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APPENDIX A: Summary of High Speed Networks (Educational) by State Prepared by Jonathan Leavitt, MA Dept. of Educational Technology, San Diego State University State HSN initiative and link to site Size or impact on state (as described on program sites) Alabama Alabama Research and Education Network (AREN) http://www.asc.edu/network/index.shtml Approximately 150 client institutions are connected to AREN, including all public universities and colleges, the state's community colleges, several state government agencies, nine K-12 regional training centers, and approximately 40 K-12 school systems. For those universities which have an alternate primary Internet service provider, AREN functions as a secondary ISP for local traffic and the primary route for traffic within the state. Participants: State government, four year universities, two year colleges, and k- 12 schools Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Information Technology Group (ITG) http://www.state.ak.us/itg/ Telecommunications Open Partnerships for Arizona (TOPAZ) http://gita.state.az.us/tech_news/2001/9_25_01 _news_release.htm Arkansas Academic and research Network (ArkNet) http://www.uark.edu/staff/arknet/ OC-3 Backbone – 155mb/s Started out being maintained by University of Arkansas and then in 1998 it was turned over to the Arkansas Department of Information Systems CalREN http://www.cenic.org/ K-12 High Speed Network http://www.k12hsn.org/ ITG maintains a multi-protocol backbone WAN that connects LANs in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau. Agency connections are made via leased line or dial-in to the regional backbone hub. Several other locations have dedicated connections. The ITG WAN has Internet addresses available to hook into national and international networks. TOPAZ was created by the state’s Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) to expand broadband usage throughout Arizona. Originally intended to connect the top 87 communities by population in the state, 126 communities have been linked since 2001. The initial ARKnet network consisted of point-to-point 56K circuits from each institution to one of the two central network nodes located in Fayetteville and Little Rock. Internet access in the beginning was through the MIDnet regional network (later to become Global Internet, which later was bought out by Verio). As the network grew and bandwidth needs increased, the entire ARKnet network was rebuilt using frame relay services provided by Southwestern Bell. As the T1 lines at the central routing nodes became saturated, they were replaced by Southwestern Bell ATM OC-3 circuits and frame interworking. Eventually, the six T1 lines to Verio were overwhelmed by the state's traffic, so the state network contracted with Southwestern Bell Internet Services (SBIS) for new highbandwidth (OC-3) Internet service. Today, the state network has an internal backbone consisting of multiple OC-3 circuits and two Internet service providers (SBIS in Little Rock, and Qwest Communications in Fayetteville). CalREN-DC, CENIC's Digital California network, provides high-quality network services for K-20 students/teachers/staff and for faculty, researchers and staff at higher education institutions. CENIC's support of K-12 networking extends the existing CalREN backbone to each of the 58 California counties to facilitate connectivity by California's K-12 schools.
APPENDIX A: Summary of High Speed Networks (Educational) by State Prepared by Jonathan Leavitt, MA Dept. of Educational Technology, San Diego State University State HSN initiative and link to site Size or impact on state (as described on program sites) fiber optics – currently 2.5 gigabytes Initially managed by CENIC and now, after a competitive process, is overseen by the Imperial County Office of Education (in partnership with the Butte and Mendocino COEs). In addition to providing the entire California research and education community with the most cost-effective advanced services network available, the multi-tiered CalREN infrastructure supplies high-level network services needed to successfully conduct high-performance research activities. It also provides network researchers in California with the infrastructure needed to conduct critical investigations into optical networking technology. Participants: Higher Education Research/K20 Internet 1 and 2 Connecticut Connecticut Education Network http://www.ct.gov/cen/site/default.asp fiber optics - 1 Gigabit to start with Started in 2000, projected completion – 2005. Run by the State Department of Information Technology and a partnership with the University of Connecticut. The Connecticut Education Network (CEN) is America's first statewide K12 and higher education network to be built exclusively using state-of-the-art fiber optic connections. Operating at speeds 1000 times faster than a home broadband connection, the CEN provides incredible access to the Internet, the next generation Internet2, the Connecticut Digital Library, and thousands of other resources exclusively targeted to students, teachers, researchers and administrators in Connecticut's education institutions. Upon completion in summer, 2005, every K12 and Higher Education connection to the CEN will have a fiber optic based connection that will allow high speed multimedia learning tools, research activities and online administrative activities in every school district and on every campus in the State. Many public libraries are also being connected to the network. Participants: Public K-12, public/private higher ed, libraries Georgia Peachnet http://www.usg.edu/peachnet/ Could not find a good description. Hawaii Could not locate. Illinois**** Illinois Century Network (ICN) http://www.illinois.net/about/default.htm Connects to the Internet and Internet2 at speeds of OC-12 or higher (622 mb/s). The entire backbone consists of DS-3 (45 Mb/s) circuits or higher. Website states that it offers 1 Provides a world-class IP network to over 6,100 educational institutions - more than any other network of its kind in the United States or the world Serves approximately 2 million Illinois citizens - mostly students Passes between 600 and 800 million bits per second to the Internet on a daily
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