Coöperatieve Vereniging Fryslân Ring (Cooperative Association Fryslân Ring)
The cooperative approach was a natural choice to the Frisian. As a typically agricultural province with a strong dairy industry, cooperative associations of farmers have always been an important part of Fryslân. The cooperative Fryslân Ring is the owner of the recently established fibre networks: an open network infrastructure where serving the interests of the members comes in the first place. Critical success factor was the step-by-step approach: first connecting the business parks and then the rural areas. This an example of open approach, competition of independent operators leading to multiple choice of operators in providing services.
nöGIG
The project nöGIG has proven that it is possible to implement a three-layer open access model with point to point FTTH networks in underserved rural areas, with attractive prices for private and business end users because of a large choice of service providers. Long-term thinking, commitment and endurance paid off. The partners built a regional coalitions of municipalities, separated the layers (3-LOM) and focused on infrastructure. The roll-out did not start before the end-user demand aggregation. The financial model was built up at the beginning of the project, processes for planning, building and maintaining the passive infrastructure were established. Building standardised passive infrastructure, establishing quality documentation and exploiting synergies in municipal services (road, water, construction & geo-data management) contributed to the success of the project.
Umeå Energi Broadband Umenet
The project is an example of an open fibre network implemented by a local company. Already in 1995 Umeå Energi started building an optical fibre network. By 2016, 84% of all households (countryside and city) in Umeå municipality had been provided with access to 100 Mbps. The early and unique cooperation between the municipality and the local energy company, alongside with enthusiasm of the population were key success factors. The established business model enables synergies between bottom up-financing, private capital and public funding. Together with openness and competition it leads the way towards reaching the 95% penetration. Several operators are active in the network, on equal conditions applied to all providers.