ESTABLISHING A SUCCESSFUL BTOP PARTNERSHIP IN RURAL SOUTHEAST OHIO Brice Bible, Chief Information Officer, Ohio University Bill McKell, President, Horizon Telcom Pankaj Shah, Executive Director, OARnet

Agenda  Ohio Higher Education/ Government Network Provider Perspective  University Perspective  Carrier Perspective  Lessons Learned  Q & A 2

Pankaj Shah, Executive Director, OARnet Advanced Regional Network Perspective 3

“Expanding broadband to unserved and underserved Ohioans.” − Ohio Middle Mile Consortium 4

5 OARnet serves as the glue between the Ohio Middle Mile Consortium Partners. 5

OMMC Benefits for OARnet and Partners OMMC Partner OARnet Benefits Partner Benefits ComNet, Horizon, & One Community General optical backbone upgrade Provides for expanded disaster recovery Extend and increase capacity Lower capital construction & ongoing operating costs Aggregation reduced federal ask without compromising reach Universal Benefits 6

OMMC Benefits for OARnet and Partners OMMC Partner OARnet Benefits Partner Benefits ComNet, Inc. Two strands of dark fiber along 2 routes in western Ohio One 10G wave IRU on one route Horizon Telcom Two strands of dark fiber along 6 routes in Southeast Ohio Two 10G wave IRU on five routes One Community Two strands of dark fiber along 2 routes in northeastern Ohio, including “Super Ring” One 10G wave IRU on four routes Partner-Specific Benefits 7

Impact: OARnet’s Network 8 Pre-ARRA Funding Post-ARRA Funding

Overall Funding Dynamics Total OMMC Projects ProjectMatchAwardsTotal Horizon Telcom$28,488,963$66,474,246$94,963,209 ComNet, Inc.$12,872,419$30,031,849$42,904,268 OneCommunity$25,188,433$44,794,046$69,982,479 Total$66,549,815$141,300,141$207,849,956 9

Brice Bible, CIO Ohio University 10

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Ohio University and Southeast Ohio Broadband Growth  Video classrooms and the addition of high quality video services  IT service consolidation in Athens  LMS  Data Storage  Web Environments  Increased ERP usage (students and faculty)  Overall increase in I1 Consumption (all campuses)  Tech startups and economic development at all campuses  Shared telecommunications infrastructure 13

Ohio University’s Goals For the OMMC Program  Establish a world-class cyberinfrastructure in Southeast Ohio  Utilize the eight (8) major Ohio University campuses as anchor POPs  Fully integrate with OARnet for optimal statewide connectivity and redundancy  Ensure scalable capacity into the foreseeable future (10+ years) 14

15 Historic Data Circuit Capacity Year I gig I IntraOhio gig Regional Campuses gig

Bill McKell- CEO, Horizon Telcom Connecting Appalachia

The Service Area

Lack of Access  17,000 square miles  58.9% without broadband

How Did We Get Here? Southern Ohio Health Care Network awarded FCC Rural Health Care Pilot funds in early 2007 Congressman Space launches Connecting Appalachia Initiative in mid-2007 NTIA Round 1 application filed in mid- 2009, rejected due to insufficient match Horizon steps-up for the region with 30% match for Round 2 proposal OARnet forms OMMC, successfully settles turf issues among applicants and gains support from Governor Strickland NTIA Round 2 Application filed in early- 2010

Success!  Connecting Appalachia awarded August 18, 2010  $95 million fiber-optic broadband project  $66 million covered from federal funds  $29 million match by Horizon  OARnet a sub-recipient

Impact 1,950+ miles of fiber DWDM backbone with ROADM 1 Gbps Metro-Ethernet ports as standard distribution interface (with speed tiers) 2.5 Gbps to 10 Gbps lambda services (higher speed in future years) Higher Education Laterals to 44 campuses Additional OARnet rings Expanded OARnet DWDM capacity Additional CAIs 231 K-12 buildings 212 health care sites 66 public safety locations 34 industrial parks 5 park lodges

Horizon Profile 115-year history of serving rural Ohio Big enough to handle the project Nimble enough to be an innovative partner State-of-the-art know-how – Pioneer in use of fiber-optics since the 1980’s Horizon came forward to risk $29 million, demonstrating commitment to and faith in the future of rural Ohio

The Power of Partnership Plus 200+ health care facilities in the SOHCN Health Care Anchors (to Date) ARC Local Development Districts K-12 Information Technology Centers Other Groups Funding already from: Higher Education (to Date)

Advantages of the Connecting Appalachia Network  It’s Our Region’s Network  Tailor-made to our needs  Unprecedented support  Key partnerships  Tremendous capacity because of fiber-optics  Resilient and reliable service because of rings

What’s Left to Do in Broadband  Last-Mile partnerships  Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs)  Fiber-to-the-home initiatives  Local and county government opportunities to partner with Horizon November 2010 Slide 26

Improved Connectivity  Speeds and performance for virtualization across wide range of services  Physically diverse fiber feeds will deliver reliability  Supports consolidation of servers and services for regional campuses  Increases feasibility and range of shared services among universities  Enables continued expansion of OhioLink services November 2010 Slide 27

K-20 Collaboration  Ability to extend the K-20 vision will no longer be limited by bandwidth  K-12 ITCs are partners in project  Moving ITCs to new backbone will bring these K-12 hubs into OARnet at much higher speeds  At completion of project, all schools in the service area will have fiber connections  As ITCs move buildings to the new network, benefits will multiply November 2010 Slide 28

Enhanced Research  High capacity, low latency connectivity will support wide variety of research and simulation agendas  Improved connectivity with OARnet and Internet2 bring next generation speeds to Ohio researchers  Unified network supporting education, health care and businesses open avenues for regional investigations November 2010 Slide 29

Ohio University Lessons Learned  Establish Executive Sponsorship Early  Determine Balance Between Partnership and Competition and Get Buy-in to Approach 30

OARnet Lessons Learned  Planning 31

OMMC: Transforming Ohio’s Broadband Landscape  Com Net, Inc.  Western Ohio  $30 million  700 new miles of fiber  Horizon Telcom  Southern and eastern Ohio  $66.5 million  1,960 new miles of fiber  OneCommunity  Northeastern Ohio  $44.8 million  986 new miles of fiber  3.6 million households  534,000+ businesses  83 private and public universities and colleges  34 community colleges  2,356 K-12 and career training centers  1,300+ health care facilities  2,200 state and local government offices  1,500 public safety operations  429 libraries  207 industrial parks ARRA Award SummariesProjected to Reach 32

Brice Bible CIO Ohio University Pankaj Shah Executive Director OARnet Bill McKell President Horizon Telcom Questions? 33