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Mobile Broadband Proposal
AAC
June 8th, 2011
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AARNet Mobile Broadband Project
QUESTnet November, 2011
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AARNet Mobility Services
• AARNet3• Eduroam – radius server and authentication• NVCS (National Video Conference Service) – MCU• UCX (Unified Communications Exchange) – Session Border Controller• AARNet Anywhere – Multi-user Skype)
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What? AARNet Mobile Broadband (MBB) – Data Only
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Why?
• Increasing need to access data through multiple mobile devices
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Who? 3G Mobile Broadband Wholesalers
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When? Groups and Individuals
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How Much? The Retail Market
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How Much? Individual Plans
Plan DataAllowance
Indicative Pricing
($/month)1 1.5 GB $20
2 5 GB $30
3 9 GB $40
4 12 GB $60
5 18 GB $80
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How Much? Data Bucket Plans
Plan NumberOf Users
Shared DataAllowance(GB/month)
IndicativePricing($/GB)
IndicativePricing
($/month)
1 30 30 GB $17 $500
2 50 50 GB $16 $800
3 70 70 GB $15 $1,000
4 100 100 GB $14 $1,400
5 250 250 GB $13 $3,200
6 500 500 GB $12 $6,000
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How Much? The Business Case
Break even
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Who Else? Other NRENs
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Who Else? Other NRENs
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What Else? Value Add
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What Else? International Roaming
Data Service Price per GB
Broadband $1’s
Mobile Broadband $10’s
Reasonable International Roaming $100’sWholesale International Roaming $1,000’s
Retail International Roaming $10,000’s
? $100,000’s
SMS $1,000,000’s
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Any Opportunities? – The University of Adelaide
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CAUDIT Commitment?
• AARNet set-up costs = $300K
• Break-even = 2,500 users
• Average 50 users per CAUDIT member
• At $10/user/month = $6K per CAUDIT member per year
• Equivalent to one 30 user data bucket per CAUDIT member
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AARNet’s MBB Experience
• Number of staff: 50• Number of data devices: 100 (1 x phone, 1 x USB)• Total cost: $3,000/month• Aggregate data allowance: 200 GB/month (= $15/GB)• Number of different device plans: 13 (from 100 MB to 15 GB)• Aggregate usage: 25 GB/month (= 12.5% of allowance)• Average usage: 250 MB/device (= 500 MB/user)• Potential saving: $1,000/month (based on 100 device data bucket at $20 per device)
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AARNet Mobile Broadband
Questions?!