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Final Report: InternetNZ I2 / NGI working Group 14/12/02

Status: Accepted at Council Meeting 021214

1. NGI Capability Study

NGI study resulted in a comprehensive and very well received report

Key recommendations:

  • Establishment of an NGI consortium
  • Creation of a NZ NGI network
  • Promote an open acceptable use policy (AUP), encouraging public ? private sector partnership
  • Set up groups to develop and promote NGI applications

2. NGI Consortium Update

NGI Consortium was formed as a result of an NGI stakeholders meeting Octobor 30 which considered implementation of key recommendations of NGI capability study.

Responsibilties of InternetNZ I2 working group were essentially transferred over to the Consortium.

Neil James ,Chair of InternetNZ I2 working group was confirmed as Chair of the NGI consortium interim board.

Fee to join NGI Consortium is $15,000

InternetNZ is providing administrative support such as banking facilities to assist the start up phase of the Consortium.

Priority has been given to hiring a CEO . Position has been advertised and will be filled by middle of December .

Membership currently includes all the universities, AgResearch, Natural History NZ and CityLink. Other CRIs such as Landcare and Crop&Food will join. The newly formed Regional roadband Development Group is planning to join as a group and it is likely that the Health sector will join perhaps through the Ministry of Health.

Team NGI ( Neil James , John Hine , Simon Riley ) gave a 1.5 hr opening keynote address at the TUANZ National Broadband Applications Conference at Nelson Nov 3-5

Establishment of 7 NGI application Groups and convenors was announced at the Tuanz conference

  • Creative Sector - Simon Riley
  • Biotechnology - Phillip Lindsay, Allen Rodrigo
  • Education & E-Learning - Geoff Mitchell
  • ICT - Mark Billinghurst
  • NGI technologies - Nevil Brownlee, Ian Graham
  • Tele-health
  • AgriTech

3. Other NGI Considerations and Related Initiatives:

Central Government needs to articulate an over-arching ? Innovation Infrastructure ? strategy which coordinates various broadband related initiatives eg regional broadband pilots , Probe, NGI

National NGI Gigapop intiative is at advanced discussion stage ? planning for the establishment of neutral Meet Me points / GigaPoPs in key centres in NZ

NGI Infrastructure - build, buy or lease?

Limitations/concerns with current telco offerings include:

  • inability to ensure when using NGI applications such as an Access Grid, that paths can be established which do not include the commodity Internet;
  • being at the mercy of supplier pricing ? in particular little guarantee of up-scaling in speed at desirable incremental rates.
  • no opportunity to directly peer with other organisations;
  • no opportunity for access to colours or fibres;
  • no control over protocols employed - eg. BGP, QoS etc.;
  • not possible to set up peering relationships if the NGI network is part of a telco cloud.

4. Conclusion :

Consideration needs to be given as to whether Internet NZ should leverage on the goodwill created build on its sponsorship of the Internet2 / NGI initiative by joining the consortium . This would give InternetNZ " a place at the table".

Note : As a member of the consortium IntenetNZ could provide a voice and a conduit for members of the NZ internet Community who wish to support to the establishment of an NGI network but cannot afford the membership fee .

A useful reference in terms of what role Internet NZ could play is FING - French Next Generation Internet Foundation
( www.fing.org ) exerpt :

FING is a non-profit organization created in January 2000 by 3 associations (Internet Society, ACSEL, AFEM). Its aim is to initiate the necessary momentum around the Next Generation Internet in order to make France, within Europe, a leading player in tomorrow's "networked society".

FING's focus is on the applications and use of the Next Generation Internet. FING defines the Next Generation Internet as "The disappearing Internet" - where broadband allows users to forget about bandwidth, where pervasiveness and mobility, as well as user-friendly interfaces and services, allows users to focus on their needs and desires and forget about the Internet.

FING's main activities are:

  • To set up and co-ordinate an open "NGI network", connected to equivalent networks in Europe and worldwide.
  • To gather, organize and spread information about NGI activities in France and abroad : projects, technologies, people, applications and usage, surveys and visions...
  • To raise public awareness of NGI within the media, trade associations, corporations and the government.
  • To facilitate the exchange and sharing of ideas, experience and projects between the participants.
  • To promote the development of projects, applications and uses of NGI.
  • To facilitate the creation of partnerships, in France and worldwide.

Internet NZ direct participation and membership in NGI consortium would be consistent with the Society 's objectives

Recommendations

  1. Accept the final report of the I2 / NGI working group
  2. Recognize the contribution of members of the I2 / NGI working group
  3. Approve expenditure of $ 15,000 to join NGI Consortium

Simon Riley
5.12.2002

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