Better Internet for Arizona Education: Analysis & Findings

1. Better Internet for Arizona Education:Analysis & Findings Prepared by ADOA/ASETDigital Arizona Program For theGovernor’s Office for Education Innovation March 2014

2. Better Internet for Arizona Education Analysis • Arizona Schools Broadband & Technology Assessments sponsored by GOEI • Voluntarily self-reported by district technology or administrative representatives • ADOA analysis focused on Internet access data rates and costs • Robust sample, but not a census. 310 districts & charters representing ῀1500 schools reported some Internet related data; download speeds, annual Internet costs, E-Rate discount • Reported at District level for all counties but Maricopa. Potential inconsistency in use of data category definitions ; e.g. WAN versus Internet speeds & costs • Data translated to meaningful units of comparison, e.g. $/Mbps/Month • First of its kind state level analysis of actual K-12 Internet Access data rates and costs. • Useful benchmark for high level relative view of "current state" and for comparison with other states. • New program through non-profit Education Superhighway will enable tracking of improvements in Arizona performance over time Better Internet For Arizona Education

3. 100Mbs SETDA/Connect ED Near Term Standard 1Gbps Long Term Standard One data point Better Internet For Arizona Education

4. 49% of Districts < 25 Mpbs (Equivalent of home cable modem service for each District) 17 schools with T-1 or less (1.5Mbps(3 schools with 56k dial-up modem service) 78% of Districts <100 Mbps Near Term Standard 51% of Students in reporting Districts ≤100Mbps 22% of Districts ≥100 Mbps Standard 7% of Districts ≥ 1Gbps Long Term Standard 51% of Students in reporting Districts ≤100Mbps Better Internet For Arizona Education

5. 94% of Rural Districts <100 Mbps Standard (All Counties Excluding Maricopa & Pima) 6% of Rural Districts ≥100 Mbps Standard 0 % ≥ 1Gbps Long Term Standard Better Internet For Arizona Education

6. 52 % of Urban Districts ≥100 Mbps Standard 20 % ≥ 1Gbps Long Term Standard 48% of Urban Districts <100 Mbps Standard Better Internet For Arizona Education

7. 56 % of Maricopa County Districts ≥100 Mbps Standard 25 % ≥ 1Gbps Long Term Standard 44% of Maricopa County Districts <100 Mbps Near Term Standard Better Internet For Arizona Education

8. Better Internet For Arizona Education

9. Commercial market Internet rates typically ≤ $10 Mbps/mo for 100 Mbps service depending on access costs • “Commodity” Internet rates ≤ $ 1 Mbps/mo& declining • Arizona “After E-Rate” discount costs approach but still above high end of commercial rates; suggests more bandwidth possible for same net price to schools Better Internet For Arizona Education

10. Libraries reported carrier infrastructure type (e.g fiber, DSL, cable) • Data rate proxy used for K-12; 100 Mbps = fiber-based • Suggests ~ 28% of schools statewide on fiber to premise network capable of scaling to 1 Gbps+ speeds Better Internet For Arizona Education

11. Suggests relationship between presence of fiber-based connectivity & cost • UEN & Network Nebraska also follow a centralized “brokerage” model for K-20 bandwidth purchases using commercial service providers. • UEN & Network Nebraska model evolved over several years Better Internet For Arizona Education

12. Utah Education Network – Arizona Comparison Utah spends $1.09 per Mbps/Mo after E-Rate discount for a predominant Internet access data rate of 1 Gpbs (1000 Mbps) 1 Gbps UEN Predominant Data Rate Per K-12 Campus Arizona spends a median $15 per Mbps/Mo after E-Rate discount for a median data rate of 12 Mbps 12 Mbps Arizona K-12 Median Data Rate Per K-12 Campus To Scale Better Internet For Arizona Education

13. Statewide integrated K-20 network • Backbone at 2Gpbs speeds currently; increasing to 10 Gbps • Leased fiber backbone – independent NebraskaLink • Fiber-based District WAN’s; Network NE acts as broker • 85% of schools at 100+ Mbps; 250 Districts; 300,000 students • Backbone network self-funded, no general funds; ~ $215 p/mo per “entity” for network management, equipment & security. • Statewide use stimulated by $1000 per online course/semester (used or provided) • Aggressive competitive market. • Service provider incented to build through front-loaded, high NRC 10 year service contracts with low MRC’s to improve carrier ROI and reduce risk. Better Internet For Arizona Education

14. Pima County results; potential model for statewide or regional approach • State Librarian Office Resource • 200 Mbps median per Pima County library; 300 Mbps common; only 3 of 27 libraries under 100 mbps • Manual process reminder system • Competition promoted by service provider research provided by State Librarian • Cox Metro Ethernet service 25 of 27 reporting Libraries • $150,000 Gates Foundation Grant returned $1.2 million additional E-Rate funding. • Low relative $ Mbps/month Better Internet For Arizona Education

15. Median $ Mbps/Mo- Before/After E-Rate - Libraries Better Internet For Arizona Education

16. Mission: Upgrade the Internet infrastructure of every K-12 public school in America for digital learning Internet Pricing Portal Network Snapshot E-Rate 2.0 EducationSuperHighway

17. SchoolSpeedTest State Partners

18. Education Superhighway • Non-Profit substantially funded by Bill & Melinda Gates & Zuckerberg Foundations • Free initiatives focused on collecting, analyzing & disseminating K-12 Internet data • “School SpeedTest” : A national database of the Internet access in every K-12 public school. It is designed to measure the available bandwidth in the classroom for digital learning and help districts assess their readiness for the 2014-15 assessments • “Internet Pricing Portal” Aggregates cost data from E-Rate participants and provides the ability to see benchmark prices for Internet connectivity and equipment • “Network Snapshot”: Technical team facilitates a process that identifies network bottlenecks and documents the network hardware deployed on the ground in schools today • ADE, GOEI & ADOA partnering with ESH to conduct "Arizona Speedtest Month" in March • Goal of minimum 10 speed tests per school over 4 weeks • Simple on-line test; 1-2 minutes. No disruption to instruction • Arizona specific information; actual through-put to device • Identifies any bottlenecks; i.e. carrier network, WAN, firewall, LAN • Access to national data Better Internet For Arizona Education