K20 Advisory CommitteeBusiness Meeting

October 5, 2009San Antonio, TX

Elwood J. DowningVP, Member Relations, Communications

& Professional Learningejd@merit.edu734-527-5702

Internet2 Member Meeting

Connection Model“Unlimited Bandwidth”

“All-You-Can-Eat”

Members

Legacy: Fixed/Burstable Bandwidth

Differentiator: OnNet/OffNet – 2006, 7/1/07effective Connection – 7/1/2010 start Provisioned Point-to-Point Connections

Changing the conversation: Broadband = Capacity Planning

(Services) Bandwidth = Connection

Models

Connection Base Differentiator

Broadband = Capacity Planning Bandwidth = Connection

Reviewing Operational Impact Additional Locations Middle-mile in the middle of the State

affects our BB operational costs Nov/Dec analysis must be completed Offering Effective 7/1/2010

Ideas Based on Size (IPEDS, MiED)

# of FTE # of Students # of Research Students # of Research Staff Network Connection, Devices, Buildings, other components

Would work for Higher Ed and K-12, not for:

Libraries Healthcare Non-Profits Government

Additional Locations/sites??

Ideas Based on Operational Cost

Overhead Backbone Infrastructure Equipment Refresh Cost of Commodity Internet Access

Trend indicates declining, ~25% of traffic is Internet Access ~8G Total, ~2G is Internet traffic

Peering Operational Cost Cost of R&E Network

Internet2 Membership Fees (Affiliate and SEGP) Internet2 Connector (currently share with OARNet

Would work for all Dedicated Affiliate Members

Additional Locations/sites??

Goal

Portfolio of Revenue!“It is not about the Network!...

Drive the use of the Network!! Add % component of network expense

into network service offerings. Essentially service revenue supports

the operation of the backbone infrastructure minus the R&E network expense

..more about how you use it!”

Merit’s Portfolio

Merit’s Portfolio

Input/Discussion/Questions