more on Re: Public Fiber Tough to Swallow

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Bill St. Arnaud" <bill.st.arnaud () canarie ca>
To: dave () farber net
Cc: dewayne () warpspeed com, rberger () ibd com
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:36:33 -0400
Subj: RE: [IP] more on Re: Public Fiber Tough to Swallow

A good example of the model Robert Berger suggests is the CSEVM in Montreal


http://www.boardwatch.com/document.asp?doc_id=27664

"Montreal has the reputation across the carrier industry of "getting it
right". All carriers that operate there praise the ease of access and the
low cost of duct rental.

Montreal created an agency called the "Commission des Services Électriques
de la Ville de Montreal" (CSEVM) in 1907 to emphasize urban design and to
adapt to changing technological requirements as the city grew and to
contribute to the beautification of the city's streets and public places. 

The CSEVM has the mandate to operate the whole underground space. It builds,
manages and operates the system of underground conduits. 

Since that beginning the City now has 19.2 million metres of linear
conduits, covering 623 of the city's 2,123 kilometres of streets. It
provides direct accesses to 38,500 private and public buildings through more
than 18,000 access facilities. 

The City operates in the role of standardizing construction, consolidating
demand from various sources and building additional space for the City to
rent out to others. The City shares the capital cost with all and engineers
additional capacity for resell. The City is also very active on retrofitting
duct banks that are filled by adding additional internal ducts to be used.
The primary advantage to the building partners is in cost reduction of duct
construction. 

The primary advantage to the City is the minimization of infrastructure
disruption (road cuts) and the resulting social disruption. 

The end result is that the carriers have only the highest of praise for
Montreal as a territory in which they operate and the costs of duct rental
are $3.65 per metre."

For a good summary of various approaches to municipal telecom networks
please see ( from which the above quote was taken)..

http://www.ottawa.ca/2020/bb/appen_d_en.shtml

Bill
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