Introduction

Ryan Hankey• President Rycom Inc.

• Provide IT Transport Solutions• Headquartered in Orlando• Specializing in Diversity• Primarily RAD based Solutions

“Any Application over Any Transport”

GOOD AFTERNOON

• Thank you all for attending and joining us this afternoon• The previous speakers for their technical enlightenment

• Thanks to all the hardworking folks here at CANTO• Surprised to be selected as a speaker

• Word of Warning – numbers and statistics presented here should be considered estimates.• Only as accurate as the internet sources they came from

• Non-Technical Presentation• Bandwidth is # bits (1s and 0s) per second of throughput• Bandwidth converts to Voice/Data/T1s/E1s/Ethernet/Internet

Presentation

“Technology” Generically Define a Device

Existing Infrastructures

Obvious Advantages• $0.00 Installation Cost• No Disruption to Tourism or Local Businesses

• Keeping the flow – Pedestrians, Traffic, Businesses• Environmentally Friendly

• No need to deface any landmarks or areas of interest• No additional wires in the air or under the waves

Existing Infrastructures

• Use of Existing Fiber Optic cabling -• Widely Installed in Urban areas and Core Backbones• Originally idealized for maximum of 1Gbps of bandwidth• Average Optical Pair in use today is carrying under 100Mbps• Cost of Carrier Class optical termination devices

• 1990s – 1Gbps > $200K ; today – 10Gbps < $2K• Carriers can get 10 X bandwidth for <1% of original cost

• Future ‘Room To Roam’• Recently NEC >100 Terabits/sec – 100,000,000,000,000bps• That’s 3 months uninterrupted HD video every second• 2025 – Theoretical Capacity Limit ~ 560Tbps

• Fiber Optics – “Brightest Future” for Existing Infrastructure• Cost effective replacement of equipment – 100X bandwidth

Existing Infrastructures

• Use of Existing Copper – • The original Telecom media – typically 26 gauge

• Used extensively throughout the world to carry voice

• Designed to deliver single PCM audio - 64Kbps of bandwidth• With most copper runs still doing just that – 64K• 60% of all voice traffic still running across copper lines• Small % of DSL applications – typically limited 1.5Mbps – 2 miles• 5 Billion miles of copper still functional with 30-60% now unused as

voice traffic migrates to cellular & broadband transports

• Presents Opportunity to Utilize unused copper pairs• 6Mbps over 2 wires, 11-30Mbps over 4 wires, 22Mbps over 8 wires• Offering any combination of voice, T1/E1s and Ethernet/IP• Distance > 6 miles (10km) and 12+ miles with inline repeaters

Will see the resurgence of copper wires

Wireless Broadband

• Wireless Links Provide Cost Effective and Virtually Limitless Broadband Application Solutions – Unlicensed 2.4-5.8GHz• Urban Uses: Pubic Safety, Emergency Services, Transportation,

Security/Monitoring Cameras, Radio Audio, Enterprise Access…

• Focus On Wireless Rural Broadband Access• 20% Caribbean Population is considered Rural – out of reach• I personally feel their pain• Dramatic Rise in Unlicensed Wireless Connections into Rural Areas

due to the Extreme Cost Effectiveness ‘Technology’• Lighting Up Rural Community WIFI Hot-Spots – schools, medical fac.• Cellular Backhaul – saving $1000s/mo. - broadband access tower sites• Small Community Access – previously limited to dial-up connections

• High Speed Wireless Links PtP, PtMP, Mesh and or Ring Topologies

3rd Existing Infrastructure – “In the Air Tonight”

Wireless Broadband

Wireless Broadband connection to remote communities• 100Mbps connection to local community and on to two remote settlements

• 10 miles – 48Mbps

• 20 miles – 30Mbps

• Any Combination Voice/Data

100Mbps

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Wireless BroadbandWireless Broadband Ring Connection Remote Communities - Oversubscribing • 50Mbps Redundant Ring - 10 mile hops

50Mbps

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5 Settlements with 3-4 sites

10 Mbps each

Wireless Broadband• Wireless Connections – Things to Consider

• % Line of Sight• Terrain and Obstructions• Water Crossings• Services Required – Voice, T1/E1s, Ethernet• Distance vs. Bandwidth - Point to Point

• 2 mile – 100Mbps• 5 miles – 75Mbps• 10 miles – 50Mps• 20 miles – 30Mbps • 50 miles – 2Mbps• 75 miles – 0.5Mbps

• Greatest Attraction Cost Effective – 50M ETH, PtP Link - $4000• Fraction of the cost of Fiber Leased Lines or Microwave• Service Providers getting full ROI in the first month

• 60% of all voice traffic still running across copper lines• Small % of DSL applications – typically limited 1.5Mbps• 5 Billion miles of copper still functional with 30-60% unused as voice

traffic migrates to broadband & cellular transports

• Presents Opportunity to Utilize unused copper pairs• 6Mbps over 2 wires, 11Mbps over 4 wires, 22Mbps over 8 wires• Offering any combination of single voice, T1/E1s and Ethernet/IP• Distance > 6 miles (10km) and 12+ miles with repeaters

Rural Broadband Access

• First Solar Powered Site for T-Mobile - Pennsylvania - Sept, 2010

• Year 2020 – 40,000 cell sites running on renewable energy

• No Power Lines thus no defacing countryside, drop one anywhere

• Wireless link from 20 miles away hoping through a solar powered repeater for another 20 miles providing +50 simultaneous phone calls and 50M Internet access – 40 miles from the central office

• Wireless solar powered cell and repeater sites going gangbusters

Review• Use of Existing Infrastructures

• Half the existing fiber terminations are only achieving a small fraction of the transport’s true capability.

– Low Cost upgrade of fiber termination equipment can yield 100 x the bandwidth

• Large portion of copper lines becoming available as voice traffic migrates over to cellular and broadband transports.

– Up to 30Mbps over six or more miles on these copper lines

• Low Cost, Non-licensed wireless ‘technology’ can solve the Rural Broadband problem• Solar powered wireless sites can be deployed virtually anywhere

providing cellular backhaul and rural broadband connectivity to almost anyone and everyone.

Thank You!

Ryan Hankey – Rycom Inc.

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