Shared Networks:
Leveraging Assets
August 6 - 2013
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Background
10th Anniversay
– A trade Association founded 10 years ago this
summer
– A Network Company (LLC) founded in August 2010
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Background
• Formed as a trade association:
– 10 years old this summer
– Chartered with 15 Members – 29 today
– A joint marketing and information sharing model
• Started INDATEL Services LLC:
– 3 years old in this month
– The “Network of Networks”
– Aggregation POP at 350 E. Cermak, Chicago
• Going forward:
– Continuing with a combination of Marketing
Services and Network Services for and with our
Members under the LLC
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Board of Directors
INDATELgroup
INDATEL Services
• Jim Walter – President
(702 Communications)
• John Summersett – Vice
President
(Great Lakes Comnet)
• Corey Jensen –
Secretary/Treasurer
(Vision Net)
• Scott Hoffmann – Director
(WIN)
• Paul Ludwick – Director
(Nebraska Link)
• Scott Hoffmann – President
(WIN)
• John Summersett – Vice
President
(Great Lakes Comnet)
• Kelly Dyer – Secretary
(Indiana Fiber Network)
• Jim Walter – Treasurer
(702 Communications)
• Tony Russell – Director
(Kansas Fiber Network)
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“The Power of One”
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Growing the Organizations
• Some interesting numbers - to go with the
maps…….
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Members
• 29 Members
• RLEC Majority Owned
• 500 RLECS
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Network
The “Network of Networks”
• 70K+ route miles of fiber
• 850 + POPs
• Anchored at 52 of top 100 MSAs
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The Power of Scale at work…
– Marketing:
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Comptel Spring & Fall tradeshows
Website
Word of mouth
Collateral materials
Consistency is the Key!
– Sales:
• Numerous testimonies of circuit sales via the INDATEL
marketing efforts
• Today – Seeking national opportunities to sell across
the Member’s networks
– Master Service Agreements
– TDM to Ethernet circuit evolution
– Leveraging the INDATEL Services technology
investments….
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Growing the Organization (cont.)
• A natural shift to a Network Company, while
maintaining the Trade Association values…….
– Positioned to lead in providing Rural
Broadband Connectivity Solutions
– Leveraging Scale when & where it makes good
business sense
– Some examples where the Power of Scale and
Leveraging Assets is working…….
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Network Services
• IP Services Aggregation for our Members:
– CDN Peering
– IP Transit Services
– Other Content Aggregation Services
• Ethernet Exchange Services:
– Wholesale Carrier to Carrier, and
– Enterprise circuits
– Adding NNIs and Tier 1 POPs
• Master Services Agreements:
– Making it easier and more cost effective to do business
with our growing number of Members
• Leveraging the “Power of Scale” …..
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Data Services Aggregation POP - 350 E. Cermak – Chicago, IL
Cisco ASR 9010
INDATEL Members:
• 1Gbp, and 10Gbp Ports
• Layer 3
• CDN Peering
• Transit IP Service
• Layer 2
• Ethernet Exchange
• 16 of 18 Members Connected
CDN Peering Service with:
• Google
• Akamai
• Limelight
• Equinix IBX
• Netflix (30+ Gbps Peak BHR Traffic)
• Others
Router
Equipped with:
• 12: 10Gbps Ports – 10 working
• 40: 1Gbps Ports – 18 working
• Flowing 60Gbps+ Peak Busy Hr traffic
CONFIDENTIAL
Transit IP Service with:
• Cogent
• Hurricane Electric coming soon
Ethernet Exchange Service with:
• Member to Member Circuits
• Exchange to Exchange:
• Equinix & Telx
• Member to Other Service Providers
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Connectivity
Members:
1.
Bluebird-INA
2.
SDN
3.
Bluebird-MNA
4.
GLC
5.
DCN
6.
KFN
7.
INS
8.
VisionNet
9.
ACT
10.
702 Communications
11.
IFN
12.
WIN-Wisconsin
13.
Enventis
14.
KFN
15.
CNI-IFN Ohio
16.
NebraskaLink
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RASORNET - coming soon
18.
TLSN – coming soon
CDN Peers (Direct Connects):
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Google
Akamai
Limelight
Netflix
Equinix IBX Peers:
1. Facebook
3. Frontier
5. Microsoft
7. Hurricane Electric
9. Edgecast
11. IPTransit
13. Amazon
15. UPC Broadband
2. CDNetworks
4. 123Net
5. Rackspace
8. Neustar
10. Softlayer
12. HNG #
14. Shaw Cablesystems
16. IRIS
# High Winds Network Group
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INDATEL Services
Chicago POP/
Ethernet Exchange
Customer “A” Location
Served by Vision Net Member
at Big Sky, MT
Vision Net
Ethernet Exchange Circuit
20 Mbps Ethernet Layer 2 VLAN
Circuit – Initiated by Vision Net:
Traverses 6 Segment providers:
1. Vision Net’s Member
2. Vision Net Router & Network
3. INDATEL Services Router
4. INA Router & Network
5. MNA Router Router & Network
6. 3rd Party Network
CONFIDENTIAL
Bluebird-INA
Bluebird-MNA
Customer “Z” Location
Cape G., MO – Off Net Loop
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Other Sharing Examples
• Tandem Switching Deployments:
– The business opportunity that launched many
Statewide Networks
– Platforms for VOIP evolution
• Digital Video Head Ends:
– A large capital investment that demands cost sharing in
most cases
• Shared Class 5 Switching:
– Indiana Fiber Network
– Several other States evaluating
– Leverages Tandem Switch and Fiber Network
Investments
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Summary
• Time to move faster on National Networking
Opportunities with……
– Services that demand the Scale of INDATEL:
• Voice LD (IP Evolution) – leverage “on-net” opportunities
• Content Aggregation Services – existing & emerging
• Interstate Ethernet Circuits for Enterprise – expanded
NNI’s
– New Revenue and Cost Savings initiatives for our
key stakeholders by leveraging:
“The Power of Scale”
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Contact
Max Huffman
Executive Director & COO
max.huffman@indatelservices.com
(816) 718-0952
www.indatelgroup.org
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