The document outlines Neil Shewry's plan to build the Janet Access Infrastructure over 4 years through approximately 20 separate projects. It will replace 1000 customers, 1500 connections, and 300 infrastructure links across 120 points of presence using a common design and delivery approach to avoid having to repeat the process for at least 7-10 years. The process involves designing, buying, building, and transitioning customers to the new infrastructure in a way that minimizes disruption through zero touch provisioning and a target migration window of 30 days. So far, the south and south west regions are currently being built while many other regions are in the design phase, with Scotland to be the next region addressed in 2020.

1. Building the
Janet Access Infrastructure
21 January 2019
Neil Shewry
Head of Infrastructure Delivery

2. Scale of the task
 The problem:
 Need to replace….
 1000 customers
 1500 connections
 300 infrastructure links
 120 points of presence

3. Scale of the task
 The solution:
 Split into ≈20 separate projects
 Spread over 4 years
 Common design
 Common delivery
 Avoid doing it again for at least 7-10 years!

4. The Process
Build TransitionDesign Buy

5. Design – Buy – Build - Transition

6. Design – Buy – Build - Transition

7. Design – Buy – Build - Transition

8. Design – Buy – Build - Transition
 Dark fibre framework
• Fibre, co-location
 Equipment framework
• Optical, Ethernet, Professional services
 Regulated products
• Circuits, co-location
 Other frameworks
• Circuits, equipment, co-location

9. Design – Buy – Build - Transition
 Delivery of fibre
 Delivery of circuits
 Delivery of PoPs
 Installation of equipment
 Zero Touch Provisioning
 Plumbing it all together
 Lots of info and documentation (so just ask)
 This is business as usual

10. Design – Buy – Build - Transition
 New regional infrastructure
 New access circuit(s)
 New Ethernet device
 Same (or enhanced) set of services
 Migrate from old to new
 at a time that suits you
 This is business as usual

11. Design – Buy – Build - Transition
 Continual improvement – trying to be more efficient
 Migration within 30 days is normal
 Last year migration delays cost Jisc (and therefore the
community) over £80,000
 We appreciate your support in this area

12. Design – Buy – Build – Transition – Operate
 Fibre/circuit support arrangements
 same as usual
 Equipment support arrangements
 at PoP sites ‘4hr + engineer’
 at customer sites ‘4hr parts only’
 slightly different process
 test fault calls planned
 we’ll be monitoring this

13. How are we getting on?
 2 regions in build
 South
 South West
 Lots of regions in design
 Midlands
 London
 East (Anglia)
 North West

14. How are we getting on?
 Next in line to be looked at
 SCOTLAND
 Sit tight and we’ll be in touch
 Expect delivery of new services during 2020

15. Questions?