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Keewaytinook OkimakanakPresentation to
First Nations Connect Conference Smart
InitiativeBroadband Network Infrastructure
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Presented by:Dan Pellerin
Network ManagerFebruary 12, 2002
Welcome
Building a network
• Networks do not magically appear…– They evolve over time. Factors such as funds,
human resources, technical abilities, infrastructure all play
• The following slides show some of the steps involved in building a community network and bringing the communities together into a wide area network (WAN).
Building a Networka local area network
Building a Networkinternet access
Building a Networkbroadband access
Building a Networkthe aggregation process
Building a Networkthe community network
Building a NetworkWide area network
Building a NetworkThe service providers
Building a Networkexpansion of WAN
Benefits of the Network
• Regional in nature– Northern Ontario, NAN region.
• Multiprotocol– video, data, voice all on the same network.
• Scalable– network can grow as communities join.
• Interoperable– using published standards insures being able to join
other networks.. Eg. North Network, ENO.
Benefits of the Network
• Aggregation.– Traffic is aggregated to the benefit of all the
community members
• Services and client needs met.– No one organization can do the network
completely. Using an aggregated network ensures that service providers reach the clients most effectively.
Cost items
• Customer premise equipment– computers, hubs, switches, servers, routers.
• Local loop equipment.
• Community access equipment
• WAN charges
• Internet access charges.
It is a journey
• Technology evolves; a solution today may not be
suitable for tomorrow, so plan as such.
• In ten years today’s networks may be seen as
primitive, but they will have carved the way for the
present and future users.
• Not everything will succeed 100% but even in
Business and Government there are *errors*
BEST PRACTICES
• Create partnerships• Get companies to know Communities.• Train local people. Not only the consultants. • Have constant communication with community leaders
and champions.• Smaller projects leading to the bigger picture is
preferable.• Share proposals and resources with other groups• Let the community take ownership
Bringing it home
• The next few slides show the network growth over the past three years as it relates to the NAN region.
In the beginning
Slate Falls joins up.
The link to Toronto and ENO
The Shibogama Connection
Windigo comes onboard
Fort Hope and Webequie
Sandy Lake and Ottawa
The Kuh-ke-nah network
The most important part of the network.
• The People.
Future SystemAdministrator
The Next group of Software Engineers?
K-Net’s Partners in Community Development
Partners in Community Development
THE FEDERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE IN NORTHERN ONTARIO
http://fednor.ic.gc.ca
Partners in Community Development
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KUH-KE-NAH
• Website(http://knet.on.ca)
• Brian BeatonProject Leader([email protected])
• Dan Pellerin [email protected]
• K-Net Services at 877-737-KNET (5638)CD ROM (please request)