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Progress update on TFN fiber optic network expansion, backbones, university connections, equipment installations, and last mile connections as of September 2004.
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TFN Status 8/2004 • Turn-up Targets • TFN Optical layer scheduled for completion September 2004, Routing layer scheduled for completion by October, 2004. • All universities and colleges will be on the TFN backbone during the fall term • All 15 research universities and medical schools will have Gigabit connections by fall term to the TFN
TFN Status 8/2004 • Turn-up Targets • All other Colleges and Universities connectivity will depend on the last mile option selected to the TFN • Lambda provisioned for SchoolNet, awaiting funding recent budget cuts have delayed implementation of SchoolNet’s configuration and equipment order (Sites will be turned up during the 2004-2005 school year)
TFN Status 8/2004 • Equipment Installation - Backbone • All Cisco Routers installed on backbone • Segments Lighted and Tested: • Ring 5: Columbus, Delaware, Lima • Ring 4: Athens, Lancaster, Columbus,Chillicothe, Portsmouth • Ring 0: OARnet, SOT, OET,SOCC, KRC, OSU • Ring 3: Columbus, Dayton, Springfield, Cincinnati
TFN Status 8/2004 • Equipment Installation - Backbone • Segments Pending Optical Installation (continued) • Installation completion target date • Ring 2: Cleveland, Youngtown, Akron, Columbus week of 8/26/2004 • Ring Test and Acceptance • Ring 3 Target Date Week of 8/09/2004 • Ring 1 Target Date Week of 8/16/2004 • Ring 2 Target Date Week of 9/6/2004
TFN Status 8/2004 • Equipment Installation - Conversion • Installation completed for 3750s • Terminal Servers install scheduled 8/9 - 8/31 • Edge Routers install scheduled 8/30 - 9/30 • Equipment Installation - School Support • Case Western Reserve University 6/22/2004 C • Cleveland State University 6/22/2004 C • American Fiber System 6/22/2004 C • Toledo Buckeye 6/23/2004 C • Miami University 7/26/2004 C
TFN Status 8/2004 • Equipment Installation - School Support (continued) • Youngstown State University 7/12/2004 C • Youngstown Qwest 7/13/2004 C • Youngstown Wiltel 7/13/2004 C • Cinergy (Evandale) TBD • Cinergy (Cincinnati) 9/7/2004 • Medical College of Ohio 7/26/2004 C • University of Toledo 7/26/2004 C • Bowling Green State University 7/26/2004 C • Kent State University 9/7/2004 • NEOUCOM 9/7/2004
TFN Status 8/2004 • Last Mile Connections • RFP Completed • 124 college and university sites bid • 30 Schoolnet sites bid • Currently working with vendor’s to develop contracts on an as needed basis • Result: lower last mile costs for most schools and bandwidth enhanced 5 to 8 times