Coquitlam, British Columbia
Our business is your future!
James Andrusiw ([email protected])
April, 2014
Coquitlam Optical Network Corporation - QNet
• Local government corporation incorporated
Nov. 12, 2008 as per a 30 year business plan
approved by Council in March, 2008
• Wholly owned by the City of Coquitlam with
independent board of six directors
• Startup financing: $5.1 million loan from City,
long term investment (20 year payback) and
future source of non-tax revenue
• Primary services – lease dark fibre optic
cables and data centre space primarily to
competitive telecom companies
Key Milestones
• 1980s – 2003: Approx. 45kms of underground ducts
installed by Engineering for traffic signal network
• 2003 – 2004: 45kms of fibre deployed to support
Voice-over-IP telephone system ($750k cost paid for
with telecom savings of $302k/year)
• March 2008: Council approves QNet business plan,
QNet incorporated in Nov/08
• 2009: City RFP for Internet and telephone services
brings in Bell and Allstream (in addition to TELUS)
as upstream service providers for QNet
• 2010: First ISP begins selling competitive Internet
and telephone residential and business services
Coquitlam’s New Transportation Utility
Application/Service
Transport
Connection
QNet Business Model
Service
Providers
Wireless Services
Malls /
Businesses
Schools / Offices
Multi-dwelling
Units (MDU)
Co-location,
Upstream &
Local
Access
Core Network
Internal Collaboration
• 1.5 FTEs
• Rely on collaboration with other City
departments
– Council (QNet Shareholder)
– Senior Management (QNet Board)
– Engineering (Telecom Coordination)
– Corporate Communications (Marketing)
– Finance (AP, AR, Procurement)
– ICT (Telecom infrastructure)
QNet Benefits Through Collaboration
• Improve telecom services and costs for the
City and community partners:
– Hard dollar operating savings of $357,000 per
year (over $3 million in savings to date)
– Two state-of-the-art data centre / co-location
facilities with green cooling technology (i.e.
thermal energy source)
– Internet connection speed increased by over
1000% with redundant links
– SD43 in the process of connecting 70 schools
– Two other municipalities connect via QNet
QNet Benefits Through Collaboration
• Eight telecom/Internet service providers
operating in Coquitlam:
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TELUS
Shaw
Bell
Allstream
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Urban
Novus
AEBC Internet
Uniserve
• Wireless Space: Rogers Mobility, Terago
and Shaw WiFi (in progress)
QNet Benefits Through Collaboration
• 45 business and residential complexes
connected to the network
• Residential telecom packages:
– Internet 25 Mbps download and 10 Mbps
upload = $24.95 / month (residential gigabit
now avail.)
– Digital Phone (12 calling features) = $10.95 /
month
– Basic Digital TV 80+ channels = $25.95 / month
– Triple play bundle = $60 / month
– Over 60 HD channels
Regional Internet Exchange
VANIX
QNet
To Seattle
Metro Vancouver Intelligent Community
Network Task Force (MVICNTF)
• Formed in 2012 to collaborate on the
development of a regional fibre network
from Whistler to Hope connecting munis,
hospitals, school districts, etc.
• Members include all owners of fibre assets
including telecom companies, government
and crown corporations
• Currently building a GIS data base of
current and future state network (ICIS)
Rising Tide Raises All Boats
To inquire further about QNet:
Rick Adams
Manager, ICT & QNet GM
[email protected]
Our business is your future!
www.qnetbc.net