PSTN INFRASTRUCTUREPARADIGMS SHIFTED

Connectivity in the Digital AgeBob Frankstonhttp://www.Frankston.com

Bits, The New Infrastructure Must address the cause not the

symptoms Bits decouple services from the

transport Bits are an alphabet with no value in

themselves Value is External New funding

model Infrastructure is a proven model

Roads (The road system is an emergent property)

Home Infrastructure Community Infrastructure

We Contribute Infrastructure

From Tenants to Owners

With Home After 1995Broadband, Cellular, PSTN

No Fees, Ownership Zero marginal cost Can use bits any way Peripherals and

innovation Extend to community Local Infrastructure

Monthly Fee per Device

Never pay off finance fee

Dictate meaning of bits

Apps Unbilled bits are dead

bits

Transition Happens

Container Shipping Goods to packets.

Private pikes to public roads Business community to community

funding Advertising

Supports services that aren’t profit centers

USPS stamps on UPS boxes till 1970’s

Stuck in 19th century?

Single distribution system for electricity. Bits aren’t consumables with intrinsic value. Distribution system, not sharing. % as “bits” How is this model sustainable in a real

market? No wonder DSL is in violation of Moore’s law!

The network needn’t know which passengers are part of a team.

Using Infrastructure

Edge-to-Edge forced the issue VoIP without QoS Decoupling markets Hypergrowth Use of consumer infrastructure

(home) Access Connectivity!

Local is exciting and 100% “Internet”

One “Internet” inside & outside

Doing Our Own Infrastructure Marked-based native funding model Extends home and campus

infrastructure Commons like roads and sidewalks Reduced costs by avoiding limits of

pipes Stable funding model with aligned

incentives Transformational, zero marginal cost:

Creates opportunity Medical services, public safety, cost

savings

Making a Fresh Start

Regulation to Markets Native funding for each service 9-1-1 direct connectivity Voice is an app Trust is social not a service Services are local and global

Scrap Pile

The following slides are a scrap pile that may be mined in the future

Transition

The PSTN retirement is a symptom Shifting the business model

Analog: Service providers own infrastructure

Digital: Bits enable a common infrastructure

Stable market-based model Infrastructure own locally and regionally Services are diverse and funded natively

From Regulation to Markets

Overview

From burden of the “PSTN” to Connectivity Services using the network not in the

network No network services new funding

model for net Layers to Decoupling (bits,

relationships) Infrastructure is geographically local

Just exchange bits, services are external Funded like roads Needs very little regulation Infrastructure is an enabler.

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After the PSTN

PSTN: Provides burdened paying for ”wires”

Connectivity decouples: How we get services How we pay for the “wires”

Use native business models Neighbors work together for

infrastructure Any provider can provide services 9-1-1 et al without legacy of the 1950’s

Conclusion

New paradigms, not virtual PSTN Generativity of BOYI (Infrastructure) Regulation Markets

Local ownership of infrastructure Global availability of services

Transitions Private Pikes to Public Roads Opportunities rather than promises

The Concept of the PSTN

Telegram as design point

Intelligence in Network SS7

Services are provided Providers cover costs Sell services/messages

Path is a Pipe (Naïve) Trust as a

service

Understanding bits

The alphabet for information The universal solvent Are not consumed

Who will Deploy

Local Implications

Bits, not “Internet”

Used as basic infrastructure Meta Devices Policies for lights Safety Monitoring and Compliance Local video

Not about Access Peer connectivity Not tied to a path

It’s about Business

Classic Telecom Value is in the network Funded by selling service

Digital World Value is external Value created doesn’t fund the network Divestiture

From Regulation to Markets Markets can now provide

“telephony” Decoupling vs. lock-step engineering Escape QoS et al Playing out divestiture and bits from

the 70’s From “Trust Ma Bell” to “Trust is

Social” Enabling Hypergrowth

Bits Change the Rules

No “wired” vs. “wireless” Not Consumed Inverse relationship between value and

quantity Services decoupled from bit-exchanging

Skype Over-the-Top Cellular over IP

Path independent Tethering Wi-Fi offloading

Decouples Business Models

Services Charge for value Level playing field Over all networks, not just one’s own

Physical infrastructure Funding by taxing externalities Removes cost/complexity of

billing/settlement “Broadband” all same so why till?

Why the PSTN?

Funding model, provider model Phone numbers Universal Service Emergency Services (911) Municipal info (311) Authentication and Caller-ID Billing QoS

Dynamic Infrastructure

Public safety if your in #oslo and are ok, try not to

use your phone. #bombeoslo #osloexpl #utøya

(Virtual) PSTN and More

SIP Trunking? Cellular of IP Gateways into home Starting at the edge Tunneling Car software upgrade

Bugaboos

Networks Providers Lesson of search DNS Single Bar Trust and Zombies Ahead No Single Hop Funding like putting stamps on UPS boxes DSL vs. Line cards SS7 Congestion and Limits

Infrastructure Funding

Avoids needing elements to be profit center

Like advertising liberates Google Aligned Incentives vs. Regulation Good Stuff Cheap

Free “Wi-Fi”

Public use Emergency use Bits are bits

Crises

Modems in the 90’s Funding Broadband Deployment Wi-Fi offload for Cellular Global Crossing failure

Networking Start at Home

Connecting devices in the home & campus DLNA Light Switches Intranets [sic] Municipal services

Once we have connectivity Use for “offload”

Transition

Incremental from the edge Home networks Community: MDU, Development, Cities,

Regions Interconnect models

Aggregate purchasing Tunneling and Virtual Communities

Business in Transition

Decoupling from Cable NBCU TWG

Telecom New Services BHR problem

Divestiture

Because of digital Structural Separation

Wholesale/Retail – same model for different businesses.

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