FTTH & Layer Zero, as presented at eComm 2008, March 13, 2008.

1. Own the Network A Radical Approach to Internet Connectivity Brough Turner, CTO, NMS Communications

2. Sweden Courtesy Lars Hedberg, The Swedish Urban Network Association Hammarbysjostad (Stockholm) Västerbotten (Northern Sweden)

3. Sweden Courtesy Lars Hedberg, The Swedish Urban Network Association Hammarbysjostad (Stockholm) Västerbotten (Northern Sweden)

4. Sweden 100 Mbps, $16/month Courtesy Lars Hedberg, The Swedish Urban Network Association Hammarbysjostad (Stockholm) Västerbotten (Northern Sweden)

5. US comparison…

6. US comparison…

7. But what to do?

8. But what to do? Competition?

9. But what to do? Regulation? Competition?

10. But what to do? Telephony is not a “natural monopoly” — What about Internet connectivity? Regulation? Competition?

11. Be careful what you ask for…

12. Be careful what you ask for…

13. Be careful what you ask for…

14. Local Right-of-Way is a bottleneck

15. Using the right of way also has issues Photo by Dr. William T. Verts, http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~verts/things/things.html Swedish Urban Network Association

16. Cable bundles leading to one fiber per home

18. Own (or Control) Individual Dark Fibers

20. Community Association – Ulmea http://www.bjornerback.com/tomas/mattgrand/

21. Community Association – Ulmea 1 Gbps middle-km connection http://www.bjornerback.com/tomas/mattgrand/

24. Thank you ! Brough Turner [email_address] http://blogs.nmss.com/communications/