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State of Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration Rick Malinowski CIO and Director of Information Technologies. Colorado’s Multi-Use Network (MNT) 1-866-MNT-COLO www.state.co.us/MNT. Colorado’s Multi-Use Network.
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State of Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration Rick Malinowski CIO and Director of Information Technologies Colorado’s Multi-Use Network (MNT) 1-866-MNT-COLO www.state.co.us/MNT
Colorado’s Multi-Use Network • The Multi-Use Network (MNT) is a public/private partnership to build a high-speed fiber-optic network to every county seat in the State of Colorado. • MNT changes the model for telecommunications pricing and accessibility for all users, public and private.
Benefits of MNT • Bridge the Digital-Divide • Increase economic development, particularly in rural Colorado. • Provide the needed bandwidth and accessibility to various opportunities, including: • Distance learning • Interactive learning • Aggregate state agencies communications traffic onto one statewide network. Tele-medicine Teleconferencing
Benefits of MNT (cont.) • Create the backbone for e-government • Aggregate network traffic to reduce costs • Eliminate backhaul charges • Increase productivity • Enhance Connectivity
MNT Model: Private Portion of Project • Qwest and subcontractors were the awarded private partners for the project to build the CHDN. • The CHDN is the vendor-owned telecommunications network backbone that extends to each of the 64 county seats. Colorado High Speed Digital Network (CHDN)
MNT Model: Public Portion of Project • The MNT is the portion of the CHDN that is used by the state, local governments and non-profits • Aggregating total communication usage from many current networks into a single network • The state serves as the anchor tenant to the CHDN through the MNT. Colorado’s Multi-Use Network (MNT)
Libraries Schools (K-12) Higher Education State Government Local Government Health Care MNT – 20 mb Reserved Bandwidth Colorado High Speed Digital Network Private-Sector Traffic MNT Model Single Integrated Telecommunications Infrastructure Data Video Voice Lower cost
MNT Implementation • MNT was conducted in three one-year phases. • Fiscal Year 2000-01 to Fiscal Year 2002-03 • 70 Aggregated Network Access Points (ANAPs) implemented across the state. • The MNT will be complete June 2003
County ANAP Implementation ** Each circle represents the area in which backhaul charges have been, or will be, eliminated.
City Limon Trinidad Julesburg Cortez Leadville Fairplay Alamosa Steamboat Gunnison MNT Effect on T-1 Backhaul Rates
T-1 Pricing - Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 800 $800.00 $600.00 $474.44 33% Dollars/megabit/second/month Dollars 400 $356.72 $306.09 0 MNT Qwest MNT ISP Layer 2 - Circuits Layer 3 - Circuits + Internet
MNT ANAP Fees vs. Tariff Savings Local Public &Private Sector All Other Circuits $10,219,968 $10,000,000Total Dollarsin 5 Years $10,037,080 T-1s Only State Agencies Only All 65 ANAPs ANAP Fees Tariff Savings
Total December 2002 697 300 235% Total June 2002 208 200 100 0 Local Public Entity MNT Connections 272 988% 175 Number of Local Public Entities 122% 39% 85 388% 78 79 467% 68 61 27% 25 19 16 12 15 Schools City Entities Healthcare Libraries County Entities Law Enforcement
MNT Challenge:“Last Mile” Connection to MNT Solution: • DPA formally took over Beanpole project and proactively assisted in planning, technology and implementation. • State agencies and sub-political groups received technical expertise and support to connect to MNT • The state will become DSL aggregator for neighborhoods and small-business using copper technology already in place. • Some areas used other tactics to fund their “last mile” connections (fiber-optic cable, wireless).
MNT Challenge:Managing Expectations • Establish a baseline for measuring success. • Current economic factors • Existing costs • Clearly define project: • Capabilities • Timeline • Costs Solution:
MNT Challenge:Customer Service • Marketing and communications plan • Collateral materials • Define Processes • People and Resources • Clear Communication of Rates • Accurate Billing Solution:
MNT Success:Project Management • Project was on time, on budget and on Functionality • Created a Functional Organization: • Change Control Board • Executive Steering Committee • Realize we were setting up a new business • Used Outsourcing extensively • Establish a “CEO of Project”
MNT Success:Project Model/Set-up • Public/Private Partnership is the key to the project’s success. Qwest is a strong partner. • Contract provided a reduced rate structure • Rates were reduced on all telecommunication products, in addition to data products. • Project converted to Layer-3 (Internet Access) • Originally Designed as Layer-2 • More control, better traffic, management, and more services supported.
Looking forward • We are in the process of deploying metrics to measure our success. • Broadband access is available throughout the state.
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