1. Laura Diltz Joel Bojarski

2.  E-Rate is a federal Education Rate program, which provides discounts to schools and libraries for telecommunications, technology and services.

4.  Dark fiber is a term used to describe fiber optic cable that is not being used at the time  This is contrasted with active fiber optic cable, often referred to as lit cable  Optical, physical connection between 2 or more locations

5. Fiber optics is a medium in which information is transmitted through glass or plastic fiber in the form of light.

6.  Dark fiber is the simplest, most reliable network available  No shared telecom service between providers

7.  Dark fiber services offer a predictable, fixed cost that does not change from year to year  No matter how much speed you add, your cost stays the same

8.  As your district’s needs grow, the network evolves with you.  Your costs remain fixed, and with small equipment changes, you can increase the speed of your network any time.

9.  All your maintenance and repair needs met easily, efficiently, and in a fraction of the time

10.  By provisioning your district’s traffic through a dedicated dark fiber strand, the fiber optic network is the most secure option available

13. Deadline 2/14/13 Deadline 3/14/13 Deadline 7/12/13

14.  Priority 1  Priority 2

15.  Telecommunications Services ◦ Telephone (local, long distance, cell phone) ◦ Digital Transmission Services  Internet Services

16.  Dark fiber must be lit immediately  Does NOT allow for unneeded capacity or warehousing of dark fiber for future use  Installation costs to hook up the dark fiber are eligible ◦ This includes charges for installation within the property line  Modulating electronics for leased dark fiber are not eligible

19.  Internal Connections (wiring, hubs, switches, cabling, and some types of servers)  Basic maintenance of internal connections

22. Welcome to Anytown School District

23.  Hub and Spoke ◦ Simple design and troubleshooting ◦ Less network protection ◦ Requires a smaller fiber backbone ◦ $$  Hybrid: Ring and Spoke ◦ Protects critical sites ◦ Secondary sites on a single lateral or “Daisy Chain” ◦ $$$  Ring Design ◦ Most network protection ◦ Requires a larger backbone ◦ $$$$

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32.  Midwest Fiber Networks, LLC (MWFN), a Milwaukee-based company, was founded in 2001 as an Alternate Telecommunications Utility  Objective of delivering cost effective, alternate technology highways. Our networks offer your organization the ability to lease virtually unlimited bandwidth at a fixed cost