C@ribNET Project
• Connectivity tender – issued July/2010– organized in lots for the core backbone, connections to other
regional RENs and connections to 21 countries (NRENs)– awarded July/2011
• Equipment tender – issued October/2010– aiming all 21 countries at first– four respondents - manufacturers Cisco, Juniper and Ericsson– all proposals were rejected for non compliance– reissued April/2011 with reduced scope– awarded September/2011
NRENs implementation strategy
• Implementation will occur in two phases– Phase I includes OECS, Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica,
Bahamas, Cayman, Turks & Caicos and Dominican Republic– Phase II includes Haiti, Guyana, Suriname, Belize and
Bermuda
• Implementation model will vary depending on– availability of connectivity based on virtual leased lines– provision of access node to aggregate institutions– development stage of the NREN
Access for institutions – Phase I
• OECS REN - 18 institutions to be implemented in Phase I
OECS REN
LIMEMPLS (on-net)
access node
GRENADALIME
Co-location
C@ribNET core
Anguilla
St. Kitts
AntiguaMontserrat
Dominica
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Grenada
BVI
backbone router(Jamaica)
35 Mbps
2 institutions connected in each country at 5 Mbps
Access for institutions – Phase I
• Barbados NREN - 2 institutions to be implemented in Phase I
20 MbpsInstitutions
Barbados NREN
LIMEMPLS (on-net)
access node
GRENADALIME
Co-location
C@ribNET core
backbone router(Jamaica)
2 institutions connectedat 10 Mbps
Access for institutions – Phase I
• Trinidad NREN - 3 institutions to be implemented in Phase I
access node
C@ribNET core
LIMECo-location
backbone node
Institutions
1 Gbps
Trinidad NREN
Access for institutions – Phase I
• Jamaica NREN - 2 institutions to be implemented in Phase I
access node
C@ribNET core
LIMECo-location
backbone node
Institutions
1 Gbps
Jamaica NREN
Access for institutions – Phase I
• NRENs from Bahamas, Cayman and Turks & Caicos
NRENs connected to Miami
Bahamas
provider’s cloud
Cayman
Turks & Caicos
institutions connectedat 10 Mbps
access node
C@ribNET core
NAP Miami
backbone node 1 Gbps
Access for institutions – Phase I
• RADEI (Dominican Republic NREN)
RADEI
access node from
RADEI
TERREMARK NAP del Caribe
Co-location
backbone routerWind Telecom
Santo Domingo
50 MbpsInstitutions
C@ribNET core
NRENs implementation strategy
• TOTAL of 31 institutions in Phase I plus Dominican Republic
• After reconfiguration, approximately 600k USD released from budget for additional institutions to be connected in Phase II
Access for institutions – Phase II
• Haiti
Institutions
Haiti NREN
access node
In countryCo-location
C@ribNET core
backbone router
Access for institutions – Phase II
• Belize
Institutions
Belize NREN
access node
In countryCo-location
C@ribNET core
backbone router
Access for institutions – Phase II
• Guyana
Institutions
Guyana NREN
access node
In countryCo-location
C@ribNET core
backbone router
Access for institutions – Phase II
• Suriname
Institutions
Suriname NREN
access node
In countryCo-location
C@ribNET core
backbone router
Access for institutions – Phase II
• Bermuda
Bermuda NREN
Bermuda
provider’s cloud
access node
C@ribNET core
NAP Miami
backbone node 1 Gbps
Internet Commodity
• Internet Commodity at country level is facilitated by the existence of an access node
• It is paramount to foster the establishment of the NREN body, to manage the contract with the local ISP and the services to the institutions
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