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

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Questions?