StateNet, Net @EDU and Both



StateNet, Net @EDU and Both State Public Sector/Education Network Table – 01/2007

|NETWORK ORG. |FUNDING SOURCE |CONSTITUENTS |CONTROL BODY |TECHNOLOGY |

|ALABAMA |Legislative appropriation |State government agencies, |Alabama Supercomputer |Affiliate member of |

|Alabama Research and |from Alabama Educational |4-year universities, 2-year |Authority a public |Internet2 |

|Education Network (AREN) |Trust Fund, from sales of |colleges and K-12 schools |corporation. Ten member| |

| to industrial |receive services at or |Board appointed by | |

|k |firms, and from federal |partial cost. Commercial use |executive branch. | |

| |contract and grants. |available for full cost. | | |

|686 Discovery Drive |Allows no-cost access to | | | |

|Huntsville, AL 35806 |some public schools and | | | |

|(256) 971-7404 |colleges. Some new | | | |

|Fax: (256) 971-7473 |customers must pay a | | | |

| |portion cost. Private | | | |

|Not an Net @EDU Member |schools, general fund | | | |

| |state agencies and | | | |

| |commercial customers | | | |

| |continue to pay fully | | | |

|ALASKA |ADEC members will work |Non-profit schools, |ADEC executive |Affiliate member of |

|Alaska Distance Education|with their local ISPs to |libraries, museums, |committee representing |Intternet2 through the |

|Consortium (ADEC) |leverage E-Rate and Rural |healthcare facilities and |core membership |University of Alaska. |

| |Health Care funding |research institutions in |including U of Alaska, | |

| |whenever possible to |Alaska. |AK Native Tribal Health| |

|Rich Greenfield |increase their first mile | |Consortium, Dept. of | |

|Director |bandwidth. | |Education and Early | |

|ADEC | | |Development, Alaska | |

|2702 Gambell Street, Ste.| | |National Guard and K012| |

|103 | | |School District | |

|Anchorage, AK 99503 | | |Representatives. | |

|phone: 907.269.4611 | | | | |

|ARIZONA |Since its 1987 inceptions,|The ASPIN coalition extended | |The ASPIN Network |

|Arizona State Public |the AZ State Public |this connectivity from the | |Operations Center (NOC) |

|Information (ASPIN) |Information Network |universities rural community | |is the technical end of |

| |(ASPIN) coalition has been|colleges, and onto K-12, | |ASPIN. The NOC provides |

|Barnaby Wasson |pivotal in the |while building partnerships | |the technical |

|Director |establishment of state |between university | |connectivity and wiring |

|(480) 965-3224 |networking resources. |researchers and the | |that helps people get on |

| |ASPIN garnered funding and|community. Currently the main| |the Internet. The ASPIN |

| |establishes AZ first |ASPIN NOC’s are at the three | |NOC provides high speed |

| |connections to what has |main state universities in | |point to point and frame |

| |become the Internet |the state: AZ State, Northern| |rely connectivity and |

| | |AZ and the University of AZ | |technical support to |

| | | | |hundreds of organizations|

| | | | |in AZ |

|ARKANSAS |Initial funding in 1991 |ARKnet’s membership now |ARKnet is organized as |No dial up access |

|ARKnet |through NSF connection |includes all of the state’s |a not-for-profit |provisions. All |

| |programs. Since the |universities, colleges, |confederation managed |connections are through |

| |original NSF grant expired|community colleges and |by a Board of Directors|dedicated lines |

|155 Razorback Road ADSB |in 1993 all 21 of the |technical institutes, as well|consisting of eight to | |

|Fayetteville, AR 72701 |charter institutions have |as several non profit |fourteen members and | |

| |remained as active |organizations, state |governed by a set of | |

|Not an Net @EDU Member |participants in ARKnet. |agencies, and public |bylaws. Each director | |

| |Institutions that elect to|libraries |fills a position | |

| |join the confederation | |according to | |

| |assume responsibility for | |institutional | |

| |all costs associated with | |categories as specified| |

| |connection to the ARKnet | |in the ARKnet bylaws. | |

| |network. | |Directors are elected | |

| | | |from the institutional | |

| | | |representatives | |

| | | |appointed by each | |

| | | |member institutions | |

|CALIFORNIA |The California legislature|CENIC is a not-for-profit |The Board of Director |There are three levels of|

|CENIC |authorized auxiliary |corporation the California |is the main controlling|CalRen they include |

| |funding for the 96-97 |Institute of Technology CA |body of CENIC and |CalRen-XD, CENIC’s |

| |fiscal year for this |State University, Stanford |CalRen. The CENIC Board|experimental and |

|5757 Plaza Drive, Suite |project to assure that |Univ, Univ of CA, Univ of |of Directors consists |developmental network |

|205 |each of the designated |Southern CA, CA Community |of three board members |will support |

|Cypress, CA 90630 |community college sites |Colleges and the statewide |each for CSU, UC and |bleeding-edge services |

|(714) 220-3400 |have established necessary|K-12 school system. CENIC’s |CCC. One member each |for network researched at|

|info@ |infrastructure capability |mission is to facilitate and |for Stanford, USC, and|sites. CalREN-HPR, |

| |for teleconferencing, |coordinate the development, |CalTech and two outside|CENIC’s high performance |

| |connections to CSUnet and |deployment and operation of a|members: Ron Johnson, |research network provides|

| |satellite downlink |set of robust multi-tiered |Univ of Washington and |leading edge services for|

| |capabilities, The CalREN-2|advanced network services for|Larry Smarr, CA |large application users |

| |network is the most |this research and education |Institute of |and CENIC associates |

| |effective advanced |community |Telecommunications and |sites. CalREN-DC, CENIC’s|

| |communications service | |Technology. There are |Digital CA network |

| |available to all higher | |three advisory councils|provides high quality |

| |education in California | |to the Board: Business |services for K-20 |

| | | |Advisory Council (BAC).|students faculty |

| | | |Digital CA-Technical |researchers and staff. |

| | | |Advisory Council |CENIC’s support of K-12 |

| | | |(DC-TAC) High |networking extends the |

| | | |Performance Research |existing CalREN backbone |

| | | |(HPR-TAC) | |

|COLORADO |No information available | | | |

| |at this time. | | | |

|CONNECTICUT |The State of Connecticut |CEN provides services to all |This project is none |CEN is a statewide K-12 |

|Connecticut Education |centrally funds ISP and |public school districts |initiative of Gov. Jodi|library and higher |

|Network (CEN) |Filtering services for K12|(198+), regional education |Rells and is overseen |education network. Non |

| |and libraries through the |services centers (6) |by a statut statutorily|library sites are built |

| |general fund. Higher Ed |vocational technical centers |created “Commission for|exclusively with gigabit |

|101 East River Drive |entities pay for Internet1|(18) public and private |Educational Technology |and Ethernet based |

|East Hartford, CT 06108 |and Internet bandwidth on |college campuses (48+) and |and partnership with |optical network links. |

|(860) 622-2200 |a per mbps/mo basis |libraries (160+) |the University of |About 80% of the sites |

|cen@po.state.us | | |Connecticut are |are with lightly fiber |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | |providing project |under the states control.|

| | | |management network |20% of the sites use |

| | | |architecture and |telco managed Ethernet |

| | | |operational support for|services |

| | | |the project | |

|DELAWARE |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

|DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

|FLORIDA |The FLR is a 501©(3), |Equity member institutions |Authority and oversight|The FLR network |

|Florida LambdaRail, LLC |not-for-profit, tax exempt|and affiliate participants |is centralized and |infrastructure is a DWDM |

|(FLR) |organization, funded and |sponsored and supported by an|invested in a Board of |based optical footprint |

| |supported by the |Equity Member to obtain FLR |Directors augmented by |deployed on 1,540 route |

|C6100 University Center |accredited investors, a |services |the necessary |miles of dark fiber with |

|Florida State University |consortium of public and | |delegations of |a capacity of 32 |

|Tallahassee, FL 32306 |private Florida State | |authority and |wavelengths per fiber |

|info@ |higher education | |operational management |pair. Core nodes are |

| |institutions to advance | |requited to effectively|located in Jacksonville, |

|Florida Information |research, education and | |and efficiently conduct|Orlando, Miami, Tampa, |

|Resource Network (FIRN2) |economic development | |operations |Gainesville, Tallahassee |

| |activities | | |and Pensacola as well as |

|FL Department of | | | |links to the NLR nodes |

|Education Turlington |No information available | | |located in Jacksonville |

|Building |at this time | | |and Pensacola |

|325 West Gaines Street | | | | |

|Tallahassee, FL 32399 | | | | |

|support@ | | | | |

|GEORGIA |Georgia State Legislature,|University System of Georgia,|Georgia State |PeachNet is built using |

|PeachNet |via the Georgia Board of |public libraries, K-12 and |Legislature, via the |DWDM over fiber optic |

| Office of |private institutions. Basic |Georgia Board of |cable to provide Gigabit |

|et |Information and |service at no cost to |Regents Office of |Ethernet. Leased circuits|

| |Instructional Technology |University Systems entities |Information and |are used to provide |

|270 Washington Street, SW| |whose mission and purpose are|Instructional |OC-12, OC-3, and T1 speed|

|Atlanta, GA 30334 | |compatible with that of the |Technology |connections |

| | |University System. State | | |

| | |agencies and education | | |

| | |organizations may contract | | |

| | |for PeachNet services based | | |

| | |on a fee structure | | |

| | |established by the Office of | | |

| | |Information and Instructional| | |

| | |Technology | | |

|HAWAII |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

|IDAHO |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

|ILLINOIS |The ICN is funded through |The ICN connects over 7,000 |The Illinois Century |The ICN is an IP based |

|Illinois Century Network |an appropriation from the |constituents at K-12 schools |Network is a service of|statewide high speed |

|(ICN) |state. Additional funding |Colleges and Universities, |IL Department of |telecommunications |

| |comes from E-rate |Libraries, Museums, |Central Management |network. The fully |

| |reimbursements and |Healthcare facilities, and |Services. A policy |redundant network |

|120 W. Jefferson, Suite B|constituents through a |Municipal and State |Committee serves is an |backbone consists of 15 |

|Springfield, IL 62702 |cost recovery model. |Government Primary |advisory capacity. |strategically located pop|

|(217) 557-6555 | |constituents (K-12 Schools, |Members include the |sites all connected via |

|877-844-2724 | |institutions of higher |Board of Higher |DS3-OC48 level circuits. |

|ICN@ | |education) receive a baseline|Education, the |One circuit into the |

| | |level of bandwidth dependent |Community College |backbone can provide |

| | |on their published FTE (full |Board, the State Board |connectivity with other |

| | |time enrollment) or a flat |of Education, the State|constituents, the |

| | |rate o f1.5 Mbps (libraries |Museum, the State |Internet, Internet2, |

| | |and museums) |Library, the Department|video and other IP |

| | | |of Central Mgmt |services. The ICN also |

| | | |Services, and the |offers QoS, centralized |

| | | |Governors office. |resources such as |

| | | |Legislation also |filtering, and is fully |

| | | |Governor’s office. |IP Multicast enabled. |

| | | |Legislation also |Total capacity to the |

| | | |allows representation |Internet is 3.5 GB. |

| | | |from other participant | |

| | | |constituent | |

| | | |institutions not | |

| | | |already represented | |

|INDIANA |IHETS is a non-profit, |Members of Indiana’s public |IHETS is governed by |IHETS provides a public |

|Indiana Higher Education |state supported consortium|sector including: IHETS |the IHETS Board of |sector statewide network |

|Telecommunications |serving the |higher education consortium |Directors, the IHETS |infrastructure supporting|

|Systems (IHETS) |telecommunication and |members, public charter and |Management Committee, |Quality of Service (QoS) |

| |e-learning needs of 40 |private K-12 schools, public |and the Indiana |for voice, video and data|

| |public and private |libraries state and municipal|Partnership for |applications. Through the|

|714 North Senate Avenue |colleges and universities.|gov’t agencies and offices, |Statewide Education |network, members access |

|Indianapolis, IN 46202 |In addition, IHETS operate|public broadcasting outlets, |(IPSE) and the |the statewide H.323 video|

|(317) 263-8900 |and manages two public |public and not-for-profit |Integrated Technologies|conferencing services, |

|Fax: (317) 263-8831 |sector network the IN |health care facilities, |Committee (ITC). ITN is|online collaboration |

| |Telecommunication Network |museums and other |currently operated |tools and streaming. |

| |(ITN) and an emerging |not-for-profit organizations |maintained and managed |Access is provided in the|

| |I-Light2 network which | |by IHETS. When |form of 56K, T1, T1 Tail,|

| |consists of 15 individual | |finalized, the I-Light |5mb fractional DS-3, 15mb|

| |fiber connected nodes | |network’s broadband |fractional DS-3, and 45mb|

| |across the state. The ITN | |coordinating body will |DS-3 speeds. All |

| |and the I-Light systems | |consist of one |connections are through |

| |may be combined to form a | |representative from |dedicated lines, TCP/IP |

| |single public sector | |IHETS and one member |protocol. An affiliate |

| |network called I-Light | |each of the state’s |member of Internet2 and |

| | | |House of Rep and State |the SEGP for the state of|

| | | |technology committees |Indiana |

| | | |and a rep of commercial| |

| | | |telecom providers | |

|IOWA |ICN is a state developed |Public and non public K-12 |IOWA Telecommunications|ICN is a digital network |

|IOWA Communications |and state owned network. |school districts public and |and technology |that presently connects |

|Network (ICN) |Ongoing funding from |private institutions of |Commission, a three |over 750 end points |

|, with shortfall |higher education, public |member state appointed |throughout the state by |

|s |made up by state |libraries area education |body with the sole |fiber optic cable. The |

| |appropriations. Network |agencies. State and federal |authority to supervise |video, data, and voice |

|P.O. Box 587 |development by state |agencies, state and federal |the management, |signals are encoded into |

|Johnstown, IA 50131 |appropriation. The cost |courts |development, and |light pulses and |

|(515) 725-4633 |associated with Part 3 of | |operation of the IOWA |transmitted over the |

|1-877-426-4692 |the network were | |Communications Network |individual strands of |

|Fax: (515) 725-4727 |94,600,000 with the | |and ensure that all |fiber. By digitizing the |

|Not an Net @EDU Member |project ending during FY | |components of the |signal, each fiber is |

| |2001 | |network are technically|capable of carrying the |

| | | |compatible |equivalent of 32,256 |

| | | | |telephone circuits |

|KANSAS |KanREN is funded largely |Kan-REN is a non-profit |KanREN is governed by a|KanREN operates a TCP/IP |

|Kansas Research and |through membership fees |consortium of educational |board of Directors, |backbone network over |

|Education Network |paid by member |institutions in Kansas. Our |elected from the |gigabit Ethernet |

|(KanREN) |institutions. KanREN is |constituents include state |membership, with |connections to member |

| |also, under contract with |Board of Regents |representation from |sites include point to |

|info@ |the Kansas Board of |universities, private |each of the major |point T1 circuits, frame |

| |Regents to operate the |colleges and universities, |constituency groups in |relay circuits, and ATM |

|P.O. Box 442167 |Kan-ed backbone network, |community colleges, K-12 |the consortium |(multiple-T1 IMA |

|Lawrence, KS 66044 |and operates the Kan-ed |school districts, public | |connections) We currently|

|(785) 856-9800 |Network Operations Center |libraries and other | |provide 325 Mbps of |

|Fax: (785) 856-1377 |on their behalf. KanREN |non-profit organizations with| |commodity Internet access|

|Doug Heacock – Exec Dir. |was initially funded in 93|an education or research | |to our connected members.|

| |&94 with NSF grant |mission | |We also provide Internet2|

| |funding, but has received | | |access to several of our |

| |no grant funding of any | | |major university members |

| |kind since that time | | |and we are the Internet2 |

| | | | |SEPG for Kansas |

|KENTUCKY |Department of Education |School, colleges, |Provided for elementary|KTLN is based on VTEL |

|Kentucky TeleLinking |grant in 1994 |universities, and public and |and secondary schools |develop compresses |

|Network (KTLN) | |private agencies will provide|and continuing through |digital video |

| |new opportunities for |graduate and |conferencing systems |

|ndex | |systemic change and will |professional school |generally communicating |

| | |assist in the elimination of |preparation |at approximately 30 |

|600 Cooper Drive | |barriers imposed by geography| |frames per second over |

|Lexington, KY 40502 | |and socioeconomic factors | |high speed telephone |

|(859) 258-7000 | | | |lines. The communication |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | | |occupies ¼ of a T-1 line |

| | | | |or 384,000 bits of data |

| | | | |per second |

|LOUISIANA |Mostly state funded LaNet |Any political subdivision of |Seven member LaNet |The physical capacity of |

|LaNet |is staffed and run by the |the State of LA, including |Technology planning |each of these connections|

| office of |city and parish government; |Board |is OC-3 (155Mbps) |

|m.lanet |Telecommunications |private and public | | |

| |Management. An outgrowth |educational institutions | | |

|OTM Network Services |of cooperative effort b/t |within the State of LA from | | |

|P.O. Box 94280 |the office of |kindergarten through | | |

|Baton Rouge, LA 70804 |Telecommunications |university level; other | | |

|(225) 219-4860 |Management, state |qualifying institutions as | | |

|Fax: (225) 342-6867 |agencies, and the higher |described in the OTM Rules | | |

|Otm-noc@listserv.doa.la.g|education community in LA |and Regulations | | |

|ov | | | | |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | | | |

|MAINE |The Maine Public Utilities|Public libraries and |MSLN is run by a Board |The project provides each|

|Maine School & Library |Commission ordered the |accredited school in the |of Advisor that reports|participating site the |

|Network (MSLN) |creation of a statewide |state of Maine |regularly to the PUC on|choice of a 56kb |

| network. The project | |the status of the |connection or 1 free |

|(207) 561-3587 |is funded for 5 years at | |project |voice line with 22 hours |

|Fax: (207) 581-3531 |$4 million per year | | |of free toll calling |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | | |which could be used for |

| | | | |dial up service to the |

| | | | |Internet |

|MARYLAND |UMATS is revenue based |Public Higher Ed and K-12. |UMATS Council, one |3 ISP totaling 2Gb/s, 1 |

|The University System of |with internal and external|UMATS is a SEGP, which offers|voting representative |Internet 2. DWDM |

|Maryland Academic |based funding allocations |services to outside public |from each USM |implementation raising |

|Telecommunications System|determined one year in |and private education to |institution. Elected |infrastructure to 10G and|

|(UMATS) |advance |Internet 2 and ISP commodity |engineering committee |eventually 40G. Minimum |

| | |services |(7) and an elected |connection for member is |

| | | |executive committee |DS3, migrating to fiber |

| | | |(6), chaired by the |backbone. Remote sites |

| | | |Council Chair. |clear channel lower |

|Baltimore Education & | | | |speeds, and NO ATM. |

|Research Network (BERnet)|BERnet is a peering point |BERnet provides the peering | | |

| |for all state networks in |point that localizes traffic |Consortium |gigE handoffs migrating |

|3300 Metzerott Road |Baltimore and funds were |between the major networks in|Representatives UMATS, |to 10Gb/s over DWDM ring |

|Adelphi, MD 20783 |one time with annual |the State. The networks |State, City of |between 7 locations |

|University System of |maintenance paid by UMATS |include Research and |Baltimore, Johns |within the Baltimore, |

|Maryland | |Education (UMATS and MAX), |Hopkins, UMB, UMBC, |Washington, Annapolis |

|Richard Rose | |Libraries (SAIOR), and the |Morgan State |corridor |

|Executive Director | |State (government, City of |University, Enoch Pratt| |

|UMATS-USM Office IT | |Baltimore, and MDOT) |Library SAILOR | |

| | | | | |

|rnr@usmd.edu | | | | |

|usmd.edu/rnr | | | | |

|(301) 445-2789 | | | | |

|Fax: (301) 445-2761 | | | | |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | | | |

|MASSACHUSETTS |A public-private |High speed internet access |U. Mass focused MITI |NITI’s cornerstone is a |

|Massachusetts Information|partnership established by|for Mass public non-profit |executive board is |high speed (2.4 Gbps) |

|Turnpike (MITI) |U. Mass Turnpike Authority|institutions department, and |responsible for the |IP/ATM/SONET - based |

| technology firms. Grew|agencies. Currently we are |backbone network |network which ties |

| |out of a conveyance in |the Internet Service |facility |Eastern, Central and |

|U Mass ITS MITI |1993 of fiber optic plant |Providers (ISP) for most of | |Western Massachusetts |

|333 South Street, Suite |to the state from MTA. |the state’s 29 public higher | |communities together over|

|400 |$1.5 million in start up |education campuses, five of | |120-mile long fiber optic|

|Shrewsbury, MA 01545 |funds from a state IT bond|the eight public library | |network. The network |

|(508) 856-2804 |in Jan 1997 |consortia, the Dept of | |provides high speed |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | |Education (DOE), the Board of| |internet, interactive |

| | |Higher Education (BHE), Mass | |video, cross-state |

| | |Interaction (MI), and several| |transport and application|

| | |K-12 school districts | |hosting services to |

| | | | |public institutions |

| | | | |throughout the state |

|MICHIGAN |Merit is a non-profit |Merit affiliates include: 70 |Operated by Merit |Comprehensive dial up and|

|Merit/MichNet |corporation owned by |colleges and universities, 24|Network, Inc a |direct connection |

| of Michigan’s four |community colleges, 253 K-12 |non-profit corporation |services. Frame relay, |

|net |year publicly supported |schools or school districts |owned by 12 of MI |ATM 45 Mbps connection to|

| |universities |16 local, state and federal |4-year public |internet MCI |

|4251 Plymouth Road | |government agencies, 17 |universities. In | |

|Arbor Lakes Bldg.1 | |healthcare organizations, 74 |addition to the twelve | |

|Suite 200 | |libraries, 46 non profit |members there are 427 | |

|Ann Arbor, MI 48105 | |organizations and 51 business|affiliates with a | |

|(734) 764-9430 | | |combined total of 551 | |

| | | |direct network | |

| | | |attachments from 223 | |

| | | |separate locations | |

|MINNESOTA |ONVOY is Minnesota’s |Onvoy was established to |Onvoy Board of |Provides direct |

|ONVOY |Integrated Broadband |enhance the academic, |Directors |connection, dial up and |

| |Provider, a unique class |research and economic | |web hosting services. |

| |of company focused on |environment of the State of | |Onvoy connects to 1st, |

|300 South Hwy |serving enterprise |Minnesota through the use of | |2nd, 3rd and 4th Tier |

|Minneapolis, MN 55426 |customers that recognize |computer and information | |Markets. Network features|

|(952) 230-4100 | |networks. Acceptable use | |include OCN, DS3 and DS1 |

|877-996-6869 | |policy does not restrict | |services for voice and |

|Fax: (952) 230-4200 | |services to public sector | |data transport and |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | |constituency | |connectivity, SS7 and |

| | | | |SONET technologies, self|

| | | | |healing capabilities and |

| | | | |24x7 network monitoring |

|MISSISSIPPI |High Performance Support, |MISNET provides Internet |Board of Trustees of |72 nodes to Beowulf |

|MISNET |provides computing cycles,|connectivity to |State Institutions of |cluster, each a Gateway |

| and support, |business/corporate |Higher Learning |E-6000 P4 2.8GHz, with |

|du |enhances instructional and|educational institutions, | |1GB RDRAM memory and 80 |

| |research climates, serves |federal/state government | |GB hard drive |

|(662) 915-7206 |all 8 Mississippi Public | | | |

|Fax: (662) 915-7180 |Universities and helps | | | |

|Email: assist@olemiss.edu|bring research | | | |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | | | |

|MISSOURI |Original MOREnet |Provides Internet |University of Missouri |975 member connections. |

|MOREnet – The Missouri |consortium connected via |connectivity access to |System a MOU with the |1Gbps backbone, 4G |

|Research and Education |NSF grants. On going |Internet2, technical support,|University created the |Internet access and OC12 |

|Network |funding provided by: state|videoconferencing services |MOREnet council that |connection to GPN for I2 |

| |appropriations member |and training to Missouri K-12|provides planning and |access. H.323 video |

| |dues, member service fees,|schools colleges and |budgetary oversight. |conferencing support. |

|3212A LeMone Industrial |port fees, direct network |universities and public |Additional information | |

|Blvd |fees and one time start up|libraries, health care and |council can be found at| |

|Columbia, MO 65201 |cost |state gov’t and other | | |

|(573) 884-7200 | |affiliated organization |about/coun| |

|1-800-509-6673 | | |cil | |

|Fax: (573) 884-6673 | | | | |

|MONTANA |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

|NEBRASKA |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

|NEVADA |NevadaNet is an initiative|NevadaNet provides wide area |Nevada System of Higher|Looped, fiber based 1/10 |

|NevadaNet |of the Nevada System of |transport/connectivity, |Education System |GB/s backbone utilizing |

| Education with |Internet access, network |Computing Services |CISCO equipment and |

| |funding from Nevada |engineering and operational |Division |serving approximately 220|

|1 Computer Bldg M/S 270 |Legislature via the NSHE |support, and centralized | |sites over 50,000 square |

|Reno, NV 89557 |Board of Regents with |video scheduling services to | |miles |

|(775) 789-3710 |supplemental federal grant|NSHE Institutions, the K-12 | | |

|Fax: (775) 789-3748 |support |community, and rural | | |

|eandrsn@nevada.edu | |telehealth entities | | |

| | |throughout the state of | | |

| | |Nevada. NevadaNet also | | |

| | |provides video support to | | |

| | |approx 50 other state and | | |

| | |non-profit entities on an “as| | |

| | |available” basis | | |

|NEW HAMPSHIRE |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

|NEW JERSEY | is a |Members include forty-five |The NJ President’s |An MPLS based IP.WPN, |

| – New Jersey |not-for-profit corporation|public and private colleges |Council founded |operated as a managed |

|Higher Education Network |supported by a combination|and universities. A growing | as the |service by Verizon, |

| |of membership service |number of K-12 districts with|organization to foster |provides a private |

|George Laskaris |fees, and a state of New |programmatic ties to member |inter-institutional |statewide network |

|(973) 596-5490 |Jersey budget |institutions are connecting |collaboration and |infrastructure supporting|

|;askaris@ |appropriation |to the network |leverage the collective|Quality of Service (QoS) |

| | | |buying power of the |for voice, video and data|

| | | |membership to achieve |application. Resources |

| | | |economies of scale. The|provided to the |

| | | |President’s Council |membership include |

| | | |established a Network |commodity internet; |

| | | |Advisory Board |statewide H.323 video |

| | | |comprised primarily of |conf services; satellite |

| | | |institutional CIO’s to |uplink/downlink services;|

| | | |meet on a monthly basis|on-line collaboration |

| | | |to oversee the |tools; telephony and |

| | | |operation of the |statewide software site |

| | | |statewide network |licensing. is |

| | | | |the statewide regional |

| | | | |aggregator for Internet2 |

| | | | |and is connected to the |

| | | | |MAGPI GigaPOP. |

| | | | |is an affiliate Member of|

| | | | |Internet2 and the SEGP |

| | | | |for New Jersey |

|NEW MEXICO |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

|NYSERNet, Inc. |NYSETNet is a 501c(3) |Major research institution, |A Board of Directors |NYSERNet established a |

|http:.// |corporation. NYSERNet |other universities and |composed of senior |dedicated Fiber optic |

| |utilizes state and federal|colleges with limited |technology leaders from|infrastructure in NYC |

|100 Elmwood Davis Road |support as well as its own|participation of libraries, |20+ NY higher education|using 20 year IRUs in |

|Syracuse, NY 13212 |endowment to support |museums gov’t and health care|institutions |2003. NYSERNet |

|(315) 413-0345 |projects for its members | | |established and operates |

|Fax: (315) 413-0346 | | | |its own collocation site |

| | | | |in Manhattan which is |

| | | | |currently utilized by 20+|

| | | | |regional, national and |

| | | | |international R&E |

| | | | |networks. NYSERNet is |

| | | | |implementing an optical |

| | | | |network from Buffalo to |

| | | | |NYC in 1stQtr 2005. At |

| | | | |turn-up the network will |

| | | | |provide thirty-two 10 |

| | | | |GBPS lambdas |

|NORTH CAROLINA |NCREN is intended to use |Focus on higher education, |Operated by MCNC which |NCREN is a statewide |

|North Carolina Research |receipts from operation as|but is inclusive of all |has a Board of |private network with 2.4 |

|and Education Network |primary funding source. |layers of education (k-20); |Directors. Also has the|Gbps resilient ring |

|(NCREN, operates by MCNC|Largest part of this |state, county and local |NCREN Advisory |backbones, metro fiber |

| |funding about 65% comes |governments; research |Committee, which is |rings, and connectivity |

|John Killebrew |via an annual agreement |organizations and a very |empowered to male |optimized at Gigabit |

|jtk@ |with UNC Office of the |small number of related |operational and |Ethernet for all |

|(919) 248-4129 |President, a state-funded |commercial business |strategic |state-supported |

|Fax: (919) 248-9245 |organization. Remainder |operations |recommendations to |institutions. This |

|Not an Net @EDU Member |comes from fees collected | |leadership and to |network includes access |

| |for use of the network | |UNC-General |for every member to each |

| |from all connected | |Administration |other and to commodity |

| |entities. These receipts | | |Internet and to private |

| |are currently supplemented| | |steering to Bell |

| |by endowment funds | | |, RoadRunner, |

| | | | |ITC Deltacom, and others.|

| | | | |The statewide private |

| | | | |line network uses |

| | | | |regional Points-of |

| | | | |Presence in eight |

| | | | |location scattered in |

| | | | |every part of the state |

| | | | |to house the network |

| | | | |equipment and serve as |

| | | | |local access point for |

| | | | |the member institutions. |

| | | | |Service also include IP |

| | | | |networking and both |

| | | | |scheduled and adhoc |

| | | | |two-way interactive video|

| | | | |conferencing. Also |

| | | | |provides collocation, |

| | | | |managed hosting, data |

| | | | |backup , and disaster |

| | | | |resistance recovery |

| | | | |capabilities |

|NORTH DAKOTA |STAGENet is funded from |STAGENet is a robust |STAGENet governance |Managed services by DCN, |

|STAGENet |fees from network use by |statewide network providing |structure includes |a consortium of state |

|stagenet. |higher education, K-12, |Internet connectivity and |representatives from |local telcos, include a |

|Information Technology |state agencies and local |videoconferencing to ND all |state and local |SONET ring operating at |

|Dept |governments, as required |K-12 schools, higher |government, K-12, |2.488 Gbps with capacity |

| |in state law. State |education, public libraries, |colleges and |to grow to OC192 rings. |

|600 E. Boulevard Ave |appropriations fund the |state agencies, county |universities, |K-12 minimum access is |

|Dept 112 |cost for many of these |government and local |interactive video |T-1. Higher education |

|Bismarck, ND 58505 |entities |governments |network, and voice |access is 10 Mbps to 1 |

|(701) 328-3190 | | |communication. STAGENet|Gbps. 2-OC-12s provide |

|Fax: (701) 328-3000 | | |is the lawful |Internet Access. |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | |responsibility of the |Internet2 access of |

| | | |ND State CIO |45Mbps (66Mbps) purchased|

| | | | |service |

|OHIO |The Third Frontier Network|OarNet provides high quality |OARNet is a division of|Connectivity ranging from|

|OarNet |is one of the premiere |Internet1, Internet2 and |the Ohio Supercomputer |fractional T1’s up to Gig|

| Optical Network. |Intra-Ohio services to nearly|Center (OSC), a |of bandwidth |

| |Funding for the new |100 of Ohio’s colleges and |technology initiative | |

|1224 Kinnear Road |network comes from a loan,|universities at competitive |of the Ohio Board of | |

|Columbus, OH 43121 |state capital allocations |rates. OARNet is a consortium|Regents | |

|(614) 292-9248 |and fees from member |of these members | | |

|Fax: (614) 292-7168 |Universities | | | |

|OKLAHOMA |OneNet’s origin began in |OneNet’s state-of-the-art |Oklahoma State Regents |Currently 42 hub sites |

|OneNet |1992. It was at this time |technology and dedicated |for Higher Education in|provide the framework for|

| |that voters in OK approved|staff currently provide |conjunction with the OK|the state’s integrated |

| |a statewide capital bond |high-speed communications to |Office of State Finance|telecommunication |

|P.O. Box 108800 |issue that provided $14 |a variety of OK entities such| |network. Every OneNet hub|

|Oklahoma City, OK 73101 |million for the |as: public and | |site is served by a full |

|888-566-3638 |implementation of a |vocational-technical schools | |DS-3 telecommunication |

|Not an Net @EDU Member |statewide |colleges and universities, | |circuit, and has it win |

| |telecommunications network|public libraries, local, | |SUN computer system, has |

| | |tribes, state and federal | |a local bank of modems, |

| | |government, courts system, | |and has a Cisco high |

| | |rural health care delivery | |performance data router |

| | |systems and programs engaged | | |

| | |in research | | |

|OREGON |Initial funding for NERO |NERO acts as the network |OWEN Partners |NERO consists of a high |

|Network for Education and|was provided by an award |service provider for OWEN. | |speed core network with |

|Research in Oregon (NERO)|from NASA with the goal of|OWEN partners aggregate | |hubs in Portland, |

| |enhancing science and |traffic from their respective| |Corvallis and Eugene. The|

|Email: noc@ |engineering education in |members and interconnect with| |core hub sites are fully |

|(541) 346-6376 |Oregon across the board |each other and the global | |interconnected at DS3 |

| |from K-12 through graduate|internet through NERO. The | |(45Mbs) or higher |

| |school and continuing |OWEN partners are: OREGON | | |

| |education for high |University System, Oregon | | |

| |technology employees |State Dept of Administrative | | |

| | |Services and OPEN (Oregon | | |

| | |Public Education Network, | | |

| | |serving K-12) | | |

|PENNSYLVANIA |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

|RHODE ISLAND |RINET is a consortium of |RINET offers Internet |Board of Directors |Comprehensive dialup and |

|(RINET) Rhode Island |Rhode Island educational |connectivity for Rhode Island| |dedicated frame relay, |

|Network for Educational |and library organizations |K-12 schools, libraries, | |ATM, and Ethernet service|

|Technology |and municipal and state |local and state government | |with bandwidth ranging |

| |government agencies | | |from 128Kbps to OC-3. QoS|

| | | | |throughout network to |

|646 Camp Avenue | | | |support voice, video, and|

|North Kingstown, RI 02852| | | |data. Resources provided |

|(401) 295-9200 | | | |to members include: H.323|

|Fax: (401) 295-8101 | | | |video and bridging |

| | | | |support, I2 access |

| | | | |through OSHEAN, email, |

| | | | |Web hosting, content |

| | | | |filtering, managed WAN |

| | | | |and firewall services and|

| | | | |student information data |

| | | | |services |

|SOUTH CAROLINA |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

|SOUTH DAKOTA |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

|TENNESSEE |Not clearly stated |ConnecTEN build and support |Not clearly stated |Not clearly stated |

|ConnecTEN | |unique technology solution | | |

| | |for state gov’t K-12 school | | |

|ENA/ConnecTEN | |systems, and system | | |

| | |integrators across statewide | | |

|101 McGavock Street | |and local network | | |

|Nashville, TN 37203 | | | | |

|800-836-4357 | | | | |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | | | |

|TEXAS |LEARN received $7.3 |LEARN is a 501(c)3 |LEARN’s is governed by |At present, LEARN has |

|(LEARN) Lonestar |million from the State of |cooperative effort of 33 |a 33 member participant|approximately 2000 miles |

|Education and Research |TX to build an optical |Texas institutions and |board appointed by |of fiber in service or |

|Network |fiber network to serve the|consortia therof. |member institution. |under development. LEARN|

| |research, education and | |The Executive Director |provides layer 1 and 2 |

| |health science needs for | |and CEO reports to the |services and provides |

|P.O. Box 7407 |the State. All operations| |Board and has overall |connections to Internet2 |

|Austin, TX 78713 |are funded by member/users| |responsibility for the |networks, NLR and other |

|Jim Williams (Exec |institutions. | |organization. |networks. LEARN provides |

|Director) | | | |1 Gig and 10 Gig |

|(512) 475-8754 | | | |dedicated and shared |

|jwilliams@tx- | | | |services to individual |

| | | | |institutions and |

| | | | |aggregators. . |

|UTAH |State appropriations |UEN is a partnership |The governing board of |Network backbone is a |

|(UEN) Utah Education |provide 2/3rds of the |formalized in Utah state law |UEN is its Steering |DWDM optical fiber, |

|Network |revenue, and Federal |of all public schools, public|Committee, whose |leased from regional |

| |E-Rate and other federal |higher education, and public |members include equal |telco’s circuits from |

| |funds make up remainder of|libraries. It also provides |numbers from public and|backbone PoP’s to |

|Mike Petersen (Exec |$32 million annual budget |Internet connectivity for |higher education, |secondary schools and |

|Director) | |state government |representatives of the |higher ed campuses are |

|(801) 581-6991 | | |state legislature and |100-100 mb/s Ethernet |

|mpetersen@media.utah.edu | | |governor’s office, |fiber. Elementary |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | |state library and a |circuits are mixed, from |

| | | |business representative|T1 to Ethernet fiber |

|VERMONT |GOVnet is the name given |Government offices, K-12 |Information Resource |A switched 56 Kbps, 384 |

|GOVnet & k12Net |to the network |libraries |Management Advisory |Kbps or 1.54 Mbps |

| which | |Council (IRMAC) |frame-relay connection is|

|t.us |serves government offices | |provides the policy |available. Point-to-point|

| | | |managerial, and |56 Kbps and 1.54 Mbps |

|10 Baldwin Street | | |financial oversight of |(T-1) connections are |

|Montpelier, VT 05602 | | |GOVnet. These policies |also available |

|(802) 828-3774 | | |and procedures are | |

| | | |administered through | |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | |the office of the Chief| |

| | | |Information Officer | |

|VIRGINIA |The result of a project |Participation is open to all |Project led b y |DS, DS-3 dedicated access|

|Network Virginia |led by Virginia Tech in |institutions of higher |Virginia Tech |available ATM |

| with Old |education, public and private| |infrastructure |

| |Dominion University and |school, private educational | | |

|Service Providers: Sprint|the Virginia Community |sites, agencies and | | |

|– Derek Broka (703) |College systems to develop|localities | | |

|725-1473 |universal access to | | | |

|Mark Roberts (804) |advanced digital | | | |

|772-1473 |communications services | | | |

|Not an Net @EDU Member |for all of VA | | | |

|WASHINGTON |$42.3 million from the |Public and private K-12 and |Implementation by the |No information available |

|Washington K-20 |state legislature for |higher education, including |Telecommunications, |at this time. |

|Educational Telecomm |backbone construction and |community colleges. Inclusive|Planning and Oversight | |

|Network |start-up costs. Ongoing |of public libraries other |Committee, ongoing | |

| |operations of the shared |public sector, non-education |maintenance through | |

| |infrastructure funded |use contemplated |collaboration of | |

|710 Sleater-Kinney Road |through an internal | |existing relevant | |

|Suite Q |service fund | |entities | |

|P.O. Box 42445 | | | | |

|Olympia, WA 98504 | | | | |

|(360) 407-1011 | | | | |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | | | |

|WEST VIRGINIA |State College and |State Government, K-12, |The WVNET Policy Board |Provides high speed |

|WVNET |University Systems of West|public libraries and county |serves as the final |connections via either |

| |Virginia |government |clearinghouse for |frame relay or ATM |

| | | |problem resolution, | |

|837 Chestnut Ridge Road | | |oversight, and | |

|Morgantown, WV 26505 | | |direction and policy | |

|(304) 293-5192 | | |issues and provides a | |

|Fax: (304) 293-5540 | | |flexible and dynamic | |

|Not an Net @EDU Member | | |policy and planning | |

| | | |structure to support a | |

| | | |broad clientele base | |

| | | |for the future. | |

|WISCONSIN |WiscNet is 100% funded via|Restricted to Wisconsin only:|WiscNet is a tax |Through February 2006, |

|WiscNet |the sale of network-based |WiscNet members include all |exempt, non-profit |WiscNet will use a leased|

| |services to our members. |public higher education, 95% |association whose |statewide ATM-on-SONET |

| |Internet1 and Internet2 |of private higher education, |fiscal agent is the |OC3/OC 12 backbone with |

|740 Regent Street |access, web content, |70% of public and private |University of |15 aggregation hubs |

|Suite 203 |filtering, anti-spam/virus|K-12, 80% of libraries state |Wisconsin-Madison. |supporting T1, fractional|

|Madison, WI 53715 |filtering, site firewall |government, and 50% of |WiscNet is governed by |and full T3, and Ethernet|

|(608) 265-6761 |management and IMAP email |city/county governments |an 11 member Board of |service. We drain to |

|Fax: (608)262-9085 |service. No State of | |Directors elected by |multiple NSP’s at |

|Not an Net @EDU Member |Wisconsin appropriations | |the designated |Chicago, Minneapolis and |

| |directly support WiscNet | |representatives of |Milwaukee. Total |

| | | |member organization. |throughout capacity is |

| | | |WiscNet also operates |2.3 Gbps |

| | | |the WiscREN GigaPOP | |

|WYOMING |No information available | | | |

| |at this time | | | |

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