Illinois Online Network Faculty Summer Institute

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Illinois Online NetworkFaculty Summer Institute

• Neil Matkin
• May 24, 2000

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WHY the ICN?

• Illinois is in the top 5 states for expenditures
  on higher education
• But we rank in the middle of the pack (17th or
  18th) for educational attainment
• Educational Delivery The Advanced Placement
  Lever (43)

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WHY the ICN?

• Educational Delivery
• Economic Development
• Better Trained Workforce
• Support of Growing Illinois Technology Industry
• Educational Attainment Gains

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What is the ICN?
A robust, statewide education network to
connect all Illinois elementary, secondary, and
higher education institutions as well as
libraries and museums for the purpose of
delivering and receiving educational content.
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So whats the big deal?

• 8,200 potential constituents
• LOTS of HOPS
• The Broadband Revolution
• Victorias Secret Fashion Show
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Harley Davidson

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What are the design goals?

• Build upon existing state projects
• Avoid duplication of costly facilities and
  services
• Recognize economies of scale to leverage state
  buying power
• Build at a large enough scale to interest
  partners/telecommunications providers
• Balance construction of the backbone network with
  current and anticipated user demands

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Building on Existing Projects

• LincOn (K-12 network) (2000)
• Illinois Video Education Network (Higher
  Education) (455)
• State Frame Relay Backbone State Video Network
  (State Agencies) (200/100)
• Library System Networks (12)

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What does the ICN look like?

• The ICN spans the entire state in a 2-3 year
  build out period
• It is a high speed, high bandwidth network
• It is an ATM solution capable of carrying voice,
  video, data, and image

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What does the ICN cost?

• Fiscal year 2000 budget of 27 million
• Fiscal year 2000 budget of 27 million
• Plus Federal E-rate dollars totaling
  approximately 3 million per year

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The Backbone Network Regional Technology Centers
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www.linc2icn.net
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A Gathering of State Networks

• St. Louis, Missouri
• April 16-18
• 22 states and Puerto Rico reported
• Many successes
• Many failures

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Failed Efforts Resulted From

• Lack of flexibility in procurement disallowing
  utilization of new technologies (cable, wireless)
• Lack of sufficient ties to the higher education
  research networks
• Lack of sufficient levels of support

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Failed Efforts Resulted From

• Insistence on one all purpose network resulting
  in engineering by legislation
• Building the network on a cost reduction model
  which ultimately prohibited new infrastructure

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Future Bandwidth Needs

• Based on the experience of other states bandwidth
  demand will grow exponentially beyond what
  institutions can ultimately afford
• A rule of thumb is that bandwidth demand doubles
  every 10-12 months
• H.320 interactive video is going to increase
  rather than decrease along with IP-based video
  (H.323) taking up increasing amounts of bandwidth

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Long Term Success Considerations

• The speed of technology does not equal the speed
  of state government we must act more quickly to
  provision bandwidth
• The ICN must align itself with higher education
  research efforts
• Public/private partnerships must be embraced to
  develop sufficient economy of scale for long term
  success

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What do I believe?
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