1. TFN Status 8/2004 Turn-up Targets TFN Optical layer scheduled for completion September 2004, Routing layer scheduled for completion by October, 2004. All universities and colleges will be on the TFN backbone during the fall term All 15 research universities and medical schools will have Gigabit connections by fall term to the TFN

2. TFN Status 8/2004 Turn-up Targets All other Colleges and Universities connectivity will depend on the last mile option selected to the TFN Lambda provisioned for SchoolNet, awaiting funding recent budget cuts have delayed implementation of SchoolNet’s configuration and equipment order (Sites will be turned up during the 2004-2005 school year)

3. TFN Status 8/2004

5. Equipment Installation - Backbone All Cisco Routers installed on backbone Segments Lighted and Tested: –Ring 5: Columbus, Delaware, Lima –Ring 4: Athens, Lancaster, Columbus,Chillicothe, Portsmouth –Ring 0: OARnet, SOT, OET,SOCC, KRC, OSU –Ring 3: Columbus, Dayton, Springfield, Cincinnati

6. TFN Status 8/2004 Equipment Installation - Backbone Segments Pending Optical Installation (continued) –Installation completion target date Ring 2: Cleveland, Youngtown, Akron, Columbus week of 8/26/2004 Ring Test and Acceptance –Ring 3 Target Date Week of 8/09/2004 –Ring 1 Target Date Week of 8/16/2004 –Ring 2 Target Date Week of 9/6/2004

7. TFN Status 8/2004 Equipment Installation - Conversion Installation completed for 3750s Terminal Servers install scheduled 8/9 - 8/31 Edge Routers install scheduled 8/30 - 9/30 Equipment Installation - School Support Case Western Reserve University 6/22/2004 C Cleveland State University 6/22/2004 C American Fiber System 6/22/2004 C Toledo Buckeye 6/23/2004 C Miami University7/26/2004 C

8. TFN Status 8/2004 Equipment Installation - School Support (continued) Youngstown State University 7/12/2004 C Youngstown Qwest 7/13/2004 C Youngstown Wiltel 7/13/2004 C Cinergy (Evandale) TBD Cinergy (Cincinnati) 9/7/2004 Medical College of Ohio 7/26/2004 C University of Toledo 7/26/2004 C Bowling Green State University 7/26/2004 C Kent State University 9/7/2004 NEOUCOM 9/7/2004

9. TFN Status 8/2004 Last Mile Connections RFP Completed –124 college and university sites bid –30 Schoolnet sites bid –Currently working with vendor’s to develop contracts on an as needed basis Result: lower last mile costs for most schools and bandwidth enhanced 5 to 8 times