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Utah to deploy public owned fiber to 17 cities

  • From: Eric Kuhnke
  • Date: Mon Oct 06 23:37:56 2003

 From the CANET-NEWS list, this seems relevant to network operations...

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>[From www.convergedigest.com -- BSA]
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>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.
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>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
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>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
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