establishing a successful btop partnership in rural southeast ohio

ESTABLISHING A SUCCESSFUL BTOP PARTNERSHIP IN RURAL SOUTHEAST OHIOBrice Bible, Chief Information Officer, Ohio UniversityBill McKell, President, Horizon TelcomPankaj Shah, Executive Director, OARnet

Agenda Ohio Higher Education/

Government Network Provider Perspective

University Perspective Carrier Perspective Lessons Learned Q & A

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Pankaj Shah, Executive Director, OARnet

Advanced Regional Network Perspective3

“Expanding broadband to unserved and underserved Ohioans.”

− Ohio Middle Mile Consortium

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OARnet serves as the glue between the Ohio Middle Mile Consortium Partners.

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OMMC Benefits for OARnet and Partners

OMMCPartner

OARnet Benefits

Partner Benefits

ComNet, Horizon, & OneCommunity

General optical backbone upgradeProvides for expanded disaster recoveryExtend and increase capacity

Lower capital construction & ongoing operating costsAggregation reduced federal ask without compromising reach

Universal Benefits

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OMMC Benefits for OARnet and Partners

OMMCPartner

OARnet Benefits

Partner Benefits

ComNet, Inc.

Two strands of dark fiber along 2 routes in western Ohio

One 10G wave IRU on one route

Horizon Telcom

Two strands of dark fiber along 6 routes in Southeast Ohio

Two 10G wave IRU on five routes

OneCommunity

Two strands of dark fiber along 2 routes in northeastern Ohio, including “Super Ring”

One 10G wave IRU on four routes

Partner-Specific Benefits

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Impact: OARnet’s Network8

Pre-ARRA Funding Post-ARRA Funding

Overall Funding Dynamics

Total OMMC Projects

Project Match Awards TotalHorizon Telcom $28,488,963 $66,474,246 $94,963,209 ComNet, Inc. $12,872,419 $30,031,849 $42,904,268 OneCommunity $25,188,433 $44,794,046 $69,982,479

Total $66,549,815 $141,300,14

1 $207,849,95

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Brice Bible, CIO

Ohio University10

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Ohio University and Southeast Ohio Broadband Growth Video classrooms and the addition of high quality

video services IT service consolidation in Athens

LMS Data Storage Web Environments

Increased ERP usage (students and faculty) Overall increase in I1 Consumption (all campuses) Tech startups and economic development at all

campuses Shared telecommunications infrastructure

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Ohio University’s Goals For the OMMC Program Establish a world-class

cyberinfrastructure in Southeast Ohio

Utilize the eight (8) major Ohio University campuses as anchor POPs

Fully integrate with OARnet for optimal statewide connectivity and redundancy

Ensure scalable capacity into the foreseeable future (10+ years)

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Historic Data Circuit Capacity

Year 2007 2008 2010 2011

I1 205 450 510 1gig

I2 118 350 350 350

IntraOhio 58 100 100 8+gigRegional

Campuses1.5 45 45 1gig

Bill McKell- CEO, Horizon Telcom

Connecting Appalachia

The Service Area

Lack of Access

17,000 square miles

58.9% without broadband

How Did WeGet Here?

• Southern Ohio Health Care Network awarded FCC Rural Health Care Pilot funds in early 2007

• Congressman Space launches Connecting Appalachia Initiative in mid-2007

• NTIA Round 1 application filed in mid-2009, rejected due to insufficient match

• Horizon steps-up for the region with 30% match for Round 2 proposal

• OARnet forms OMMC, successfully settles turf issues among applicants and gains support from Governor Strickland

• NTIA Round 2 Application filed in early-2010

Success!

Connecting Appalachia awarded August 18, 2010

$95 million fiber-optic broadband project

$66 million covered from federal funds

$29 million match by Horizon

OARnet a sub-recipient

Impact

• 1,950+ miles of fiber• DWDM backbone with ROADM• 1 Gbps Metro-Ethernet ports as

standard distribution interface (with speed tiers)

• 2.5 Gbps to 10 Gbps lambda services (higher speed in future years)

• Higher Education• Laterals to 44 campuses• Additional OARnet rings• Expanded OARnet DWDM capacity

• Additional CAIs• 231 K-12 buildings• 212 health care sites• 66 public safety locations• 34 industrial parks• 5 park lodges

Horizon Profile• 115-year history of serving rural

Ohio• Big enough to handle the project• Nimble enough to be an innovative

partner• State-of-the-art know-how

– Pioneer in use of fiber-optics since the 1980’s

• Horizon came forward to risk $29 million, demonstrating commitment to and faith in the future of rural Ohio

The Powerof Partnership

Plus 200+ health care facilities in the SOHCN

Health Care Anchors (to Date)ARC Local Development Districts

K-12 Information Technology Centers

Other Groups

Funding already from:

Higher Education (to Date)

Advantages of theConnecting Appalachia Network It’s Our Region’s Network

Tailor-made to our needs Unprecedented support Key partnerships

Tremendous capacity because of fiber-optics

Resilient and reliable service because of rings

Example of Diverse Fiber Routing

High AvailabilityAnchor Site

POP C

= Fiber Splice Point

POP A

POP B

Last-Mile Network Provider

What’s Left to Doin Broadband Last-Mile partnerships

Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs)

Fiber-to-the-home initiatives

Local and county government opportunities to partner with Horizon

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ImprovedConnectivity

Speeds and performance for virtualization across wide range of services

Physically diverse fiber feeds will deliver reliability

Supports consolidation of servers and services for regional campuses

Increases feasibility and range of shared services among universities

Enables continued expansion of OhioLink services

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K-20 Collaboration

Ability to extend the K-20 vision will no longer be limited by bandwidth

K-12 ITCs are partners in project Moving ITCs to new backbone will

bring these K-12 hubs into OARnet at much higher speeds

At completion of project, all schools in the service area will have fiber connections

As ITCs move buildings to the new network, benefits will multiply

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Enhanced Research High capacity, low latency

connectivity will support wide variety of research and simulation agendas

Improved connectivity with OARnet and Internet2 bring next generation speeds to Ohio researchers

Unified network supporting education, health care and businesses open avenues for regional investigations

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Ohio University Lessons Learned Establish Executive Sponsorship Early Determine Balance Between Partnership

and Competition and Get Buy-in to Approach

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OARnet Lessons Learned Planning

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OMMC: Transforming Ohio’s Broadband Landscape

Com Net, Inc. Western Ohio $30 million 700 new miles of fiber

Horizon Telcom Southern and eastern Ohio $66.5 million 1,960 new miles of fiber

OneCommunity Northeastern Ohio $44.8 million 986 new miles of fiber

3.6 million households 534,000+ businesses 83 private and public

universities and colleges

34 community colleges 2,356 K-12 and career training

centers 1,300+ health care facilities 2,200 state and local

government offices 1,500 public safety operations 429 libraries 207 industrial parks

ARRA Award Summaries Projected to Reach32

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Brice BibleCIOOhio Universitybibleb@ohio.edu

Pankaj ShahExecutive DirectorOARnetpshah@oar.net

Bill McKellPresidentHorizon Telcomemail

Questions?