Illinois Century Network Illinois Broadband Opportunity Partnership – East Central Project RTC Supervisor: Welcome Introductions – ICN Staff and any ICN Policy Committee Members in attendance.

ICN Overview 7,000 connections 15+ years serving K-12, higher education, libraries, museums, health care, government, and other non-profits $32M Operating Budget Governance Policy Committee Advanced Engineering Taskforce

ICN Advantage High Speed – up to 1 Gbps dedicated, symmetrical speeds High Reliability – physical route diversity High Quality – low latency and low jitter Quality of Service – priority for video and voice traffic On-net Access – connect to more than 7,000 public entities without touching the Internet Internet 2 – access to the national research network User Driven – network policies support the needs of the users You Get What You Pay For – a 100 Mbps service delivers 100 Mbps to the customer all the time

Broadband Stimulus Project $96M Project 1,000 miles of new fiber 1,000 miles of dark fiber 55 counties Complete by August 2013

Benefits & Impact Improved Broadband Connectivity 400+ community anchor institutions directly connected 3,000+ community anchor institutions indirectly connected Broadband speeds up to 1 Gbps Dark fiber for lease 300+ interconnection points

Benefits & Impact Economic Development 150+ direct jobs retained or created during project implementation Long term access to very high speed, very high quality, economical broadband services and fiber for education, government, health care and businesses

Opportunities Municipal Fiber Ring Install fiber on municipal owned poles Install fiber and/or conduit when running new water and sewer lines Partner with local hospitals/health care facilities, businesses, schools, libraries, public safety and government entities to share costs

Opportunities Existing Service Providers Encourage current providers to offer Metro Ethernet (10 Mbps and above) last mile connections to the Illinois Century Network Encourage regional Wireless Service Providers to expand and improve service Notify potential new businesses of the proximity to the ICN fiber network

Opportunities Attracting New Businesses Promote the proximity to the ICN fiber network Promote municipal investments in fiber infrastructure Promote service provider investments in fiber infrastructure

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