Illinois Century Network Illinois Broadband Opportunity Partnership – East Central Project ICN Overview • 7,000 connections • 15+ years serving K-12, higher education, libraries, museums,
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Illinois Century Network
Illinois Broadband Opportunity
Partnership – East Central Project
ICN Overview
• 7,000 connections
• 15+ years serving K-12, higher education,
libraries, museums, health care, government,
and other non-profits
• $32M Operating Budget
• Governance
Policy Committee
Advanced Engineering Taskforce
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ICN Advantage
• High Speed – up to 1 Gbps dedicated, symmetrical speeds
• High Reliability – physical route diversity
• High Quality – low latency and low jitter
• Quality of Service – priority for video and voice traffic
• On-net Access – connect to more than 7,000 public
entities without touching the Internet
• Internet 2 – access to the national research network
• User Driven – network policies support the needs of the
users
• You Get What You Pay For – a 100 Mbps service
delivers 100 Mbps to the customer all the time
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Broadband Stimulus Project
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$96M Project
1,000 miles of new fiber
1,000 miles of dark fiber
55 counties
Complete by August 2013
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Benefits & Impact
Improved Broadband Connectivity
400+ community anchor institutions directly connected
3,000+ community anchor institutions indirectly
connected
Broadband speeds up to 1 Gbps
Dark fiber for lease
300+ interconnection points
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Benefits & Impact
Economic Development
150+ direct jobs retained or created during project
implementation
Long term access to very high speed, very high quality,
economical broadband services and fiber for education,
government, health care and businesses
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Opportunities - Applications
What can you do with Gigabit speeds?
Cloud Computing
Long Distance Health Care
Research
Video Collaboration
Long Distance Education
Voice over IP
Online Learning
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Opportunities – Getting Connected
Municipal Fiber Ring
Install fiber on municipal owned poles
Install fiber and/or conduit when running new water and
sewer lines
Partner with local hospitals/health care facilities,
businesses, schools, libraries, public safety and
government entities to share costs
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Opportunities – Getting Connected
Existing Service Providers
Encourage current providers to offer Metro
Ethernet (10 Mbps and above) last mile
connections to the Illinois Century Network
Encourage regional Wireless Service Providers to
expand and improve service
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Opportunities – Economic Development
Attracting New Businesses
Promote the proximity to the ICN fiber network
Promote municipal investments in fiber
infrastructure
Promote service provider investments in fiber
infrastructure
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Project Status
Complete
Environmental Assessment Approved
Fiber Construction Vendors Selected
Multiple Fiber Leases Complete
Optical Equipment Vendor Selected
80 Miles of Leased Fiber Operational
Commitments from Direct Connect CAIs
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Project Status
In Progress
69% of Detailed Design Complete
90 Miles of Fiber Construction Ready to Begin –
Kankakee to Champaign
Multiple Fiber Leases for Laterals
Litchfield Lateral Out for Bid
Finalizing Bid Specs for Kankakee to 95th Street –
50 Miles
Securing Permits
Preparing POP Sites for Optical Equipment
Marketing to Service Providers
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Project Status
To Do
Finalize Rates
Revise Customer Agreements
Contract for Fiber Locate and Maintenance
Service
Fully Operational By August 2013
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What’s New
Big Differences
• Businesses may connect
• Wholesale providers – existing and new
• Expanded service offerings
• On-network, point to point, Egress
• Customized services to meet constituent needs
• Significant capacity and lower costs
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Applications
What Constituents are requesting
• Shared services
• Secure private networks
• Interconnecting networks
• Local and regional networks
• Scalable bandwidth
• Customized services
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http://www.illinois.net/IBOP
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Questions?
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