1. 2014 5 th Annual Broadband Summit 2014 5 th Annual Broadband Summit December 2014 Central Management Services

2. Regional Support Team Illinois Century Network Holli Crawford – Glen Green Phil Daniels – Curtis Smith Chris Watkins – Dave Mollet ICN RTC-VIII Highland Effingham Carbondale

3. Network Update Network Benefits Include Greater Capacity 10Gb backbone w/ growth Failover Flexibility and Scalability Ability to grow Additional services parallel to ICN backbone Network Benefits Include Greater Capacity 10Gb backbone w/ growth Failover Flexibility and Scalability Ability to grow Additional services parallel to ICN backbone

4. Network Update Benefits continued… Cost savings Fast bandwidth upgrades Ability to control bandwidth increases Fostering Growth in last mile Providing the middle mile Easier for private sector Benefits continued… Cost savings Fast bandwidth upgrades Ability to control bandwidth increases Fostering Growth in last mile Providing the middle mile Easier for private sector

5. Network Update Core router upgrades Chicago ASR Springfield ASR Collinsville ASR Path for future upgrades Core router upgrades Chicago ASR Springfield ASR Collinsville ASR Path for future upgrades

6. Network Map Backbone Egress Routing flexibility Redundancy Interconnectivity with other networks 6

7. What ICN Network Offers Internet Bandwidth Point to Point and Point to Multipoint Wave and Dark Fiber Speed ranging from 10Mbps to 10Gbps

8. Service impact Open access network available to all entities Wholesale providers and service providers Increasing options for access Scalable network infrastructure Improved redundancy for reliability Incentive pricing for bandwidth growth Support Cloud computing structure 8

9. Initiatives Initiatives Migrating clients to broadband statewide Direct peering with Google & Equinix Library Services Expand Ilini-Cloud & other cloud options Disaster Recovery New RFP with vendors state-wide Marketing to wholesale providers 9

10. What Makes the ICN Different Fully redundant network Multiple Egress providers Internet2 Quality of Service and Multicast Illinois Intranet Fully redundant network Multiple Egress providers Internet2 Quality of Service and Multicast Illinois Intranet 10 What Makes Us Different?

11. What Makes the ICN Different Google and Akamai caching Discounts on hardware and circuits Loaner routers Additional bandwidth for special events Local support staff Google and Akamai caching Discounts on hardware and circuits Loaner routers Additional bandwidth for special events Local support staff 11 What Makes Us Different?

12. Thank You! CMS.BCCS.ICN@illinois.gov CMS.BCCS.ICN@illinois.gov Email Us - CMS.BCCS.ICN@illinois.govCMS.BCCS.ICN@illinois.gov ICN RTC-8 - dave.mollet@illinois.govdave.mollet@illinois.gov www.illinois.net ICN Website - www.illinois.net www2.ntia.doc.gov NTIA Website - www2.ntia.doc.gov CMS.BCCS.ICN@illinois.gov CMS.BCCS.ICN@illinois.gov Email Us - CMS.BCCS.ICN@illinois.govCMS.BCCS.ICN@illinois.gov ICN RTC-8 - dave.mollet@illinois.govdave.mollet@illinois.gov www.illinois.net ICN Website - www.illinois.net www2.ntia.doc.gov NTIA Website - www2.ntia.doc.gov