reviews options for network access cost reduction through peering arrangements and academic cost sharing to improve efficiency and service.
Cybera - for IBM
- 3. Alberta Co. Cybera Pilot Commercial Cloud Cloud
- 4. Small Educational Institution Cybera Pilot Commercial Cloud Cloud
- 5. 4,000,000 # of users $ / User
- 6. Demand For Network Services • Academic – Growing but well served – Funding difficulties • Public – Urban • Growing but well served – Rural • Grossly under-served
- 7. 4,000,000 # of users Community Lab $ / User
- 8. “The Olds Ins,tute for Community and Regional Development Technology Commi=ee has a vision to make Olds the small and medium enterprise capital of Alberta built on superior cyberinfrastructure. The OICRD is currently building a private fiber network that will connect every home and business in the community.” -‐ Norman McInnis, Chief Administra5ve Officer for Olds
- 9. Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.
- 10. “Governments must regard the internet as basic infrastructure -‐ just like roads, waste and water” -‐ Dr Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-‐general of the Interna5onal Telecommunica5on Union “…study ranks Canada 19th worldwide in overall Internet access.” Harvard University Berkman Center Feb 2010 “If we do not act with haste, the innova,ons that could employ our future work force could well pass us by” Globe and Mail editorial Feb 2010
- 11. Population Density (Population / Sq Km) 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0
- 12. Alberta – Population Distribution
- 13. Cost to Connect ($/month) Rural Urban Speed (Mbps) Satellite Wireless Cable 1.0 70 1.5 100 49 3.0 65 5.0 89 10 47 26 70 50 100
- 14. Federal Initiatives • Canada’s Economic Action Plan – $225M • Broadband Canada – Connecting Rural Canadians • $76.9M for first 52 projects 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
- 15. Federal Initiatives Company Region Homes Corridor Taber, Pincher Creek, Ranchland and Counties of Communica Cypress, Forty Mile, Warner, Lethbridge and tions Inc. Cardston 5,577 Bighorn and Counties of Clearwater and CCI Yellowhead 2,465 CCI Counties of Red Deer, Lacombe, and Ponoka 1,867 CCI Athabasca Region, Peace River Region 11,335 Wood Buffalo, Bonnyville and counties of CCI Lakeland, St. Paul, and Smoky Lake 1,488 PCC Communica Forty Mile, Warner, Cypress, and extended tions Inc. regions of Willow Creek 1,516 PCC Regions of Crowfoot, Vegreville, and Wainwright 8,134 PCC Foothills, Rocky View, and Mountain View 2,475 Jasper, Kananakis, Bighorn and Counties of PCC Clearwater and Yellowhead 436 PCC North Central Region / Stony Plain District 1,817 Peace Region / Peace River & Grande Prairie PCC Districts 1,905 Total 39,015
- 19. Homes Businesses Homes Businesses Homes Businesses Homes Distribution SuperNet Point Content Satellite Co. Farm Cybera Pilot SuperNet Cloud Commercial Cloud
- 21. New Initiatives • Network access cost reduction – Peering • Service improvement • Network efficiency – Academic cost reduction – Commercial possibilities
- 22. The Internet Google $$ $$ Facebook Large ISP $$ $$ Large Large ISP ISP $$ $$ U of A
- 23. The Internet Google $$ $$ Facebook Large ISP $$ $$ Large Large ISP ISP $$ $$ Cybera U of A U of C etc,…
- 24. What is Peering? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering “Peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network “ Also known as settlement-free peering 04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in Seattle Slide 24
- 25. The Internet + Internet Exchanges Google $$ $$ Facebook Large Microsoft ISP $$ $$ Large IX Switch ISP Large ISP $$ $$ Akamai Cybera U of A U of C etc,…
- 26. Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) • Many small / medium / large ISP and content providers • Connect once, reach many • IPv4 and IPv6 • First 1Gb/s port Free! • $1,000 one time fee additional port • $5,000 (one time) for a 10Gb/s port • http://www.seattleix.net/participants.htm
- 27. Private peering Google • Google is the single largest content provider • Many Google services, incl Youtube.com • 1Gb/s private connection between BCNET and Google • IPv6 and IPv4 04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in Seattle Slide 27