Keewaytinook Okimakanak Presentation to First Nations Connect Conference Smart Initiative Broadband Network Infrastructure Thunder Bay, Ontario Presented.

Keewaytinook OkimakanakPresentation to

First Nations Connect Conference Smart

InitiativeBroadband Network Infrastructure

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Presented by:Dan Pellerin

Network ManagerFebruary 12, 2002

Welcome

Building a network

• Networks do not magically appear…– They evolve over time. Factors such as funds,

human resources, technical abilities, infrastructure all play

• The following slides show some of the steps involved in building a community network and bringing the communities together into a wide area network (WAN).

Building a Networka local area network

Building a Networkinternet access

Building a Networkbroadband access

Building a Networkthe aggregation process

Building a Networkthe community network

Building a NetworkWide area network

Building a NetworkThe service providers

Building a Networkexpansion of WAN

Benefits of the Network

• Regional in nature– Northern Ontario, NAN region.

• Multiprotocol– video, data, voice all on the same network.

• Scalable– network can grow as communities join.

• Interoperable– using published standards insures being able to join

other networks.. Eg. North Network, ENO.

Benefits of the Network

• Aggregation.– Traffic is aggregated to the benefit of all the

community members

• Services and client needs met.– No one organization can do the network

completely. Using an aggregated network ensures that service providers reach the clients most effectively.

Cost items

• Customer premise equipment– computers, hubs, switches, servers, routers.

• Local loop equipment.

• Community access equipment

• WAN charges

• Internet access charges.

It is a journey

• Technology evolves; a solution today may not be

suitable for tomorrow, so plan as such.

• In ten years today’s networks may be seen as

primitive, but they will have carved the way for the

present and future users.

• Not everything will succeed 100% but even in

Business and Government there are *errors*

BEST PRACTICES

• Create partnerships• Get companies to know Communities.• Train local people. Not only the consultants. • Have constant communication with community leaders

and champions.• Smaller projects leading to the bigger picture is

preferable.• Share proposals and resources with other groups• Let the community take ownership

Bringing it home

• The next few slides show the network growth over the past three years as it relates to the NAN region.

In the beginning

Slate Falls joins up.

The link to Toronto and ENO

The Shibogama Connection

Windigo comes onboard

Fort Hope and Webequie

Sandy Lake and Ottawa

The Kuh-ke-nah network

The most important part of the network.

• The People.

Future SystemAdministrator

The Next group of Software Engineers?

K-Net’s Partners in Community Development

Partners in Community Development

THE FEDERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE IN NORTHERN ONTARIO

http://fednor.ic.gc.ca

Partners in Community Development

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KUH-KE-NAH

• Website(http://knet.on.ca)

• Brian BeatonProject Leader([email protected])

• Dan Pellerin [email protected]

• K-Net Services at 877-737-KNET (5638)CD ROM (please request)