Utah to deploy public owned fiber to 17 cities

[Eric Kuhnke <eric () fnordsystems com>]

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> [From www.convergedigest.com -- BSA]
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> Utah's UTOPIA Project Plans Widescale FTTH Deployment
> Salt Lake City and 17 other cities across the state of Utah are planning to
> build a publicly-owned, fiber telecommunications network that would reach
> nearly 250,000 homes and 35,000 business, representing a population of about
> 724,000. The Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA)
> plans to build the network and then act as a municipally-owned wholesale
> carrier. The project plans to issue 15 to 20 year bonds that would be paid
> for by leasing capacity on the network to various service providers and
> ISPs. It does not expected to raise the tax base for the communities served.
>
> UTOPIA plans to use an "Open Service Provider Network" model developed by
> Dynamic City, which serves as consultant for the project. The first phase of
> the rollout will connect some 15,000 homes beginning in early 2004. UTOPIA's
> Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) will use an active architecture rather than a PON
> design. Riverstone Networks has been selected to provide core electronics
> and access distribution systems. Allied Telesyn's RG223 Residential Gateway
> has been chosen as the customer premises solution for the network. The RG223
> features two analog phone ports, three 10/100 Ethernet LAN ports, and
> supports IGMP for secure and efficient multicast video.Allied Telesyn's
> product distributes traditional voice and multiple IP-based services
> throughout a home, including broadband Internet access, VoIP, broadcast
> television, and video on demand. The gateway, which would be placed inside
> the home, directly terminates the fiber connection. A category 5 Ethernet
> cable is used to connect to an IP set-up box.
> http://www.utopianet.org/
> http://www.dynamiccity.com
> http://www.alliedtelesyn.com
> 06-Oct-03
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> Wave7 Optics Selected for Large FTTP Deployment in Tenn.
> The Jackson Energy Authority (JEA) of Jackson, Tennessee, a municipal
> utility, selected Wave7 Optics for a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network
> that is expected to pass some 31,000 homes and businesses in 2005. Jackson
> Energy is the local electrical utility. Wave7 is scheduled to begin
> delivering network equipment in December 2003 and JEA anticipates it will
> initiate deployment in Q1 2004. The network will be used to deliver over 250
> analog and digital cable television channels, high-speed (up to 500 Mbps)
> two-way business and residential Internet connections, full featured POTS
> and IP telephony (as a carrier's carrier for local CLECs). Commercial
> activation of the network is expected in Q2 2004. Wave7's solution is an IP
> and Ethernet optical access system that provides all traditional
> "carrier-grade" telephone services (including fax), high-speed data (e.g.,
> Internet service) and both analog and digital video (including IP streaming
> video). Wave7 provides standard data, telephone and CATV interfaces at its
> customer premise devices, accommodating existing home and business
> telephone, television and computer systems. Financial terms were not
> disclosed.
> http://www.wave7optics.com
> http://www.jaxenergy.com
> 06-Oct-03
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