Business Use of Fiber Networks

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1 Business Use of Fiber Networks Broadband Properties Summit - Dallas Tim Scott Global Business Development Axia NetMedia Corporation April 2010 [email protected]

2 G George O Neal VP Network Services GVTC Paul Elswick CEO Sunset Digital

3 CenturyTel and Qwest acquisition 1. $10.6B acquistion of Qwest by CenturyTel Why? 1. Strategy to grow and try and reverse the constant significant shrinking of traditional land line business 2. Qwest s significant fiber network that enables complete triple play offering 3. Increasing focus on the business customer this acquisition should enable CenturyTel to grow its revenue share from businesses from 11% to 25% 4. Covad expands Ethernet services nationally to enable their wholesale partners to develop sophisticated solution offerings for Enterprises 5. Services include MPLS VPNs and Class of Service (CoS)

4 Axia s experience Alberta; France; Singapore

5 Alberta SuperNet 2001 Communities with competitive Real Broadband network access

6 Alberta SuperNet A Province-Wide NGN Alberta SuperNet World s largest regional IP network Designed and built this provincial networkcompleted October 2005 Operate under 10 year agreements with Government of Alberta and Bell 70+ retail service providers (RSPs) Alberta SuperNet Snapshot Geographic area of Alberta is 661,848 km2 429 communities 1,417 Government facilities 2,193 learning facilities, 334 libraries, 504 healthcare facilities 15,000 km network RSPs service the retail/commercial market Base Network (fibre) Extended Network (fibre) Wireless

7 Alberta SuperNet Customer Groups Public Sector Axia provides end to end services (up to customer premises) Over 4000 sites across Alberta Standardized pricing Private Sector Axia provides a range of layer 2 and layer 3 services 90+ Private Sector customers serving 282 communities Customers include: Local Access Service Providers Internet Service Providers Application Service Providers Content Providers Other

8 Types of Service Providers Three Service Provider types: 1. Small Service Providers (Mom and Pop shops) 2. Medium Service Providers 3. Large Service Providers

9 Small Service Providers Approximately 40% of SuperNet SPs are small (about 24 currently) Small bandwidth purchases <5Mbps Serving mostly residential with a few small business customers Lack technical understanding Lack capital Proven that the SuperNet model works for small companies to service their local town with residential and business internet services

10 Wireless providers have moved away from the traditional unlicensed, best effort model and are investing in licensed spectrum and offering SLA s to their residential market Medium Service Providers Approximately 45% of SPs are medium sized (approx 27 currently) Average of 5-10 Mbps Serving most residential with a few small and a few medium business customers Increased technical understanding and capital Not only has the SuperNet enabled them to expand the reach of their residential internet customer base, resellers are looking to provide higheravailability services taking advantage of the QoS capabilities within the SuperNet network We have seen partnerships form with voice and data application providers to expand their portfolios of services being offered to the residential/small business customers

11 Large Service Providers Approximately 15% of SPs are large sized Average of 25 Mbps or greater Serving mostly large business and residential SuperNet has opened the door to enterprise-class point to point wireless providers making SuperNet a real player in the Oil and Gas industry - we have become an attractive competitor to the traditional providers SuperNet offers bandwidth solutions in areas that were previously cost-prohibitive for a wireless provider to compete, they are seeing more success than ever as SuperNet offers a lower-cost, more reliable connections