From the CANET-NEWS list, this seems relevant to network operations... >For more information on this item please visit the CANARIE CA*net 4 Optical >Internet program web site at http://www.canarie.ca/canet4/library/list.html >------------------------------------------- > >[From www.convergedigest.com -- BSA] > >Utah's UTOPIA Project Plans Widescale FTTH Deployment >Salt Lake City and 17 other cities across the state of Utah are planning to >build a publicly-owned, fiber telecommunications network that would reach >nearly 250,000 homes and 35,000 business, representing a population of about >724,000. The Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) >plans to build the network and then act as a municipally-owned wholesale >carrier. The project plans to issue 15 to 20 year bonds that would be paid >for by leasing capacity on the network to various service providers and >ISPs. It does not expected to raise the tax base for the communities served. > >UTOPIA plans to use an "Open Service Provider Network" model developed by >Dynamic City, which serves as consultant for the project. The first phase of >the rollout will connect some 15,000 homes beginning in early 2004. UTOPIA's >Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) will use an active architecture rather than a PON >design. Riverstone Networks has been selected to provide core electronics >and access distribution systems. Allied Telesyn's RG223 Residential Gateway >has been chosen as the customer premises solution for the network. The RG223 >features two analog phone ports, three 10/100 Ethernet LAN ports, and >supports IGMP for secure and efficient multicast video.Allied Telesyn's >product distributes traditional voice and multiple IP-based services >throughout a home, including broadband Internet access, VoIP, broadcast >television, and video on demand. The gateway, which would be placed inside >the home, directly terminates the fiber connection. A category 5 Ethernet >cable is used to connect to an IP set-up box. >http://www.utopianet.org/ >http://www.dynamiccity.com >http://www.alliedtelesyn.com >06-Oct-03 > >Wave7 Optics Selected for Large FTTP Deployment in Tenn. >The Jackson Energy Authority (JEA) of Jackson, Tennessee, a municipal >utility, selected Wave7 Optics for a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network >that is expected to pass some 31,000 homes and businesses in 2005. Jackson >Energy is the local electrical utility. Wave7 is scheduled to begin >delivering network equipment in December 2003 and JEA anticipates it will >initiate deployment in Q1 2004. The network will be used to deliver over 250 >analog and digital cable television channels, high-speed (up to 500 Mbps) >two-way business and residential Internet connections, full featured POTS >and IP telephony (as a carrier's carrier for local CLECs). Commercial >activation of the network is expected in Q2 2004. Wave7's solution is an IP >and Ethernet optical access system that provides all traditional >"carrier-grade" telephone services (including fax), high-speed data (e.g., >Internet service) and both analog and digital video (including IP streaming >video). Wave7 provides standard data, telephone and CATV interfaces at its >customer premise devices, accommodating existing home and business >telephone, television and computer systems. Financial terms were not >disclosed. >http://www.wave7optics.com >http://www.jaxenergy.com >06-Oct-03 > > > >------------------------------------- >To subscribe or unsubscribe to the CANARIE-NEWS list please send e-mail to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >In the body of the e-mail: > >subscribe news >end > >------------------------------------- > >These news items and comments are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect >those of the CANARIE board or management. >----------- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.canarie.ca/~bstarn >
