ONLight Aurora Presentation at US Ignite's Application Summit 2013

2. N
Not-for-Profit started in 2012 to
help connect the City of Aurora
fiber optic network and its
community anchor institutions,
enabling and fostering high
speed, highly available
bandwidth connections

3. Within the state’s 2nd largest city, Aurora’s fiber optic
network is a highly available, redundant, self healing
series of network rings totaling 50 miles. It is a mix of
DWDM/CWDM, 1 & 10 Gigabit network and will add
over 15 miles of new core fiber and laterals in 2013.
OnLight Aurora is adding community anchor
institutions to this network:
• Schools
• Medical Centers
• Social Service Agencies
• Arts & Entertainment
• Business, both existing & economic development

4. OnLight Aurora will also complete connections to
multiple sources of Internet bandwidth and connect
to surrounding networks in 2013. A data center is
currently on the Metro Ethernet network with more
to come soon. 2013 will also see the addition of:
• Tower services connected to the fiber
• Cellular backhaul capabilities
• Cisco TelePresence availability
• Point-to-point wireless capabilities at 1 Gig
• Additional core infrastructure expansion
• Full business park connectivity capability

5. The 3 year plan for OnLight Aurora is to expand the City of
Aurora network, including both core and laterals, to over 100
miles of fiber within the city and begin expansion in the four
county area covered by Aurora:
• Kane
• DuPage
• Will
• Kendall
OnLight Aurora is currently working with
other networks and communities to plan
this expansion, making high speed
broadband and Metro Ethernet available to a wider network.

6. • OnLight Aurora offers access to this network to any carrier
• Network has proven highly resilient over years of operation
• Core network is underground with substantial capacity
• All City of Aurora municipal government, public safety,
some county government and other municipal
entities also currently use the network
• The system has been designed to enable substantial
physical and technological growth
• OnLight Aurora formed to enable access
and foster broad connectivity to
benefit the wider community
• OnLight Aurora and the City of Aurora
received Illinois Gigabit Challenge
Grant in late 2012 of $1 Million to
connect these community anchors

7. Municipal fiber networks are an important
tool for municipal government but a more
valuable tool when properly employed for
the overall benefit of the community it
serves. Aurora’s Mayor Tom Weisner is a
strong proponent of the fiber network and
fought for its initial establishment. Today,
that support continues as OnLight Aurora
makes these valuable connections to enable
the community to continue its strong
growth

8. Ted Beck
CTO, City of Aurora