Robin Winsor's presentation to BCNet on Regional Developments in Advanced Networks; whats happening in alberta

1. Regional
Developments
In
Advanced
Networks
What’s
Happening
In
Alberta
Robin
Winsor
Cybera

2. Demand
For
Network
Services
• Academic
– Growing
but
well
served

3. Next
GeneraDon
Needs
• Exascale
compuDng

4. Demand
For
Network
Services
• Academic
– Growing
but
well
served
• Public
– Urban
• Growing
but
well
served
– Rural
• Grossly
under-­‐served

5. 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.

6. “Governments
must
regard
the
internet
as
basic
infrastructure
-­‐
just
like
roads,
waste
and
water”
-­‐
Dr
Hamadoun
Toure,
Secretary-­‐general
of
the
InternaLonal
TelecommunicaLon
Union
“…study
ranks
Canada
19th
worldwide
in
overall
Internet
access.”
Harvard
University
Berkman
Center
Feb
2010
“If
we
do
not
act
with
haste,
the
innovaDons
that
could
employ
our
future
work
force
could
well
pass
us
by”
Globe
and
Mail
editorial
Feb
2010

8. Next
GeneraDon
Needs
• DIYBio

11. 4,000,000
# of users
$ / User

12. Cloud
Services
• Google-­‐like
apps:
– Mail
– Office
tools
• Amazon-­‐like
services:
– VirtualizaDon
• Open
Source
accessibility
• Local
Enablers

13. Alberta
–
PopulaDon
DistribuDon

15. 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

16. Olds, Alberta
4,000,000 • 7,200 residents
• 3,200 Homes & Businesses
• College
# of users
Community
Lab
$ / User

17. “The
Olds
InsDtute
for
Community
and
Regional
Development
Technology
Commiiee
has
a
vision
to
make
Olds
the
small
and
medium
enterprise
capital
of
Alberta
built
on
superior
cyberinfrastructure.
The
OICRD
is
currently
building
a
private
fiber
network
that
will
connect
every
home
and
business
in
the
community.”
-­‐
Norman
McInnis,
Chief
AdministraLve
Officer
for
Olds

18. Homes Businesses
Homes Businesses
Homes Businesses
Homes
Distribution
SuperNet
Point
Content Satellite
Co. Farm
Public
CyberInfrastructure
Utility

19. Regional
Developments
In
Advanced
Networks
What’s
Happening
In
Alberta
Robin
Winsor
Cybera