Describes Innovative Business model for deploying fiber to the home bundled with gas and electric bill

1. An Alternate Business Strategy for FTTh Bill St. Arnaud CANARIE Inc – www.canarie.ca [email_address] Last Revised: August 27, 2007

10. Direct Energy One of North America’s largest ESCOs

20. Last mile customer owned fiber ISP B Yahoo Splice Box Condominium Fiber Trunk Up to 15 km Customer owns fiber strand or micro conduit all the way to Neighborhood Node Colo X X 864 strands RBOC Google Neighbourhood Colo Colo Facility Business with dual connections to their own strands School School

21. Neighbourhood Colo and RPON Passive Optical Splitter TDM or WDM return Aggregator (AOL or RBOC)) Google Neighborhood Colo Node OXC Ports Customer Controlled or Owned Fiber Active laser & optional CWDM at customer premises Only the contracted SP provides return signal Yahoo Service provider can be several km away

22. ASP or ISP perspective Middle Mile Condo Fiber Private Fiber Network for Business Private Fiber Network School Telco ASP, ISP Or Content Last Mile Condo Fiber Neighbourhood Colo with OXC Splice Case Private Fiber School School Note: Individual strands of fiber are show as different colors. This is not a DWDM system RPON splitter UCLP Connection

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33. Ottawa backbone condo fiber & Green Broadband pilot Green Broadband Pilot SRDP backbone fiber City Hall Level 3