Transcript Welcome to the Loop March 2006

Why are we building it?
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Leadership Vision - collaborative network of networks
Opportunity – Network Tasman Ltd support
Inevitability – new level of demand and complexity
Necessity – no suitable commercial offerings
Self defense – individual schools too vulnerable
So, we’ve taken the plunge pursuing a new
model
A Multimedia Paradigm
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Digital delivery – and creation
Data storage, analysis and sharing
Digital classrooms
Scaffolds – accessing digital
services, content and communities.
• Collaborative networks
“Go live” – and go “offsite”
The Loop Concept
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Very fast, Economic
Simple, Flexible, Reliable
Educationally valid
Responsive
….an edge network - owned and driven by the users –
fat, fast and free!!
What did the Loop
have to do?
• Manage broadband
• Cater for simple Internet to
virtual reality
• Be open access
• Be non-proprietary
• Be accommodating
….”fat pipes not skinny straws”…moving to the new
connectivity era
The Launch?
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A very impressive demonstration
Excited the troops
Answered the questions
Got the Telco's attention
The Tech Stuff
• The core loop is …
– a fibre pair loop.
– Layer 2/3 AT switches
• Schools join by …
– Fibre (100meg to 1 gig – scaleable)
– Point to Point Radio (20-30 meg)
– Shared radio (TPN/Probe)(2- 10 meg)
Stage 1 - The Core
Stage Stage
2 Connecting
to the World
2 - Internet
Joining with other edge
networks !!!!!
What is the Loop
providing?
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Delivery infrastructure
Digital Services
Economies of scale
Sharing software and hi spec functions
Supportive collaboration
Future proofing
…a technical framework way beyond any one
school’s capacity
Looking beyond local schools?
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Schools are at the core of our region
Community use
Non commercial services
Working with our EDA’s on MUSH.
“Last mile “ and ‘Learning Community’
assistance on the Advanced Research
Network.
• Marlborough and Westport schools?
• Wellington and North Shore Loops?
The Loop Menu
1. Internet Access
2. Offsite Backup and Recovery
3. Intranet
4. Digital Resources
5. Video Conferencing
6. IP Security Camera’s
7. IP Telephony
8. IP Video Streaming
The Benefits – so far …
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Building alignment
Sharing expertise
Sharing resources
Helping individuals
Building communities
Empowering and sense of ownership
…and the combined clout of 20,000 potential
users!
… and what have we learnt?
• Pro’s
– It can be done.
– It does work – fantastically.
• Cons
– Layer 3 is difficult for schools
– Edge networks are a problem
It all takes time, blood, sweat and tears.
Lots of it.
Our thanks to the following:
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Network Tasman Ltd – Wayne Mackey
TorqueIP – Phil Earle and Steve Webb
United Gooder – Neil Farnell
Ministry of Education – Douglas Harre
NMIT – Adri Andover
Nelson ISP consultant – Neil Fenemore
PC Systems – Barry Benbow
Computer Networx – Danny Hill
CityLink – Neil De Witt and Jonny Martin
The Loop technical group
…… and the growing band of people who are
supporting us.
Questions
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Network Tasman Ltd – Wayne Mackey
TorqueIP – Phil Earle and Steve Webb
NMIT – Adri Andover (NMIT network manager)
Nelson ISP Consultant – Neil Fenemore (NOC)
PC Systems – Barry Benbow (Databases)
Computer Networx – Danny Hill (Server farm)
The Loop technical group (Nelson IT businesses
supporting schools)
Steve and Neil - are in the audience somewhere – ready
for questions