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Our July guest is Roger de Salis, a director of [FxNetworks].
FX Networks are a [Wellington] company with significant [Unix] and [Cisco] Networking experience. The principals of FX have over 50 years experience in the IT and Telecommunications industry, the bulk of which is about continuously available on-line systems for public use. They specialise in bringing interesting technical ideas to market.
-FX believe you should be able to get connectivity far greater than what is currently available in New Zealand, and have made great investment in a fibre network around New Zealand. They're also pioneers in the use of [VoIP]. If you're interested
in the InterNet or telephone calls
, this is a meeting not to be missed
!
+FX believe you should be able to get connectivity far greater than what is currently available in New Zealand, and have made great investment in a fibre network around New Zealand. They're also pioneers in the use of [VoIP].
+
+!!Summary of meeting
+Roger left Cisco
in May 2001
, and set up FX in May 2003. FX bought ~ComNet from Industrial Research Ltd in Nov 2004, gaining 5 staff and 3x class B [IPv4] address space.
+
+Between Nov 2005 and Aug 2006 they have been laying fibre optic cable; they have their own cable between [Hamilton] and PalmerstonNorth spanning around 450km, and have plans for a Tauranga/Rotorua/Taupo loop, a cable through Hutt Valley, a link to Napier, and a link to Christchurch.
+
+!Equipment
+* Cisco 15454 chassis (provides 16x 10Gbps)
+* 10GB XFP laser repeaters (repeaters are approximately every 70-80km)
+* concrete bunkers with batteries and 2 days' worth of diesel generator power
+* cable has 5 bundles of 12 fibres each.
+
+!Plans
+* Offer free national [VoIP], 3c/min international, calls to [PSTN] near-cost price.
+* Customers must join
this VoIP network, and not run their own non interoperable one.
+* compatible VoIP hardware: Cisco call manager, Zultys, Asterisk, Nortel BCM
+
+FX provides backhaul, ISP + Internet. Local franchisees deal with end-users, SIP services at end-points, and gateways in major cities. This
is run along
a "utility" model, with a flat monthly rate.
+Video/conferencing - eg http://NeoDigital.net.nz
+
+
!Other
+* Small towns with repeaters get one fibre broken at that point to provide connectivity back to a router.
+* Cable has a copper loop laid with it for location purposes - when a voltage is put through it, equipment can detect where the cable is alongside the road.
+* Varied location of repeaters, such as buried bunkers, old power station, bank vault.
+* All Di-Electric Self-Supporting Cable (ADSS) along powered train lines in Wellington region.
+* Roger attained his private pilot's licence (to help take his mind off networking)
+* Burying cable invariably leads to occasional broken phone/power/sewage lines to nearby houses. "oops".
+
+The presentation finished with a photo slide show of various aspects of the network laying process.
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