FRGP – NLR/I2FRGP – NLR/I2

Marla MeehlMarla MeehlManager of the FRGPManager of the FRGP

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NLR/Ogden15808

NLR/Salt Lake City15454

10G DW

DW = Dedicated Wave

10G DWUtahRouter

NLR/Denver15808

10G DW

NLR/AbileneAggregationLevel3/DEN

6509 NLR Core Router

Yellow = FRGP provides

Purple = Utah provides

Blue = NLR provides

Utah650X

NLR/Ogden15454

10G DW

NLR Cisco650x or 720010G DW

Abilene

1G DW

TransitRail/FrameNet

Packnet10G DW

Provider 24hrI 24hrOMonI MonO Purchased

Abilene (with Utah) 238.8 299.4 253.6 325.3 1.0 GbpsNLR PacketNet 245.5 455.2 246.4 425.1 10.0 GbpsNLR TransitRail 1,364 532.7 1,501 652.2 2.0 Gbps

Akamai Cache 127.6 31.3 190.6 43.8 1.0 GbpsComcast 12.2 73.3 13.8 90.9 1.0 GbpsESnet 12.1 28.7 51.4 33.8 1.0 GbpsLevel3 418.2 124.6 454.5 157.3 250 MbpsQwest 165.7 130.2 204.7 154.5 200 MbpsRMIX 8.1 13.9 9.1 8.7 1.0 Gbps

9595thth Percentiles – 2/08 Percentiles – 2/08

NLR Current Costs/Services

       

  PacketNet 10Gbps    

  Denver/SLC Wave 10Gbps    

  FrameNet      

  Sub-TOTAL   1,000,000    NOAA-DC link 1Gbps 43,573 Does not include

installation charges of $9500+27,000

  NOAA-Moscow link

1Gbps 0 Shares 10G FrameNet port

  TransitRail 2Gbps 200,000 Shares 10G FrameNet port

  TOTAL   1,243,573  

I2 Costs for FRGP AnnualI2 Connect Fee - 1Gbps 250,000

I2 Member Fees for FRGP 352,000

I2 Participants Fees for FRGP 242,000

I2 SEGP - Utah 44,000

Total888,000

FRGP I2 MembersBrigham Young UniversityColorado School of MinesColorado State UniversityIdaho State UniversityIthakaNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - BoulderUniversity of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences CenterUniversity of Colorado, BoulderUniversity of Northern ColoradoUniversity of UtahUniversity of WyomingUtah State UniversityUS Antarctic Program (USAP)

Total NLR/I2 CostsTotal NLR/I2 Costs

$ 2,131,573.00

NLR Going ForwardNLR Going Forward

• Currently requesting a one year commitment from each Class A & B member

• FRGP conditions: Investor Status, Class A membership, Critical Mass of Class A & B members recommit (9 or 10 of 14 total)

NLR FutureNLR Future• Funded through 12/31/08 with current commitments (some expire

6/30/08 and some 6/30/09)• Erv Blythe (Chair of NLR BoD) report to Network Policy Council

(EDUCAUSE CIOs):– NLR has several future paths, ranging from the spectacularly rich and

positive on the one extreme, to the folding of the endeavor on the other extreme

• Expect one of the middle paths to prevail:– a major subset of the members continue to support the current model, including

developing the capital to begin an upgrade of the infrastructure, or– a major player steps forward with the commitment of capital for a major upgrade, with

new application requirements, and with new revenues to enable the subsidization and preservation of a significant, protected R&E part of an expanded infrastructure

– Emphasized under any future scenario, expected an absolute commitment to maintaining control of the IRU's for the benefit of broad R&E and economic development interests

– Stressed NLR’s desire to work in a complementary and non-competitive way with I2

– Do not believe that either the NLR or the I2 Boards would be willing to look again at merger in the next couple of years.

I2/NLR ServicesI2/NLR Services

• Provisioning for all services– NLR via owned fiber and hardware at marginal pricing– I2 via leased Level3 services at lower than Level3

pricing• Layer 1

– 10Gbps lambdas• NLR via owned fiber at marginal pricing• I2 via leased Level3 services at lower than Level3 pricing• Both testing optical switching

• Layer 2– 1/10Gbps VLANs

I2/NLR Services Cont’dI2/NLR Services Cont’d

• Layer 3– NLR members connect at 10Gbps as part of

$1M fee• Back-up via FrameNet as part of cost

– I2 connect at 1/10Gbps per fee schedule• Back-up via 2x10 service via dynamic wave

• Conditions of Use– None NLR– SEGP, Sponsored Participant, etc. on I2

I2/NLR Services Cont’dI2/NLR Services Cont’d

• Peering– NLR provides infrastructure for TransitRail

• $200K/year for TransitRail service at 2Gbps– I2 provides peering via Abilene connection

• Not free in the sense that you may have to buy bigger pipe to support peering

ScenariosScenarios

• Drop NLR/TransitRail• Drop I2

Discussion/QuestionsDiscussion/Questions