Where Kansans Access the Information Age

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Kan-ed
Where Kansans Access the Information Age
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Kan-ed has three objectives

• Build a private, secure network.
• Provide subsidies to reduce cost of internet
• Provide content and service.

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Private, secure network

• Members only - Kansas hospitals, K-12 schools,
  libraries and higher ed
• Access to high speed content and services
• Stable platform for video conferencing

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Kan-ed Network

• Lease lines, facilities and equipment to create a
  backbone
• Network access points (NAPs) allow ISPs to
  connect directly to the network, minimizing
  tariffs and access fees.

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Kan-ed Network
One of the most affordable high speed networks of
its kind, saving about 3 million per year over
other existing network options
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KAN-ED Network Baseline
Home City
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Holton
Brewster
Concordia
Kansas City
N
N
N
Victoria
N
Salina
N
N
N
Topeka
N
Junction City
Lawrence
N
Allen
Garden City
Hutchinson
Burlington
N
Wichita
N
N
Girard
N
N
N
N
Dodge City
N
N
Ulysses
Conway Springs
Parsons
Sprint IC
SBC
Cox SBC
IC
NA P Location
N
COX
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KAN-ED Deployment 5/7/04 (testing only)
Home City
Holton
Brewster
Concordia
Kansas City
Topeka
Junction City
N
Victoria
Salina
N
N
N
N
Lawrence
Garden City
Hutchinson
Allen
Burlington
N
Girard
N
Wichita
N
Dodge City
Ulysses
N
Conway Springs
Parsons
SBC
Sprint IC
Cox SBC
IC
NA P Location
N
COX
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Subsidies
Kan-ed does not compete with local internet
providers, but provides subsidies to members to
lower the cost of high speed access.
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Subsidies

• Subsidies are based on application and need
• Members apply for subsidies on line.
• Formula for subsidies was created by members.

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Content and Services
Through its portal, Kan-ed provides a marketplace
of ideas and services to help achieve and
maintain excellence in health care and education
throughout the state.
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Content and Services

• Purchased
• Reduced rate
• Brokered
• Clearing house
• Free

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Kan-ed Vendor Expo Showcase
Each year Kan-ed brings vendors together so
members have the opportunity to see and help
select available resources.
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Vision Every Kansan should have access to the
global digital revolution. Kan-ed provides the
tools to influence and expand the roles of
education and health care in communities
throughout the state.
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Goal Kan-ed will provide a rich marketplace of
information and the tools to make information
widely available and equally accessible in every
part of the state, urban and rural.
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Kan-ed Governance

• User Advisory Council
• Regional Delegates (28 plus alternates and seven
  regional chairs)
• Administrative Staff (Board of Regents)

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Regional Chairs Leading the Councils
Kansas Regional Library Districts
Northwest Central North Central Northeast Diana
Wieland Dennis King Mel Chastain Karen Cole
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179
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209
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Southwest South Central Southeast Carol
Swinney Steve Wyckoff Carol Woolbright
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Kan-ed facilitates networking among hospitals,
schools and libraries to improve education and
healthcare in Kansas at the lowest possible cost.
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Health-care Using teleradiology over the Kan-ed
network, a specialist in Kansas City reviews an
x-ray in Colby almost immediately after its
taken.
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Libraries A guest speaker brought in by the
Larned Public Library is heard by an audience in
Garden City.
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K-12 Schools Two high-school sophomores in Marion
take a Russian-language course offered only in
the Shawnee Mission School District.
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Higher Education Research groups at Wichita State
University and Ft. Hays State University
collaborate on chemical research involving
digital imaging and can manipulate a structural
model on-line without leaving their campus.
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Kan-ed Benefit Matrix
Health Care Libraries K-12 Schools Higher
Education
HIPAA Security X Interactive Video Consultation
X Emergency Consultation X Teleradiology
X Interactive Professional Development (Distance
Learning) X X X X Travel Cost Savings X X
X X Extensive Database Access X X X X Video
Teleconferencing X X X X Research X X
X Content Marketplace X X X Public Forums
X X X Adult Learning X X X Special
Presentations X X X Interactive Distance
Learning (Classroom) X
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Ultimately, Kan-ed will provide more educational
opportunities at every level, vastly expand
access to information for every member and
improve medical services at every health-care
institution.
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Kan-ed means access.
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As the Kan-ed network grows, it will connect
more and more people and institutions, creating
an expanding statewide system that will help all
Kansans benefit from the global digital
revolution.
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Questions? www.kan-ed.org