Neil Shewry

1. Building the
Janet Access Infrastructure
Neil Shewry
Head of Network Delivery

2. Scale of the task
 The problem:

3. Scale of the task
 The problem:
 Need to replace….
 1000 customers
 1500 connections
 300 infrastructure links
 120 points of presence

4. Scale of the task
 The solution:

5. Scale of the task
 The solution:
 Split into ≈20 separate projects
 Spread over 4 years
 Common design
 Common delivery
 Avoid doing it again for at least 7-10 years!

6. The Process
Build TransitionDesign Buy

7. Design – Buy – Build – Transition

8. Design – Buy – Build – Transition

9. Design – Buy – Build – Transition

10. Design – Buy – Build – Transition

11. Design – Buy – Build – Transition
 Customer resilience

12. Design – Buy – Build – Transition
 Customer resilience

13. Design – Buy – Build – Transition

14. Design – Buy – Build – Transition
 Dark fibre framework
• Fibre, co-location
 Equipment framework
• Optical, Ethernet, Professional services
 Regulated products
• Circuits, co-location
 Other frameworks
• Circuits, equipment, co-location

15. Design – Buy – Build – Transition

16. Design – Buy – Build – Transition
 Delivery of fibre
 Delivery of circuits
 Delivery of PoPs
 Installation of equipment
 Plumbing it all together
 Testing
 Ready For Service
 This is business as usual

17. Design – Buy – Build – Transition

18. Design – Buy – Build – Transition
 New regional infrastructure
 New access circuit(s)
 New Ethernet device(s)
 Same (or enhanced) set of services
 Migrate from old to new
 at a time that suits you
 This is business as usual

19. Design – Buy – Build – Transition
 Continual improvement – trying to be more efficient
 Migration within 30 days is normal
 Last year migration delays cost Jisc (and therefore the community)
over £80,000
 We appreciate your support in this area

20. Design – Buy – Build – Transition – Operate

21. Design – Buy – Build – Transition – Operate
 Fibre/circuit support arrangements
 same as usual
 Equipment support arrangements
 at PoP sites ‘4hr + engineer’
 at customer sites ‘4hr parts only’
 slightly different process
 test fault calls planned
 we’ll be monitoring this

22. Design – Buy – Build – Transition – Operate
 Spares coverage

23. Design – Buy – Build – Transition – Operate
 Spares coverage

24. How are we getting on?
 2 regions in build
 South
 South West
 Lots of regions in design
 Midlands
 London
 East (Anglia)
 North West
 Scotland
 Thinking about the rest

25. South

26. South West

27. Midlands

28. Questions?