Mission Statement

“To spur and support innovation, for the economic benefit of Alberta, through the use of cyberinfrastructure”

BACKUP Best Practices - Orion

Backup

•  Partnered with commercial service

•  24/7 support

•  Located in province

•  Scalable

•  Secure

•  Affordable

PEERING & GROUP BUYING Best Practices - BCNet

Peering and Buying

•  Network access cost reduction –  Peering

•  Service improvement •  Network efficiency

–  Academic cost reduction

–  Commercial possibilities

The Internet

U of A

Large ISP

Large ISP

Large ISP

Google Facebook

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The Internet

Cybera

U of A U of C etc,…

Large ISP

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Google Facebook

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering

“Peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network “

Also known as settlement-free peering

What is Peering?

04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in Seattle Slide 13

The Internet + Internet Exchanges

Cybera

U of A U of C etc,…

Large ISP Large

ISP

Large ISP

Google Facebook

IX Switch

Microsoft

Akamai $$

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•  Google is the single largest content provider

•  Many Google services, incl Youtube.com

•  1Gb/s private connection between BCNET and Google

•  IPv6 and IPv4

Private peering Google

04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in Seattle Slide 16

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Population Density (Population / Sq Km)

Alberta – Population Distribution

Almost  four  in  five  people  around  the  world  believe  that  access  to  the  internet  is  a  fundamental  right,  a  poll  for  the  BBC  World  Service  suggests.  

“…study  ranks  Canada  19th  worldwide  in  overall  Internet  access.”  Harvard  University  Berkman  Center  Feb  2010  

“If  we  do  not  act  with  haste,  the  innova=ons  that  could  employ  our  future  work  force  could  well  pass  us  by”  Globe  and  Mail  editorial      Feb  2010  

“Governments  must  regard  the  internet  as  basic  infrastructure  -­‐  just  like  roads,  waste  and  water”  

-­‐  Dr  Hamadoun  Toure,    Secretary-­‐general  of  the  InternaLonal  TelecommunicaLon  Union  

Cost to Connect ($/month)

Rural Urban Speed (Mbps) Satellite Wireless Cable

1.0 70 1.5 100 49 3.0 65 5.0 89 10 47 26 70 50 100

Federal Initiatives

•  Canada’s Economic Action Plan –  $225M

•  Broadband Canada – Connecting Rural Canadians •  $76.9M for first 52 projects

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Company Region Homes

Corridor Communications Inc.

Taber, Pincher Creek, Ranchland and Counties of Cypress, Forty Mile, Warner, Lethbridge and Cardston 5,577

CCI Bighorn and Counties of Clearwater and Yellowhead 2,465

CCI Counties of Red Deer, Lacombe, and Ponoka 1,867 CCI Athabasca Region, Peace River Region 11,335

CCI Wood Buffalo, Bonnyville and counties of Lakeland, St. Paul, and Smoky Lake 1,488

PCC Communications Inc.

Forty Mile, Warner, Cypress, and extended regions of Willow Creek 1,516

PCC Regions of Crowfoot, Vegreville, and Wainwright 8,134 PCC Foothills, Rocky View, and Mountain View 2,475

PCC Jasper, Kananakis, Bighorn and Counties of Clearwater and Yellowhead 436

PCC North Central Region / Stony Plain District 1,817

PCC Peace Region / Peace River & Grande Prairie Districts 1,905 Total 39,015

Lab

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Community

Olds, Alberta • 7,200 residents • 3,200 Homes & Businesses • College • FTTP

Vulcan, Alberta • 2,000 residents • Area wireless

Very Big Data

Very Big Data

SKA Tool 1

Tool 2

Very Big Data

VBD

Finance

Medicine

SKA

Brain

Genomics

Oil &

Gas