1. PAT BURNS VICE PRESIDENT FOR IT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY HAEHN COMMUNITY ROOM, DWIRE HALL 204 UNIV. OF COLORADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM PLEASE BRING A BROWN BAG LUNCH SCONE Networking Meeting

2. Attendees: Alan Ashurst and Danny Parks, OIT Pat Burns and Scott Baily, CSU Ray Caplinger and Dennis Shultz, District 11 Jeff Custard & Marla Meehl, NCAR/UPOP Dan Maas, CASE Dan Morris, CDE David Niccoli, CSU-Pueblo Jeff Pearson, Mesa County Schools Jon Saunders, SECOM Denise Shorey, EagleNet Randy Stiles, Colorado College Kent Tamsen, CALET Jerry Wilson, UCCS 9/9/2008 2 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

3. Agenda 1. Introductions 2. Purpose of meeting – Burns 3. Backbone network – Scott Baily, David Niccoli 4. Possible topology – Jeff Custard 5. SECOM discussion – Jon Saunders 6. Cost models – Jeff Custard 7. Other 8. Adjourn 9/9/2008 3 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

4. 1.Introductions 9/9/2008 4 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

5. 2.Purpose of Meeting – Burns A. Alan Ashurst – MNT’s strategy B. Is there a fit for providing UPOP services in the 791 LATA via SCONE or otherwise? - Burns C. Jeff Custard – UPOP’s strategy, SEGP D. Kent Tamsen – interest from K-12 E. CDE comments F. Others’ comments 9/9/2008 5 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

6. 2.Purpose of Meeting – Burns A. Alan Ashurst – MNT’s strategy B. Is there a fit for providing UPOP services in the 791 LATA via SCONE or otherwise? - Burns C. Jeff Custard – UPOP’s strategy, SEGP D. Kent Tamsen – interest from K-12 E. CDE comments F. Others’ comments 9/9/2008 6 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

7. B. Is There a Fit? – Burns 1. Access to national R&E networks 2. Multi-homed to Commodity, automatic fail over 3. “Dialable” capacity in 1 Mbps increments 1. Takes ~1 hour to adjust capacity 2. Summer savings 4. Intra-FRGP traffic 1. “Free” 2. Can burst to circuit capacity, e.g. 1 Gbps 3. High quality (e.g. video conferencing, multimedia work) 5. Community membership and evolution toward Next Generation Optical Networking 1. Some circuits can be shared, lowering costs and increasing capacity 2. A way for us to make progress, on NGN as a state 9/9/2008 7 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

8. Single-circuit Connectivity & Pricing Qwest pricing looks attractive, on the surface, but:  Capacity is not shared  A site must order sufficient capacity to burst to its maximum rate, or limit functionality Consider pricing for shared circuits/services  EC BOCES at 1 Gbps through SCONE, Commodity only  EC BOCES includes 17 rural school districts  SCONE total aggregate connectivity at 30 Mbps  We advertised $100-$150/Mbps-mo (FRGP ‘raw’ pricing)  Instead, via aggregation, EC BOCES pricing averages closer to $15/Mbps-mo – see slide on next page UPOP pricing should be examined in this light 9/9/2008 8 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

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10. K-12 Video Classing Initiative 10 Disconnected Optical Networks Need an Inventory to Define Possibilities EC BOCES CSU UW, Laramie FRGP, Denver Boulder Longmont UW lease from National FiberCo Wyoming Colorado Limon Kansas Pueblo Colorado Springs Burlington Monument Hill regen Durango Glenwood Springs Bennett “CCoD Fiber” FMC BiSON CSM PPIR Grand Junction Frisco 33 Mbps  wave NC Telecom Kit Carson NE BOCES Arkansas Valley (SECOM) DUSEL (FastTrack) PRPA (PC Telecom) SE BOCES

11. 2.Purpose of Meeting – Burns A. Alan Ashurst – MNT’s strategy B. Is there a fit for providing UPOP services in the 791 LATA via SCONE or otherwise? - Burns C. Jeff Custard – UPOP’s strategy, SEGP D. Kent Tamsen – interest from K-12 E. CDE comments F. Others’ comments 9/9/2008 11 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

12. Agenda 1. Introductions 2. Purpose of meeting – Burns 3. Backbone network – Scott Baily, David Niccoli 4. Possible topology – Jeff Custard 5. SECOM discussion – Jon Saunders 6. Cost models – Jeff Custard 7. Other 8. Adjourn 9/9/2008 12 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

13. 3.Backbone Network–Baily, Niccoli A. SCONE overview B. Level3 back-up circuit C. Separate VLANs for transport D. Secondary routing for redundancy E. Management and operations 9/9/2008 13 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

14. SCONE Overview Southern Colorado Optical Network for Education Partnership between CDOT and Higher Ed CDOT provided right of way, infrastructure including fiber Higher Ed provided design, labor (splicing), and $50K Approximately $70K in equipment was funded by the participants

15. SCONE Participants Colorado State University  Ft. Collins, Pueblo, System Office University of Colorado at Colorado Springs East Central BOCES

16. CU HSC Mon. Hill Traffic Op. Ctr. CSU-P FRGP SCONE Topology September, 2008 (approx.) Level3 Backup Circuit UCCS

17. Basic Architecture Gigabit Ethernet from Denver to Pueblo Multiple VLANs, one for each site  Most efficient use of fiber  Very cost effective Pueblo-Denver Backup circuit via Level3  Metro Ethernet Service  Currently capped at 100 Mbps  Automatic Fail-over

18. Management and Operations Monitored and Managed by CSU NOC  Most end sites do their own monitoring/alerting “Best effort” support Rely upon “local” staff in some situations  Remote hands support, diagnostics, equipment swaps Web page maintained at CSU  Contacts, Diagrams, Changes, Outages

19. 4.Possible Topology – Jeff Custard A. Benefits of FRGP participation: aggregation, free peering, services, I2 access,... B. Use SCONE for transport across the LATA C. Explore local connection options D. QMOE across the LATA E. UPOP place Ethernet switches for aggregation at UCCS and CSU-P 9/9/2008 19 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

20. 5.SECOM – Jon Saunders A. Use of SECOM fiber span to L3 service? B. Peering with the FRGP C. Possible interconnect with VNETS at Cheyenne Wells D. Possible future collaboration for SCONE and SECOM for back-up services 9/9/2008 20 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

21. 6.Cost Models A. UPOP costs – Jeff Custard B. SCONE cost sharing discussion – all 9/9/2008 21 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204

22. Q&A Are most welcome. 9/9/2008 22 SCONE Meeting Dwire Hall 204