[wirelesstoronto-discuss] Cogeco Data Services inks deal with City of Toronto

[Gabe Sawhney]

Thanks, A C.  This is disappointing but not surprising.  The press release
didn't include a quote from anyone at the City -- presumably they'd prefer
to keep a lid on this deal.  I wonder if some shit-disturber will bring it
up at next week's Toronto Innovation Showcase:
http://www.toronto.ca/toshowcase/

I've been infected with the vision of a convergence of the open web, open
data, open spectrum and net neutrality movements.  They're all different
sides of the same coin (in my opinion), and if that had been more clear to
everyone before the sale went through, it may have been easier to build
support to stop it.

Gabe


On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:09 PM, A C <netspec at gmail.com> wrote:

> wow - I was just waiting for the first response to this...having
> worked for Toronto Hydro Telecom and going through sale to Cogeco,
> everyone knew what was happening and what the outcome was going to be.
>  There is still no logical explanation as to why the company was sold
> by the blue ribbon panel, to me, there were 2 groups who had the
> potential to stop this sale.
>
> 1. the citizens of toronto, and most questioned the validity of a
> hydro company being in the telecom business and catering to businesses
> and enterprises only.  And this is purposely omitting the onezone
> network which in the opinion of many was just part of the plan to
> market toronto hydro telecom for future sale.
>
> 2. the union - who questionably did little effort to stop the sale
>
> The fibre footprint alone in the downtown core is worth 10 times the
> amount of what was paid for the purchase of the company.
>
> this response will likely get quite a bit of backlash - please
> remember it is the opinion of one person only.
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Gabe Sawhney <gabe at pwd.ca> wrote:
> > [Of course, we don't yet know the details.  But does this not remind us
> of
> > the classic tragedy of privatization?  The city just sold this fiber
> network
> > -- the one that the Onezone network runs on -- to Cogego, and now they're
> > going to spend how much on buying services back? -Gabe]
> >
> > http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/28/c2908.html
> >
> > Cogeco Data Services inks deal with City of Toronto
> >
> > TORONTO, Oct. 28 /CNW/ - Cogeco Data Services, a full service data
> > communications provider, today announced a 10-year, multi-million dollar
> > agreement with the City of Toronto that will see the City's wide area
> > network (WAN) services upgraded to one of the most technologically
> > sophisticated, all-optical networks in Canada.
> >
> > Cogeco Data Services will provide a wide area network connection to City
> > agencies, boards, and commissions including the Toronto Public Library,
> > Toronto Police Services, Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto Zoo and
> Toronto
> > proper facilities, serving a majority of the City's 50,000 employees.
> >
> > "We know that the City of Toronto has extremely high demands for
> security,
> > performance and bandwidth," said Tony Ciciretto, President, Cogeco Data
> > Services. "We are pleased to be working with the City to develop a
> solution
> > that meets their needs and maximizes the full capabilities of our
> network."
> >
> > Combined with the Toronto District School Board and Toronto Catholic
> > District School Board agreements, the City of Toronto deal will see
> Cogeco
> > Data Services significantly expand its network in the Metro Toronto area.
> >
> > The initiative will provide for 1 Gbps Ethernet services to all City of
> > Toronto sites and 20 Gbps+ to the City data centres, while achieving an
> > outstanding 1 to 1 throughput ratio. The improved services will allow the
> > City to proceed with their unified communications plans without worries
> of
> > throughput delays.
> >
> > The City of Toronto sites will be installed over a three year period with
> > the first sites becoming active this year, and 95 per cent of
> construction
> > completed by 2011.
> >
> > About Cogeco Data Services
> >
> > With its suite of connectivity and managed services (Ethernet MetroLAN,
> > Managed Wavelengths, Dedicated Internet, Co-location, Storage and
> Business
> > Continuity), Cogeco Data Services supplies its customers with the fast,
> > reliable and secure ability to access, manage, move and store large
> amounts
> > of data worldwide. The company's wholly-owned, redundant network is
> > all-optical, and offers near limitless bandwidth with services that scale
> to
> > meet the needs of some of Canada's largest public companies and public
> > sector organizations. For more information about Cogeco Data Services, a
> > wholly-owned subsidiary of Cogeco Cable Inc., see www.cogecodata.com.
> >
> > For further information: Virginia Brailey, Vice President, Marketing and
> > Communications, Cogeco Data Services, (416) 840-8742,
> > virginia.brailey at cogecodata.com
> >
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