Transcript Illinois Century Network Illinois Broadband Opportunity Partnership – East Central Project ICN Overview • 7,000 connections • 15+ years serving K-12, higher education, libraries, museums,

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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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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Questions?
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