[CAnet - news] How R&E networks can help small business
"Bill St. Arnaud" <[email protected]> Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:59:12 -0400
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[Here is an excellent blog from the BCnet web site describing the benefits
of transit exchanges for small businesses in British Columbia. BCnet and
several other R&E networks such as KAREN in New Zealand operate transit
and/or peering exchanges for the benefit of their research and education
institutions. Not only do these facilities provide a valuable service to
their members in terms of providing competitive access to multiple service
providers locally, they also help small businesses and community networks to
access a number of competitive commercial providers. BCnet has established
a number of transit exchanges at several communities throughout British
Columbia and operates them on the community's behalf-BSA]
https://wiki.bc.net/atl-conf/display/BCNETPUBLIC/2009/05/27/Transit+Exchange
+helps+Novus+Entertainment+Save+on+Internet+Costs+and+Improve+Performance
Transit
<https://wiki.bc.net/atl-conf/display/BCNETPUBLIC/2009/05/27/Transit+Exchang
e+helps+Novus+Entertainment+Save+on+Internet+Costs+and+Improve+Performance>
Exchange helps Novus Entertainment Save on Internet Costs and Improve
Performance
Novus Entertainment Inc., a Vancouver-based premier service provider for
television, high speed Internet and digital phone, is claiming cost savings
and improved performance by connecting to BCNET's Vancouver Transit
Exchange.
Chris Burnes, Manager of ISP Operations with Novus Entertainment, is
responsible for connecting Novus to the BCNET Transit Exchange. Burnes spoke
to us about his experience, "We came into BCNET's Transit Exchange at
Harbour Centre on a one month trial to test out the waters. During that
first month, we immediately received customer feedback about the improved
network performance. Particularly, we have a number of university students
residents and they have found the network to be extremely fast when they are
collaborating and sharing data with the universities in Vancouver.'' Novus
Entertainment has been using the BCNET Transit Exchange for over two years.
Novus delivers advanced high speed Internet services to Metro Vancouver's
high-rise residents. Their claim to fame is delivering the fastest
residential service in Western Canada and having built their own
state-of-the-art fibre optic network throughout downtown Vancouver. Their
residential network boasts speeds of up to 50 Mbps without a modem.
Peering Delivers Cost Savings
Novus is directly peering with BCNET and over 40 different research and
higher education organizations, as well as industry and government, at the
Vancouver Transit Exchange. Burnes commented, "One of the biggest advantages
to peering with BCNET and its members is that we are realizing large cost
savings by reducing our data trafficking fees. We can siphon off a portion
of our traffic through BCNET, rather than the traffic going to one of our
upstream providers, which would incur a megabit per second fee. Through
BCNET's Transit Exchange, we have the most direct access."
A Marketplace of Internet Services
In addition, the Exchange provides a marketplace to purchase network
services from nine commercial Internet upstream providers. The advantage of
having a "shopping mall" of service providers at one central location,
according to Burnes, is the simplicity and low cost of switching providers.
Burnes says, "If we want to get the most competitive transit fees, we can
easily switch providers at the Vancouver Transit Exchange. It is as simple
as getting a VLAN to a new provider."
Finally, Burnes has a larger vision for the future. He sees the growth
potential of the Exchange and the opportunity to form new alliances with
organizations that are connected to the Exchange, "Interconnecting opens up
new possibilities for partnerships and collaborations with Vancouver
organizations." Burnes is currently talking to a few Vancouver organizations
that are peering at the Exchange about potential business ventures.
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<p class=3DMsoNormal> [Here is an excellent blog from the BCnet web =
site
describing the benefits of transit exchanges for small businesses in =
British
Columbia. BCnet and several other R&E networks such as KAREN in New =
Zealand
operate transit and/or peering exchanges for the benefit of their =
research and
education institutions. Not only do these facilities provide a =
valuable
service to their members in terms of providing competitive access to =
multiple
service providers locally, they also help small businesses and community
networks to access a number of competitive commercial providers. =
BCnet
has established a number of transit exchanges at several communities =
throughout
British Columbia and operates them on the community’s =
behalf—BSA]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><a
href=3D"https://wiki.bc.net/atl-conf/display/BCNETPUBLIC/2009/05/27/Trans=
it+Exchange+helps+Novus+Entertainment+Save+on+Internet+Costs+and+Improve+=
Performance">https://wiki.bc.net/atl-conf/display/BCNETPUBLIC/2009/05/27/=
Transit+Exchange+helps+Novus+Entertainment+Save+on+Internet+Costs+and+Imp=
rove+Performance</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1><a
href=3D"https://wiki.bc.net/atl-conf/display/BCNETPUBLIC/2009/05/27/Trans=
it+Exchange+helps+Novus+Entertainment+Save+on+Internet+Costs+and+Improve+=
Performance">Transit
Exchange helps Novus Entertainment Save on Internet Costs and Improve
Performance</a> <o:p></o:p></h1>
<p>Novus Entertainment Inc., a Vancouver-based premier service provider =
for
television, high speed Internet and digital phone, is claiming cost =
savings and
improved performance by connecting to BCNET's Vancouver Transit =
Exchange.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Chris Burnes, Manager of ISP Operations with Novus Entertainment, is
responsible for connecting Novus to the BCNET Transit Exchange. Burnes =
spoke to
us about his experience, "We came into BCNET's Transit =
Exchange at
Harbour Centre on a one month trial to test out the waters. During that =
first
month, we immediately received customer feedback about the improved =
network
performance. Particularly, we have a number of university students =
residents
and they have found the network to be extremely fast when they are
collaborating and sharing data with the universities in Vancouver.'' =
Novus
Entertainment has been using the BCNET Transit Exchange for over two =
years.<br>
<br>
Novus delivers advanced high speed Internet services to Metro =
Vancouver's
high-rise residents. Their claim to fame is delivering the fastest =
residential
service in Western Canada and having built their own state-of-the-art =
fibre
optic network throughout downtown Vancouver. Their residential network =
boasts
speeds of up to 50 Mbps without a modem.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h5><a name=3DTransitExchangehelpsNovusEntertainmentSa>Peering Delivers =
Cost
Savings</a><o:p></o:p></h5>
<p>Novus is directly peering with BCNET and over 40 different =
research and
higher education organizations, as well as industry and =
government, at the
Vancouver Transit Exchange. Burnes commented, "One of the biggest
advantages to peering with BCNET and its members is that we are =
realizing large
cost savings by reducing our data trafficking fees. We can siphon off a =
portion
of our traffic through BCNET, rather than the traffic going to one of =
our
upstream providers, which would incur a megabit per second fee. Through =
BCNET's
Transit Exchange, we have the most direct access."<o:p></o:p></p>
<h5>A Marketplace of Internet Services<o:p></o:p></h5>
<p>In addition, the Exchange provides a marketplace to =
purchase network
services from nine commercial Internet upstream providers. The advantage =
of
having a "shopping mall" of service providers at one central
location, according to Burnes, is the simplicity and low cost =
of switching providers. Burnes
says, "If we want to get the most competitive transit =
fees, we
can easily switch providers at the Vancouver Transit Exchange. It is as =
simple
as getting a VLAN to a new provider."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Finally, Burnes has a larger vision for the future. He sees =
the growth
potential of the Exchange and the opportunity to form new alliances
with organizations that are connected to the Exchange,
"Interconnecting opens up new possibilities for partnerships and
collaborations with Vancouver organizations." Burnes is currently =
talking
to a few Vancouver organizations that are peering at the Exchange about
potential business ventures.<o:p></o:p></p>
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