School Development Officer WAN – Offboarding #2 What should schools do? Ian Gover School Development Officer igover@Somerset.gov.uk

Information you need Primary Schools have a 10 mbps (Mega bits per second) connection Secondary Schools have a 100 mbps connection How many learners do you have? How many devices do you have? Does the schools have a plan to extend use?

How much bandwidth do you use?

Size of connection - Primary For a primary school with 200 pupils and 40 connected devices at 2mbps 40 devices = 80Mb and assuming 1 in 10 devices are simultaneously active at times of peak usage = 8 Mbps 2012 2017 8 Mbps 30 Mbps http://www.nen.gov.uk/selecting-broadband-connectivity-for-your-school/ - 2012

Size of connection - Secondary 2Mbps per user download for a school with 400 devices = 800Mb. Allowing for 1 in 10 devices being active simultaneously at times of peak demand means that the connection capacity should be 80Mbps. The best connected schools in the UK have 1 Gbps connections. 2012 2017 80 Mbps 297 Mbps http://www.nen.gov.uk/selecting-broadband-connectivity-for-your-school/ - 2012

Choices https://slp.somerset.org.uk/sites/infrastructure/Documents/WAN%20Offboarding/Primary%20School%20Advice.pdf

eLIM advice Secondary schools should consider buying a 1 gig link – throttle back to 100 or 200 mbps Most primary schools will be okay with superfast broadband

But if no Superfast Broadband.. ADSL – check the speed Bonded – two lines glued together Some Primary schools will need a fibre connection

What questions should I ask? What are the predicted speeds? Is the connection ‘contended’ What filtering is there? Does the school have control? What monitoring is there? https://slp.somerset.org.uk/sites/infrastructure/Documents/WAN%20Offboarding/Primary%20School%20Advice.pdf

What questions should I ask? #2 How much money do I have? How many years is the contract? What are the Service Level Agreements?

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

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 school technical support Connection date Request for cessation to eLIM sgratton@somerset.gov.uk Cessation date – one month overlap? Inform SIMS team