[AusNOG] [ISOC-AU-mems] Quigley announces architectural "stake in the ground"

[David Hooton]

Hi Rosemary,

*         How do we ensure we provide opportunities for competitive choice for customers with big, national branch networks including low density areas - think Woolworths, ANZ, Coles, Commonwealth bank?

I think by virtue of the fact that there will be open wholesale access this is not going to be an issue.  Every wholesale access seeker is going to build their network differently and with different market focuses.  I think if anything the model being discussed today is going to increase options provided the access costs are reasonable to the wholesale customer.

The physical network all being the same will require network operators to differentiate themselves through, services, innovative product delivery and network flexibility. Additional value adds such as being able to deliver non NBN network reliant backup links to each site would probably in my mind be high on my agenda if I was a CIO looking for an NBN era telco solution.

*         How do we provide "White Label" opportunities such as we see in UK - Sainsbury/Tesco - here could be Woolworths, Elders, Office Works.....

This is where network aggregators and VISP providers come in, these opportunities are already being served well with the current regime by established service providers.  Provided the NBN Co is able to give the VISP provider cost effective access and the ability to build their products as they choose, this is not going to be a difficult thing, in fact in my mind it will open the market up to new players and greater competition.

Kind Regards,

David Hooton
Managing Director
Platform Networks
www.platformnetworks.net<http://www.platformnetworks.net>

3G wireless data solutions from Platform Networks - Ask me for more information

From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Rosemary Sinclair
Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2009 10:09 AM
To: Paul Brooks; Narelle
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net; ISOC-AU Members Discussion List
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] [ISOC-AU-mems] Quigley announces architectural "stake in the ground"

Hi folks

Our issues at ATUG - not sure of our position yet!!! And grateful for any input.....


 *   How do we ensure we provide opportunities for competitive choice for customers with big, national branch networks including low density areas - think Woolworths, ANZ, Coles, Commonwealth bank?


 *   How do we provide "White Label" opportunities such as we see in UK - Sainsbury/Tesco - here could be Woolworths, Elders, Office Works.....


 *   How do we provide a suitable access service for local ISPs to service communities in low density areas?


 *   How could specialist providers of content service s- eg Health, Education, Universities, perhaps banking, media services operate in this environment?


 *   How do make sure the problems of dominance that we are just about to fix don't re-emerge at a different level in the architecture?



Cheers

Rosemary

Rosemary Sinclair
Managing Director, ATUG
Chairman, INTUG
T: +61 2 94958901  F: +61 2 94193889
M: +61 413734490
Email: rosemary.sinclair at atug.org.au<mailto:rosemary.sinclair at atug.org.au>
Skype: rasinclair

Please visit the ATUG website for Updates and Information www.atug.com.au<http://www.atug.com.au>

________________________________
From: iamems-bounces at lists.isoc-au.org.au [mailto:iamems-bounces at lists.isoc-au.org.au] On Behalf Of Paul Brooks
Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2009 7:30 PM
To: Narelle
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net; ISOC-AU Members Discussion List
Subject: Re: [ISOC-AU-mems] [AusNOG] Quigley announces architectural "stakein the ground"

Narelle wrote:


hot of the press...
Quigley offers ISPs a rough sketch of NBN architecture
NBN Co has developed a rough architecture for the build-out of the National Broadband Network in an attempt to keep ISPs and carriers in the loop as to how their services will intersect with it.
See: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/155871,quigley-offers-isps-a-rough-sketch-of-nbn-architecture.aspx/0

It looks like a layer 2 GPON network with ethernet backhaul over classical transmission gear, presenting to service providers from centralised locations. Each premises will have an ONT with multiple ports so there can be physical separation of services. He says this is merely a "stake in the ground" and will consult with ISPs.

Thoughts anyone?
Its broadly what we've been putting together as the initial work in the Comms Alliance workgroups - work in progress https://commswiki.dgit.biz/index.php/Main_Page. I think it was a diagram from this work that Quigley put up in the Brisbane briefing yesterday.

TR-144 (http://www.broadband-forum.org/technical/download/TR-144.pdf) is a fairly heavily leaned upon precedent. There will be a first-run architectural reference model released for broader comment in a few weeks I believe.



--

Paul Brooks               |         Mob +61 414 366 605

Layer 10 Advisory         |         Ph  +61 2 9402 7355

-------------------------------------------------------

Layer 10 - telecommunications strategy & network design
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ausnog.net/pipermail/ausnog/attachments/20090917/54d9d571/attachment.html>