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Aled, The standard way endpoint connectivity is sold to an ISP is PPP over L2TP. This is how an ADSL line is presented to an ISP over BT’s IPStream. Following authentication, the ISP will issue the End User’s IP address. This is fully documented in BT SIN374 “L2TP Interface For BT IPstream Interface Characteristics”. I [...]

I’d add that regarding scalability, with 23,000 routers to manage I’d expect them to be running custom firmware that allowed auto-config. Zen do this with their Speedtouch routers.

Aled, EDFC would own the customer’s connection and the CPE. If the end user did not subscribe to an ISP, CPE would by default only route packets destined for the local network and government services, and drop everything else. If the end user purchased an Internet Connection from an ISP, EDFC would enable a L2TP [...]

Aled - “I’m not proposing any split-routing in any solution, too complicated.” Do you mean from a business point of view or technically? Technically it is very very easy and is how the Internet is fundamentally built. Split-routing would be far easier for EDFC to deal with than all the caps, quota management, traffic shaping [...]

Somerset - I can give my thoughts on the technical side of things: Does all external traffic route via ISPs? Under my local routing model, Yes. Anything that isn’t specifically known about on the local network gets sent to the ISP to deal with. This is very basic IP routing and nothing special. Can I [...]

Aled - your blog describes the problem well but you didn’t put the locally routed option on your list. Here the CPE is aware of the local routes and sends local traffic directly onto the EDFC network. Anything else is considered Internet traffic and sent directly down the L2TP tunnel to the ISP to deal [...]

Somerset - Any secure office that was connected to EDFC would be fine. Remember, the majority of small/medium businesses in Penrith and the Eden Valley aren’t looking for 99.999% uptime with multi-path resilient routes. They just need services that are fast, secure, efficient and will add value to their business. If the service is unavailable [...]

Most chat/videoconf traffic is direct peer-peer after initial setup. This is certainly true for Skype and Facetime - no “server” involved as one of the peers takes on that role. In my experience, work email is usually remote access to an Exchange server located at the office premises, although a lot of smaller companies use [...]

Somerset - It comes from the assumption that commercial ISPs would provide Internet connectivity to ensure choice and competition for the end user. If EDFC offered Internet connectivity to the end user, it would be in direct competition with the ISPs it is trying to attract to its fibre network. I’m suggesting that if EDFC [...]

Seeing as EDFC is building a future-proof network, any IP connectivity it offers should be native IPv6. As EDFC is primarily interested in local connectivity, and not Internet connectivity, that should be fine. All schools and businesses would be communicating over VPNs for security, so it wouldn’t be any more difficult to setup a secure [...]

Somerset, Local traffic is important for anybody that does business in the area: I frequently need to send large data files to printers in Penrith; I connect with my office in Penrith; my company supports our clients in the area. When I play online games, it is with friends that live in the area. For [...]

Hi Barry, Whether EDFC should light the fibre or simply provide PIA is a good debate. The main technical benefit of lighting the fibre is that EDFC would handle all routing on the network, so could offer free 1Gbps connectivity between subscribers. If it only offered PIA, neighbours wanting to communicate would need to transit [...]

What you’re suggesting would effectively put BT Wholesale out of business in the area. I can’t imagine any ISP (other than BT Retail) would pay BT Wholesale for IP Stream/21CN when they could deliver over EDFC’s network for free and with no contention. For this reason, I think it is highly unlikely BT would negotiate [...]