FRGP and UPoP

CHECO update08-Apr-2008Jeff Custard

Topics

FRGP status / membershipUPoP status / membershipUpcoming changesRelated issues / Questions

Current FRGP members

CSM CSU DU FLC Ithaka NCAR NOAA State UCB UCCS UCD UNAVCO UNC USAP UU UW

Comcast

ESnet

Akamai

Commodity—Level3

Commodity—Qwest

Level3 and Qwest – 95th percentile

Current UPoP members

AHEC BVSD CARL CBOCES CDHE CCOD CMC Denver Health Deproduction MSCD SMA

FRGP / UPoP changes

1200 Larimer / NC2208 equipment upgrades and consolidation power changes? new rack installation

SuperDREAM / VRF updates 1200 Larimer 1850 Pearl St.

The Quilt, Inc.

FRGP maintains membership Commodity Internet Service (CIS) 2008 RFP update

almost complete (MSAs by early May 2008) vendor liaison functions (Qwest)

RFI for VoIP and lambda services further review needed

Authorized Quilt Vendors (AQV) for Authorized Quilt Buyers (AQB) see next slide; contact me for follow-up tiered pricing based on aggregate bandwidth totals

AQVs

Cogent CommunicationsGlobal CrossingLevel 3QwestTime Warner TelecomXO Communications

EAGLE-net

Educational Access Gateway Learning Environment network (EAGLE-Net)

Centennial Board of Cooperative Educational Services (CBOCES) effort for K-12 network aggregation

UPoP connection [Internet2 SEGP?] CBOCES has SPIN for E-Rate Lots of grant application work underway Educational K-12 networking

business and education application sharing FRGP member and national R&E network access

Higher Ed and EAGLE-net?

Common aggregation locations?Shared capacity?Shared costs?Stay tuned….

Integrated network options for Colorado?

FRGP (plus secondaries)UPoP (EAGLE-net coming along)Municipalities? Health Care (for-profits?)? Interconnections of separate aggregation

points or integrated overall body (as a separate company?)?

Colorado Broadband Summit follow-up?

References

http://www.frgp.nethttp://www.cisl.ucar.edu/nets/upop/http://www.thequilt.netfrgp-eng@ucar.edu and upop-

eng@ucar.edu for more FRGP or UPoP info or questions

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Discussion / Questions

Any follow up on items covered?Other items?

Thank you!