WAN - Offboarding Ian Gover The process of telling people where to go for a new broadband connection Ian Gover School Development Officer igover@Somerset.gov.uk

Contract Adopted by County Decision made with school working parties that schools will not be included in a new contract Contract ends in Nov 2017 (Ragged end – 7 year from first connection) Desire to end the contract as soon as possible to provide better connectivity to all and to save money BT involved in discussions and devised timeline

Staged process to close down nodes

Order (Draft) March/April 25 Glastonbury, Wincanton May 43 Shepton Mallet, Frome June 41 Ilchester, Yeovil July 36 Burnham, Minehead September 57 Bridgwater, Chard October 46 Taunton 1 November 8 Taunton 2 December 3 Odds Connection will be turned ‘off’ – no movement on this

Process Schools informed of date and asked for contact Local meeting set up to discuss issues Schools should consider: What their vision is Working in groups Look at sustainable costs

Getting advice and quotes Ask eLIM – independent advice Support throughout the whole process Paid for through schools ‘core’ money Connections with broadband providers 3 quotes Supports school to unpack the technical terms

Once decided Site survey Work with their technical support Connection date Request for cessation to eLIM sgratton@somerset.gov.uk Cessation date – one month overlap? Inform SIMS team

Somerset WAN New Connection Month 1 Information about closure date Ask for quote, look at quotes Month 2 Confirm quote Month 3 Site survey Month 4 Send cessation notice Install Month 5 Month 6 Month 7 Change connection Month 8 Withdraw of connection

Possibilities More speed Superfast Broadband Leased line (Secondary?) Upto 80mbps – be careful to check Upload/download speed Leased line (Secondary?) Install a one gig line Rate it down to 200bmps Bonded lines Not limited by the 1 gig line Possible to change

Security and safety User based filtering Firewalls Policy groups and the end of Staff Proxy Monitoring Keeping Children Safe in Education – new guidance Firewalls More control over firewalls Joining networks together Remote access

Financing Monies will be delegated to all schools from April Schools pay back money to county while on Somerset WAN Money will be charged until end of cessation notice You will need to account for a double month

Financing… If the cost of your new connection is more, then the school will get the ‘extra’ until the end of contract Connection must be the closest available to the current provision eLIM need to see the contract Repaid at the end of term If your contract is less then you should return the excess to Bank Sort code 00-40-30 Account number 99876543 Name: Ian Gover

Financing… If the cost of your new connection is more then the school will get the ‘extra’ until the end of contract Connection must be comparable eLIM need to see the contract Repaid at the end of term If your contract is less then you keep the excess

Existing WAN We are still seeking technical improvements Still issues As schools come off WAN there will be more bandwidth