PAT BURNSVICE PRESIDENT FOR IT

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYHAEHN COMMUNITY ROOM, DWIRE HALL 204UNIV. OF COLORADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS

11:00 AM TO 2:00 PMPLEASE BRING A BROWN BAG LUNCH

SCONE Networking Meeting

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, CASEDan Morris, CDE

David Niccoli, CSU-Pueblo

Jeff Pearson, Mesa County Schools

Jon Saunders, SECOMDenise Shorey, EagleNetRandy Stiles, Colorado

CollegeKent Tamsen, CALETJerry Wilson, UCCS

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Agenda

1. Introductions2. Purpose of meeting – Burns3. Backbone network – Scott Baily,

David Niccoli4. Possible topology – Jeff Custard5. SECOM discussion – Jon Saunders6. Cost models – Jeff Custard7. Other8. Adjourn

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1. Introductions

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2. Purpose of Meeting – Burns

A. Alan Ashurst – MNT’s strategyB. Is there a fit for providing UPOP services

in the 791 LATA via SCONE or otherwise? - Burns

C. Jeff Custard – UPOP’s strategy, SEGPD. Kent Tamsen – interest from K-12E. CDE commentsF. Others’ comments

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2. Purpose of Meeting – Burns

A. Alan Ashurst – MNT’s strategyB. Is there a fit for providing UPOP

services in the 791 LATA via SCONE or otherwise? - Burns

C. Jeff Custard – UPOP’s strategy, SEGPD. Kent Tamsen – interest from K-12E. CDE commentsF. Others’ comments

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B. Is There a Fit? – Burns

1. Access to national R&E networks2. Multi-homed to Commodity, automatic fail over3. “Dialable” capacity in 1 Mbps increments

1. Takes ~1 hour to adjust capacity2. Summer savings

4. Intra-FRGP traffic1. “Free”2. Can burst to circuit capacity, e.g. 1 Gbps3. 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

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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

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K-12 Video Classing Initiative 10

Disconnected Optical NetworksNeed an Inventory to Define Possibilities

EC BOCES

CSU

UW, Laramie

FRGP, Denve

r

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

Frisco33 Mbpswave

NC Telecom

Kit Carson

NE BOCES

Arkansas Valley

(SECOM)

DUSEL

(FastTrack)

PRPA

(PC Telecom)

SE BOCES

2. Purpose of Meeting – Burns

A. Alan Ashurst – MNT’s strategyB. Is there a fit for providing UPOP services

in the 791 LATA via SCONE or otherwise? - Burns

C. Jeff Custard – UPOP’s strategy, SEGPD. Kent Tamsen – interest from K-12E. CDE commentsF. Others’ comments

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Agenda

1. Introductions2. Purpose of meeting – Burns3. Backbone network – Scott Baily,

David Niccoli4. Possible topology – Jeff Custard5. SECOM discussion – Jon Saunders6. Cost models – Jeff Custard7. Other8. Adjourn

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3. Backbone Network–Baily, Niccoli

A.SCONE overviewB.Level3 back-up circuitC.Separate VLANs for transportD.Secondary routing for redundancyE.Management and operations

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SCONE Overview

Southern Colorado Optical Network for Education

Partnership between CDOT and Higher EdCDOT provided right of way, infrastructure

including fiberHigher Ed provided design, labor (splicing),

and $50KApproximately $70K in equipment was

funded by the participants

SCONE Participants

Colorado State University Ft. Collins, Pueblo, System Office

University of Colorado at Colorado SpringsEast Central BOCES

CU HSC

Mon. Hill

Traffic Op. Ctr.

CSU-P

FRGP

SCONE Topology September, 2008 (approx.)

Level3 Backup Circuit

UCCS

Basic Architecture

Gigabit Ethernet from Denver to PuebloMultiple 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

Management and Operations

Monitored and Managed by CSU NOC Most end sites do their own monitoring/alerting

“Best effort” supportRely upon “local” staff in some situations

Remote hands support, diagnostics, equipment swaps

Web page maintained at CSU Contacts, Diagrams, Changes, Outages

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 optionsD.QMOE across the LATAE.UPOP place Ethernet switches for

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5. SECOM – Jon Saunders

A.Use of SECOM fiber span to L3 service?B.Peering with the FRGPC.Possible interconnect with VNETS at Cheyenne Wells

D.Possible future collaboration for SCONE and SECOM for back-up services

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6. Cost Models

A. UPOP costs – Jeff CustardB. SCONE cost sharing discussion – all

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Q&A

Are most welcome.

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