Connectivity for Communities
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St Mary’s, Ontario
February 21, 2012
• a data transmission company
Fibre Optics and Wireless Wi-Fi
Serving Stratford, St Mary’s and region
• wholly-owned by the City of Stratford
 digital technology centre
 broadband economy
 inclusive Intelligent Community
What is a
Fibre Optic Grid?
Data root system
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70km loop throughout Stratford and
St Mary’s Ontario
begun in 1998 for large business
customers
• 1 gigabit fast data transfer speeds
• large volumes of data
• connecting multiple locations
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“Dark Fibre” connection only
“Lit Fibre” active internet services
goal: direct to business
What is a
Wireless Wi-Fi ?
Wi-Fi
= radio broadcast frequency
• IEEE 802.11N, Motorola AP7181
• Wi-fi is standard on laptops,
smartphones, MP3 players, PDAs…
• stable, 300 Mbps fast, encrypted
• Industry Canada safety standards
• Ontario Energy Board ‘Smart
Meter’ communications system:
• hourly data, collected twice daily
• 20,000 Festival Hydro meters
• Overlapping design relays and
taps fibre optic grid
• Scalable, 40,000+ users
• Carrier grade data and voice
Smart City Platform
World Leaders
70km Gigabit Fibre Optics &
City-Wide Wi-Fi
• IEEE 802.11N, Motorola AP7181
• Wi-fi for laptops, smartphones,
MP3 players, tablets…
• Ontario Energy Board ‘Smart
Meter’ communications system:
• Real time data collection
• 20,000 Landis Gyr (Toshiba)
Festival Hydro meters
• Energy Conservation Platform
• Smart Grid Fund Project
• anyCOMM Smart LED
Digital platform to
strengthen our
community
Community:
Citizens & Residential
Visitors & Tourism
Retail & Service
Industry
Education
Public Services
Health
Manufacturing
Commerce…
Applications:
Internet Access (ISP)
Free Zone Wi-Fi
Mobile Workforce
Digital Signage
Video Broadcast
IP Voice Services
Data Storage
Digital Inclusion
M2M Energy Controls…
“A good hockey player plays where the
puck is. A great hockey player plays where
the puck is going to be.” Wayne Gretzky
Intelligent Communities
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i-CANADA’s i-Community Model:
Intelligent Community Open Architecture: i-COA®
Live, Learn, Work, Play
LIFE
SOLUTIONS
COLLABORATION
ECOSYSTEM
i-Health, i-Education, i-Government,
i-Community, i-Business, i-Arts, i-Traffic
Innovation, Open Information, Synergy
Collaboration, Creativity, Social Networks
Open Access Ultra Broadband, Roads
Rail, Transit, Water, Energy, Waste
Buildings, Parks, Rivers, Waterfronts
INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
MARKETING
PLACE
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