SCONE Networking Meeting

1. SCONE Networking Meeting Pat Burns Vice President for IT Colorado State University HaehnCommunitY Room, Dwire Hall 204 Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Please bring a brown bag lunch

2. Attendees: • Alan Ashurst and Danny Parks, OIT • Pat Burns and Scott Baily, CSU • Ray Caplinger and Dennis Shultz, District 11 • Jeff Custard & Marla Meehl, NCAR/UPOP • Dan Maas, CASE • Dan Morris, CDE • David Niccoli, CSU-Pueblo • Jeff Pearson, Mesa County Schools • Jon Saunders, SECOM • Denise Shorey, EagleNet • Randy Stiles, Colorado College • Kent Tamsen, CALET • Jerry Wilson, UCCS SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

3. Agenda • Introductions • Purpose of meeting – Burns • Backbone network – Scott Baily, David Niccoli • Possible topology – Jeff Custard • SECOM discussion – Jon Saunders • Cost models – Jeff Custard • Other • Adjourn SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

4. Introductions SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

5. Purpose of Meeting – Burns • Alan Ashurst – MNT’s strategy • Is there a fit for providing UPOP services in the 791 LATA via SCONE or otherwise? - Burns • Jeff Custard – UPOP’s strategy, SEGP • Kent Tamsen – interest from K-12 • CDE comments • Others’ comments SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

6. Purpose of Meeting – Burns • Alan Ashurst – MNT’s strategy • Is there a fit for providing UPOP services in the 791 LATA via SCONE or otherwise? - Burns • Jeff Custard – UPOP’s strategy, SEGP • Kent Tamsen – interest from K-12 • CDE comments • Others’ comments SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

7. B. Is There a Fit? – Burns • Access to national R&E networks • Multi-homed to Commodity, automatic fail over • “Dialable” capacity in 1 Mbps increments • Takes ~1 hour to adjust capacity • Summer savings • Intra-FRGP traffic • “Free” • Can burst to circuit capacity, e.g. 1 Gbps • High quality (e.g. video conferencing, multimedia work) • Community membership and evolution toward Next Generation Optical Networking • Some circuits can be shared, lowering costs and increasing capacity • A way for us to make progress, on NGN as a state SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

8. Single-circuit Connectivity & Pricing • Qwest pricing looks attractive, on the surface, but: • Capacity is not shared • A site must order sufficient capacity to burst to its maximum rate, or limit functionality • Consider pricing for shared circuits/services • EC BOCES at 1 Gbps through SCONE, Commodity only • EC BOCES includes 17 rural school districts • SCONE total aggregate connectivity at 30 Mbps • We advertised $100-$150/Mbps-mo (FRGP ‘raw’ pricing) • Instead, via aggregation, EC BOCES pricing averages closer to $15/Mbps-mo – see slide on next page • UPOP pricing should be examined in this light SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

9. SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

10. Disconnected Optical NetworksNeed an Inventory to Define Possibilities UW, Laramie Wyoming BiSON Colorado UW lease from National FiberCo NE BOCES CSU PRPA Longmont NC Telecom (PC Telecom) Boulder “CCoD Fiber” DUSEL 33 Mbps mwave FRGP, Denver Bennett Frisco CSM Grand Junction Glenwood Springs FMC Burlington Limon Kit Carson Monument Hill regen Kansas Colorado Springs (FastTrack) SE BOCES Arkansas Valley (SECOM) PPIR Durango Pueblo EC BOCES K-12 Video Classing Initiative

11. Purpose of Meeting – Burns • Alan Ashurst – MNT’s strategy • Is there a fit for providing UPOP services in the 791 LATA via SCONE or otherwise? - Burns • Jeff Custard – UPOP’s strategy, SEGP • Kent Tamsen – interest from K-12 • CDE comments • Others’ comments SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

12. Agenda • Introductions • Purpose of meeting – Burns • Backbone network – Scott Baily, David Niccoli • Possible topology – Jeff Custard • SECOM discussion – Jon Saunders • Cost models – Jeff Custard • Other • Adjourn SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

13. Backbone Network–Baily, Niccoli • SCONE overview • Level3 back-up circuit • Separate VLANs for transport • Secondary routing for redundancy • Management and operations SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

14. SCONE Overview • Southern Colorado Optical Network for Education • Partnership between CDOT and Higher Ed • CDOT provided right of way, infrastructure including fiber • Higher Ed provided design, labor (splicing), and $50K • Approximately $70K in equipment was funded by the participants

15. SCONE Participants • Colorado State University • Ft. Collins, Pueblo, System Office • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs • East Central BOCES

16. SCONE Topology September, 2008 (approx.) CU HSC FRGP Level3 Backup Circuit Mon. Hill UCCS Traffic Op. Ctr. CSU-P

17. Basic Architecture • Gigabit Ethernet from Denver to Pueblo • Multiple VLANs, one for each site • Most efficient use of fiber • Very cost effective • Pueblo-Denver Backup circuit via Level3 • Metro Ethernet Service • Currently capped at 100 Mbps • Automatic Fail-over

18. Management and Operations • Monitored and Managed by CSU NOC • Most end sites do their own monitoring/alerting • “Best effort” support • Rely upon “local” staff in some situations • Remote hands support, diagnostics, equipment swaps • Web page maintained at CSU • Contacts, Diagrams, Changes, Outages

19. Possible Topology – Jeff Custard • Benefits of FRGP participation: aggregation, free peering, services, I2 access, ... • Use SCONE for transport across the LATA • Explore local connection options • QMOE across the LATA • UPOP place Ethernet switches for aggregation at UCCS and CSU-P SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

20. SECOM – Jon Saunders • Use of SECOM fiber span to L3 service? • Peering with the FRGP • Possible interconnect with VNETS at Cheyenne Wells • Possible future collaboration for SCONE and SECOM for back-up services SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

21. Cost Models • UPOP costs – Jeff Custard • SCONE cost sharing discussion – all SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

22. Q&A • Are most welcome. SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204