Specifications

OHN subscribers have dedicated access links to a managed network connecting directly through NWAX to other OHN subscribers as well as gateways to outside networks.

  • 10mb Minimum, contracted increments to 1Gb
  • Internet style (routed) service
  • Multiple sites in one organization may aggregate
  • OHN vendors exchange traffic at regional exchanges
  • NOC deploys “leaf node” monitoring device at each site
  • Service Level Agreement for quality
    • Jitter (variability in packet arrival times) 30ms end-to-end, 9ms per vendor
    • Latency (packet transit delay)
  • OHN gradually implements QOS between vendors to ensure service levels

The Internet Revealed: A Film About IXP's

A simple, easy to understand YouTube video produced by Euro-IX that explains the open internet, and how it works as a network-of-network's model - and consequently, explains the value of the OHN network model. Click here to view  

Progress at the OHN Network Ops Center

EasyStreet technicians

The first three leaf nodes were shipped to Wallowa Memorial Hospital in Enterprise, Blue Mountain Community College in Baker City, and Oregon Coast Community College in Newport. Leaf nodes are Cisco 1700 series routers.

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