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)

Fiber and Sites

• Fiber Characterization

– 41 of 42 fiber spans completed

– Characterization Scheduled for Week of 8/09/2004

• Akron – Canton

TFN Status 8/2004

TFN Status 8/2004

• Fiber Construction Projects

• Kent State University and NEOUCOM Last Mile target date week of 9/30/2004

• Site Surveys

• All TFN TFN POPs and REGENS completed and passed

Fiber and Sites

TFN Status 8/2004Equipment 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 8/2004Equipment Installation - Backbone• Segments Pending Optical Installation (continued)

– Installation completion target dateRing 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 8/2004Equipment 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 8/2004Equipment 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

TFN Status 8/2004

Outstanding Issues Resulting in Project Delays

• Equipment Reorder based on fiber characterization

• Equipment Reorder based on Cisco configuration software upgrade

• Equipment Reorder based on change in local ring configuration and local dark fiber availability

• Installation and Turn-up problems

• Delays in equipment manufacturing

• Contract issues Last Mile

TFN Status 8/2004

Detail Implementation Information

• Project Tracking

– TFN Website

– SBC ePMO Website

• Website Access Information for ePMO