Brazos Valley Community Network

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Brazos Valley Community Network

• Gus Roman BVCNet Vice Chair
• City of Bryan Representative
• Gena Parsons BVCNet Secretary
• Blinn College Representative

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Members

• Blinn College
• Brazos County
• Brazos Valley Council of Governments
• Bryan Independent School District
• City of Bryan
• City of College Station
• College Station Independent School District
• St. Joseph Regional Health Center
• Texas AM University
• Texas AM University System Health Science
  Center

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Mission

• Provide a forum for collaborative projects that
  address joint interests of organizations within
  our community. Provide high performance secure
  connectivity among institutions within our
  community by linking and extending existing
  networks.Provide network access to individuals
  in the community, particularly the underserved by
  providing access at local centers.

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History

• May 2000 Grant submitted
• Sept. 2000 Grant received
• 5 years - 500,000
• Sept. 2005 Grant complete
• Oct. 2005 Sustainability achieved

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Annual Fee

• Blinn College 3,000
• Brazos County 4,000
• Brazos Valley Council of Governments 3,000
• Bryan Independent School District 3,000
• City of Bryan 13,000
• City of College Station 13,000
• College Station Independent School District
  3,000
• St. Joseph Regional Health Center 3,000
• Texas AM University 13,000
• TAMU System Health Science Center 3,000

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Connectivity
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Public Access

• Sites
• Parent Center
• Health Department
• Housing Projects
• Boys and Girls Clubs
• Recreation Center

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Benefits

• Blinn College
• Faster Internet access for students/staff at a
  greatly reduced cost
• Increased performance-to-cost ratio for external
  networking
• Connection between Brenham and Bryan campuses
• Connection to Lonestar Education and Research
  Network
• Connection to Texas Education Telecommunications
  Network (TETN) for higher quality dual credit
  video conference classes to high schools

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Benefits

• Brazos County
• Secure inter-agency communication
• Judicial remote magistration via video
  conferencing
• File sharing
• Criminal information sourcing

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Benefits

• Brazos Valley Council of Governments
• Secure inter-agency communication
• Volunteer coordination connection with local
  Emergency Operation Centers through Web EOC
• Videoconferencing with Workforce Solutions
  centers in 7-county service area

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Benefits

• Bryan ISD
• Faster Internet access for students/staff at a
  greatly reduced cost
• Public access sites provide computer access for
  underprivileged students

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Benefits

• City of Bryan
• Secure inter-agency communication
• Judicial remote magistration via video
  conferencing
• File/source sharing including criminal records
• City libraries share collections and common
  database eliminating cost of leased line
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data shared
  with College Station, County, Texas AM
• Joint park registration system

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Benefits

• City of College Station
• Secure inter-agency communication
• Judicial remote magistration via video
  conferencing
• File/source sharing including criminal records
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data shared
  with College Station, County, Texas AM
• Joint park registration system

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Benefits

• College Station ISD
• Faster Internet access for students/staff at a
  greatly reduced cost
• Public access sites provide computer access for
  underprivileged students

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Benefits

• St. Joseph Regional Health Center
• Secure communication between health department
  and St. Joseph for early detection of epidemics
  and bioterrorism
• Fast, secure connection for delivery of
  telemedicine
• Increased speed, lower cost connecting rural
  clinics and hospitals

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Benefits

• Texas AM University
• High speed connections to 12 off-campus sites
  State Headquarters, TEEX, TEES, etc.
• High speed access for TTVN affiliates such as the
  local school districts and Blinn College.
• Access for research initiative such as TTI
  traffic studies w/TxDOT camera connections.
• Access for data, voice and video from TAMU to
  Emergency Operations Centers.
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Benefits

• TAMUS Health Science Center
• Fast, secure connection for delivery of
  telemedicine to rural areas in partnership with
  Scott and White Hospital
• Research opportunities for health care
  professionals and students

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Benefits

• Community
• High speed fiber connectivity among
  governmental, educational and health members
• Secure GigE connections among members
• Redundant fiber paths
• Encourages collaborative efforts among IT
  personnel
• Serves as model for community collaborative
  efforts that start as grants to be
  self-sustaining

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Benefits

• Overall
• Secure support for Emergency Operation Centers
  Video conferencing and Voiceover IP
• Critical in
• support of the
• Joint EOC

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Brazos Valley Community Network

• Gus Roman BCNet Vice Chair
• City of Bryan Representative
• Gena Parsons BVCNet Secretary
• Blinn College Representative