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Maximizing Internet Connectivity for Education
• David Olson, Network Architect, MOREnet• Elwood Downing, VP Member Relations, Merit Network• Mike Richardson, Director, REMC 1/
Copper Country Intermediate School District, Michigan• Sheri Prupis, Director
Educational Technology Initiatives, NJEDge.Net• Matthew Conforth, Director Educational Technology
Passaic Valley Regional High School, New Jersey• Kathy Menake, Social Studies Teacher, Passaic Valley Regional
High School, New Jersey
• Network Infrastructure• Leveraging Resources and Lowering Cost
Statewide and Regional Collaborations • Local Collaborations
Using Internet Connectivity for K-12• Collaboration, Resource, and Knowledge
Sharing in Action! Passaic Valley High School
MOREnet
MOREnet operates a 1200-mile dark fiber backbone with 4 major hubs and 30+ access nodes in the state. Our 700+ members with 1,100+ sites are connected using T-1, NxT-1 IMA, DS-3 and Ethernet services from carriers.
Our challenge: Member bandwidth demands constantly increase (48% from Jan ‘11 – Jan ‘12); funding is flat or decreasing…carriers still charge by the bit…and E-Rate makes us do the cheap thing, not the smart thing.
MOREnet
MOREnet operates a 1200-mile dark fiber backbone with 4 major hubs and 30+ access nodes in the state. Our 700+ members with 1,100+ sites are connected using T-1, NxT-1 IMA, DS-3 and Ethernet services from carriers.
Our challenge: Member bandwidth demands constantly increase (48% from Jan ‘11 – Jan ‘12); funding is flat or decreasing…carriers still charge by the bit…and E-Rate makes us do the cheap thing, not the smart thing.
How are we solving the problem?
• Invest in network facilities– Build fiber, wireless networks– Overprovision – cheaper to limit bandwidth use
now than build more capacity– Targeting 10/100/1000M connections– However, E-Rate rules make this financially
difficult
How are we solving the problem?
• Forge alliances with alternate providers– Build new service models that are mutually
beneficial• Look at alternate/regional providers; municipal
fiber…whoever has assets• Network growth will become a patchwork quilt
of providers – necessary to manage cost while providing needed bandwidth
MOREnet Fiber Collaborations
• Municipal fiber: If they’ll build it, we’ll use it– MOREnet is often the ‘anchor tenant’
• BIP/BTOP funded providers– Very mixed bag
• Regional aggregation– Get the traffic on-net sooner– More access to regional/local providers
Pursuing projects that enhance the value of our investment
• Expanding the MOREnet backbone– Looking to add ~1600 miles, 40 more nodes– Get traffic on-net as quickly as possible
• Using WiMax, LTE, and digital microwave as last-mile technology– Costs have dropped, reliability has
gone up– Can install 100M PtP radio for ~2xT-1
circuit cost over 3 years…
Pursuing projects that enhance the value of our investment
• More net-centric services– Hosted servers, remote backup, remote storage,
colocation– Access to more content/databases (Ebsco, etc.)– Peering with content providers to our members• SIS, library automation, etc.
– Digital Learning Environment• Moodle, Content Repository, BigBlueButton/Vidyo
Michigan Geography• Only state with 2 Peninsulas
– Joined by 5-mile Mackinac Bridge
• 83 counties in MI– 70% are rural
• Creates challenges with middle-mile and last-mile infrastructure
• MI Department of Ed – decentralized education network
Michigan – Merit Network• Limited resources and
quality of life created an appetite for hungry collaborators
• Came to the table as a community to share resources
• Merit Network operates and manages Michigan’s statewide R&E network
• The conversation begins….
• Leaders at the table are individuals that want to create a solution that is a winning combination with options.
“A Geographical Community Partnership is a regional section of Michigan that is comprised of leaders interested in the quality of life within their community. Downing”
• 10 Gbps Backbone with 1 Gbps to CAIs/Members
• Creativity & Possibilities– Statewide Collaborations• UP, REMC1• Alpena• Hillsdale• Escanaba, others…
• C3Communication, Cooperation, Collaboration
Upper Peninsula -- MichiganBefore
After
REMC 1
• 5 rural counties of the UP, 5000 sq miles, >10K students, 2 ISDs, 23 school districts
• ~ 350 miles leased fiber-based circuits (10-1,000 Mb/s)• Current limited bandwidth, collaboration and
centralization due to limited capacity - $$$$$$• Future fiber IRU with Merit leads to virtually unlimited
expandable WAN bandwidth, increased collaboration, lower costs, and control of the future - $$$
Infrastructure
• Currently leveraging Merit to share services beyond our own 5 county fiber footprint, utilizing Merit’s backbone to extend to other counties and ISDs– MARESA 2 county fiber ring, with single connection back
to Merit, tunneled to REMC– DIISD (2 county ISD) individual connections to Merit, with
backhaul to REMC• All share the same firewall and network services as
the REMC1 connected WAN, and share costs
Shared Services• Cascaded bandwidth reservations with bursting
– Unencumbered access• Shared firewall with 35 school districts
– Higher quality, more features, lower cost– Unified Threat Management (IDS, IPS, ssl content filtering, application control, SPAM
filtering, AV, malware, etc)• Shared local cloud services (WAN cloud)
– 25TB video repository mirror, live statewide video streaming mirror– Network backup/disaster recovery services– VMware hosted centralized server cluster in our data center
• Redundant A/C, power & network, generator, HA, SAN
– Regional & statewide server/service hosting– Higher quality services, with capacity and failover– Local cloud storage – compartmentalizing services
Shared Services (continued)
• Video conference services– Gatekeeper, Gateway, MCU, and VCR– Shared classes, video meetings, field trips
• Shared tech support services– Natural fit with ISP services - single point of contact, full-
time helpdesk, full integration and resolution• Regional standardization – Hardware, software, management
• Becoming the regional data network hub
Transforming IT Infrastructure in Education
K20 Learning Community
Instructional Commercial
Locally produced
Digital Video RepositoryDigitized, Cataloged +
Indexed
API
Secure Streaming
Blogs & websites
LMS
NJVID or Institutional
Portals
Highly scalable, Always availableRedundantArchitecture
New Jersey’s Digital Video Repository
NJVid
Empowering High School StudentsPassaic Valley Regional High School
• Contemporary Issues through Video Conferencing• Around the World• Science in Cinema
http://www.merit.edu/http://www.more.net/
http://www.more.net/cosn-presentation
http://Njedge.nethttp://academicinternet.orghttp://njvid.net
http://pvhs.k12.nj.us/http://www.remc1.org/http://citvc.org/
Matthew Conforth [email protected] Elwood Downing [email protected] Kathy Menake [email protected] David W. Olson [email protected] Prupis [email protected] Michael Richardson [email protected]