Northwest Open Access Network

Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) is an open-access network in the United States Pacific Northwest region. NoaNet is a public-benefit wholesale telecommunications organization that supplies solutions and resources for all aspects of broadband and telecom projects to serve Washington State including wholesale wide-area and last-mile bandwidth on optic fiber and other means from pooled public utility district (PUD) assets, as well as over 30 colocation centers. It was formed c. 1999 and began operating in 2000 on Bonneville Power Administration-owned fiber.[1] By 2015, it had over 3,000 miles (4,800 km) of fiber.[2]

Northwest Open Access Network
TypeNon-profit municipal corporation
IndustryTelecommunications
GenreOpen-access network
Foundedc. 1999, Washington State
Headquarters
Gig Harbor, Washington
,
United States
Area served
Pacific Northwest
Key people
Greg Marney, former CEO

Dave Spencer, former CEO Craig Nelsen, CEO Mike Henson, COO Paul Harding, CFO John Smith, CTO

Rob Kopp, CIO
Websitenoanet.net

Membership consists of the following Washington State PUDs: Benton County Public Utility District, Energy Northwest, Kitsap County PUD, Pend Oreille County PUD, Franklin County PUD, Mason County PUD, Clallam County PUD, Okanogan County PUD, Jefferson County PUD and Pacific County PUD. Grant, Chelan and Douglas PUDs have left the organization.[3]

NoaNet Oregon began operating in 2004, also on Bonneville Power Administration fiber.[4]

By 2010, NoaNet had received over $100 million in Federal grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.[5] By 2015 it had completed a four-year $180 million National Telecommunications and Information Administration Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) grant.[6] Though NoaNet has made use of federal grant programs, NoaNet does not collect any tax dollars or subsidies from rate payers in Washington State. All revenues from selling wholesale services on the open market are put back into the network to bring network and services into rural areas of the state.[7]

NoaNet connects to the Internet at Seattle Internet Exchange and Northwest Access Exchange in Portland.[8][9][10]

References
  1. Sliz, Deborah; Lindsay, Scott M. (November 1, 1999), "BPA's Fiber Optics Can Help Rural Northwest Economically", Bulletin, archived from the original on November 20, 2018
  2. "Need for speed: Broadband comes to rural areas", The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, September 16, 2012
  3. Cameron Probert (June 18, 2014), Grant PUD declines request to support credit, leaves NoaNet, iFiberOne News
  4. Adam Haas (March 17, 2002), NoaNet Oregon brings service to rural areas, Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, archived from the original on February 14, 2018
  5. "High-speed broadband coming to all corners of Washington State", Fiber Optics Weekly Update, August 20, 2010, archived from the original on February 14, 2018
  6. 2017 Washington State Auditor report citing Moss-Adams CPA December 3, 2015 reports p 8
  7. "Northwest Open Access Network - NoaNet | WA State Broadband Solutions". NoaNet. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  8. Peering DB (SIX peers), accessed 2018-02-13
  9. Peering DB (NWAX peers), accessed 2018-02-13
  10. Member list, Northwest Access Exchange
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