connect colorado

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State of Colorado
Colorado Executive Leadership Forum May 29, 2002

• Multi-Use Network
• Bridging the Digital-Divide
• www.state.co.us/MNT

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MNT Overview

• Guy Mellor
• MNT Program Manager
• State of Colorado

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Colorados Multi-Use Network

• The Multi-Use Network (MNT) is a public/private
  partnership to build a high-speed fiber-optic
  network for the State of Colorado.
• MNT allows the State to consolidate Colorado
  State government agency telecommunication
  requirements from its current multiple networks
  into a single network to reduce administrative
  and maintenance costs to taxpayers.
• MNT leverages the development of
  telecommunications infrastructure while expanding
  the delivery of advanced services to all
  geographic regions of the state

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Colorados Multi-Use Network

• MNT vision
• MNT changes the model of telecommunications in
  Colorado.
• Colorados MNT
• Bridges the Digital-Divide.
• Increases economic development
• Creates the backbone for e-government.
• Changes the model for telecommunications pricing
  for all users, public and private.
• Created by two Governors with bi-partisan,
  statewide legislature leadership

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MNT- Getting it Done
Single Integrated Telecommunications
Infrastructure
Data
Video
Voice
Lower cost
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ANAP Map(Aggregated Network Access Points)
Each circle represents the area in which
backhaul charges have been, or will be,
eliminated.
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Super ANAP Usage
Total Network Volume by Day
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MNT T-1 Rates
City Pre-MNT MNT
Limon Trinidad Julesburg Cortez Leadville Fairpla
y Alamosa Steamboat Gunnison


329.85 329.85 329.85 329.85 329.85
329.85 329.85 329.85 329.85 329.85
852.50 1,324.81 2,023.13 615.17 1,264.61
1,684.01 1,348.89 1,180.33 1,059.96
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Current Participation

• State agencies All
• Schools 79
• Libraries 15
• Municipal 61
• County 16
• Medical 12
• Total 184

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Challenges

• Build the last mile
• Optimize aggregation opportunities
• Measure and drive economic development

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Multi-Use Network Hotline

• 1-866-MNT-COLO
• http//www.state.co.us/MNT

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Business and MNT

• Jackie Slate
• Senior National Account Manager
• Qwest Government Education Services

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Colorado High Speed Digital Network
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Definitions

• Colorado High Speed Digital Network being built
  by Qwest and the independent Telcos over the
  next three years to provide a fiber optic based
  public network that will benefit all citizens of
  Colorado

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The Total Solution The Partnership

• The Qwest Consortium for Total Network Solution
• Qwest Network Services
• Qwest Business Government Solutions
• Qwest/Touch America
• CenturyTel
• Phillips County Telephone Company
• Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Company
• Citizens Communications
• Fiber Lease Partners (Pathnet, UBTA, SECOM, REAs)
• Cisco Systems
• Covansys

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Our Total MNT SolutionA Fresh Approach

• New Improved Infrastructure
• 100 fiber SONET backbone networkarchitecture
• 70 diverse routes
• 60 million fiber infrastructure expansion for
  MNT project by Qwest ILEC partners
• Publicly available network for all citizens of
  Colorado

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Pre Deployment(How it was Done Before MNT)
Alamosa
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After Network Deployment
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MNT/Qwest Accomplishments How Far Weve Come

• Publicly disclosed ATM Frame Relay Service in
  every county in Qwest territory
• Expanded service umbrellas
• Qwest ahead of schedule for ANAP deployment
  resulting in significant savings in rural
  Colorado
• Release of held orders in rural Colorado as a
  result of MNT Project
• Qwest and CenturyTel served counties

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Qwest - MNT Benefits

• Ability to push technologies out further
  intothe Qwest and partner networks
• xDSL (Aggressive CenturyTel Deployment)
• Frame Relay (56/64K - 45Mbps)
• ATM (DS1, IMA, DS3, OC3, OC12 )
• Multiple options for network design
• Can begin consolidating network traffic over
  single pipe

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Where Were Headed

• Stages of interactivity in a networked fabric
• Stage 1 1-to-1 communication (email) 7.2B
• Stage 2 1-to-many (Web) 3.2B Websites
• Stage 3 1-to-many transactions (e-commerce)
• Stage 4 many-to-many transactions
• (ref Alan Charney, Cisco)

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Making Technology Work for Communities

• Dr. J. Jeffrey Richardson
• Chief Information Officer
• Colorado Commission on Higher Education

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Applications and Community
Policy
Community
Applications
Infrastructure/Technology
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Where Were Headed

• Stages of interactivity in a networked fabric
• Stage 1 1-to-1 communication (email) 7.2B
• Stage 2 1-to-many (Web) 3.2B Websites
• Stage 3 1-to-many transactions (e-commerce)
• Stage 4 many-to-many transactions
• (ref Alan Charney, Cisco)

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Standard of Living(the private sector)

• Economic development
• Telework
• Lone eagles
• New labor market
• Information industry
• Strengthen traditional economic base

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Quality of Life(the public sector)

• Education
• Virtual high school
• Teacher-sharing
• Distance ed
• 43,016 enrollments in FY01
• Post-secondary opportunities
• Libraries, Museums

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More Public Sector Applications

• Healthcare
• Tele-radiology
• Remote diagnosis
• Consumer information
• Continuing medical education
• Healthcare E-commerce
• Government
• GIS, Assessor, Clerk Assessor, Permits

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Seamless IP Infrastructure
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K-12 as a User

• Eric Feder
• Educational Telecommunications
• Colorado Department of Education

Your zip code should not dictate the quality of
your education.
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K-12 Challenges

• Reality
• Areas of no access
• Low bandwidth
• Unreliable connectivity
• Video expensive
• with dedicated
• lines

• Using the MNT
• Seamless connectivity throughout the state
• Reliable network
• Statewide WAN with QoS
• Lower projected costs
• Internet 2

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Colorado K12 Access
Fifty-eight percent of computers in schools are
PowerMacs or PCs with 586 or newer chips.
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K-12 Telecommunications Applications

• Internet Access
• Communications email, chat rooms
• Student and teacher research
• Online applications MarcoPolo, Compass Learning
• eLearning
• Info. access grant forms, reporting,
  achievement data
• Document creation and sharing web-based
• Online assessment
• Remote research - PDAs

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K-12 Telecommunications Applications
continued

• Interactive Video
• Student instruction
• Professional development
• Collaboration with IHEs
• Community education
• Intranets
• All of the above PLUS sensitive information for
  in-house use only

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K-12 Networks

• East Central BOCES
• Phases I II
• WestCEL
• C2 AVNA
• SE BOCES
• Centennial BOCES
• Trinidad SJC/San Luis Valley
• NE BOCES
• Mountain BOCES

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K-12 Networks September 2000
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K-12 eLearning Initiatives

• Cyber Schools
• Aurora Public Schools
• Branson SD
• Colorado Virtual Academy
• Douglas County StarLabs
• JeffcoNet
• Lester B. Arnold
• Monte Vista Online Academy
• VILAS Online

• Supplemental Programs
• Colorado Online School Consortium
• Denver Public Schools
• JeffcoNet
• Moving Mountains
• Poudre SD

http//www.cde.state.co.us/cdetech/et_distance.htm
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CDE Ed Tech Priorities

• All will be enhanced by the presence of a high
  quality, reliable and ubiquitous
  telecommunications network.

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Connecting Colorados Cities and Towns

• Kevin Bommer
• Technical Services Coordinator
• Colorado Municipal League

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Colorado Municipal League

• The Colorado Municipal League has served and
  supported the state's cities and towns since
  1923, representing more than 99 percent of the
  Colorado municipal population. Located near the
  State Capitol in downtown Denver, CML is an
  influential advocate of municipal interests on
  state and federal issues. The League also is a
  reliable source of information for elected
  municipal officials and their staffs.

http//www.cml.org
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Opportunity Knocking

• The MNT brings to municipalities the chance to
  become a larger part of the states economy and
  to be part of the statewide community
• Making the connection is just the beginning.
  Improving the connection, expanding it, and
  broadening its uses are the ultimate challenges.

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Challenges Facing Municipalities

• Many rural municipalities lie outside the
  service area of the MNT
• General Assembly failing to fund, even partially,
  the Colorado Telecommunications Infrastructure
  Fund (Beanpole)
• Expensive last mile connections may be scarce
  potentially creating haves and have nots
• Who do local governments turn to for help?

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Challenges Facing Municipalities

• Without Beanpole, what are the options to fund
  connections to the MNT by communities that need
  it the most and can afford it the least?

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The Beanpole Communities

• Implementation Communities Phase One
• Northwest - Routt, Rio Blanco, Moffat Counties
• Southwest - La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan,
  Dolores, Archuleta Counties
• Southeast - Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero,
  Prowers
• Morgan County
• Implementation Communities Phase Two
• Summit County
• Sedgwick County
• TRECC - Elbert, Lincoln, Town of Limon, S.
  Washington andrural Adams, Arapahoe and El Paso
  Counties
• Implementation Communities (Phase One)
• Yuma County
• San Miguel County

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The Beanpole Communities - continued

• Advanced Planning Communities (Phase One)
• Garfield County
• Pitkin County
• Phase Two Planning Communities (Basic Advanced
  planning are now combined into one planning
  grant process)
• Fremont County
• Custer County
• Eagle County
• Las Animas County
• Clear Creek County
• Logan County Telecommunications Project
  (application pending for planning grant)

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CML Policy Perspective

• MNT and Beanpole are a package deal
• Beanpole funding must be restored to the
  Department of Local Affairs to the greatest
  extent possible
• Extra efforts must be made to connect all
  Colorado cities and towns
• Coordination of all statewide resources and
  identification of common goals and objectives
  are essential

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