Colorados MultiUse Network

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State of Colorado Department of Personnel and
Administration Rick Malinowski CIO and Director
of Information Technologies

• Colorados Multi-Use Network
• (MNT)
• 1-866-MNT-COLO
• www.state.co.us/MNT

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Colorados Multi-Use Network

• The Multi-Use Network (MNT) is a public/private
  partnership to build a high-speed fiber-optic
  network to every county seat in the State of
  Colorado.
• MNT changes the model for telecommunications
  pricing and accessibility for all users, public
  and private.

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Benefits of MNT

• Bridge the Digital-Divide
• Increase economic development, particularly in
  rural Colorado.
• Provide the needed bandwidth and accessibility to
  various opportunities, including
• Distance learning
• Interactive learning
• Aggregate state agencies communications traffic
  onto one statewide network.

• Tele-medicine
• Teleconferencing

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Benefits of MNT (cont.)

• Create the backbone for e-government
• Aggregate network traffic to reduce costs
• Eliminate backhaul charges
• Increase productivity
• Enhance Connectivity

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MNT Model Private Portion of Project
Colorado High Speed Digital Network (CHDN)

• Qwest and subcontractors were the awarded private
  partners for the project to build the CHDN.
• The CHDN is the vendor-owned telecommunications
  network backbone that extends to each of the 64
  county seats.

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MNT Model Public Portion of Project
Colorados Multi-Use Network (MNT)

• The MNT is the portion of the CHDN that is used
  by the state, local governments and non-profits
• Aggregating total communication usage from many
  current networks into a single network
• The state serves as the anchor tenant to the CHDN
  through the MNT.

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MNT Model
Single Integrated Telecommunications
Infrastructure
Data
Video
Voice
Lower cost
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The MNT Backbone
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MNT Implementation

• MNT was conducted in three one-year phases.
• Fiscal Year 2000-01 to Fiscal Year 2002-03
• 70 Aggregated Network Access Points (ANAPs)
  implemented across the state.
• The MNT will be complete June 2003

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County ANAP Implementation
Each circle represents the area in which
backhaul charges have been, or will be,
eliminated.
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MNT Effect on T-1 Backhaul Rates

• City
• Limon
• Trinidad
• Julesburg
• Cortez
• Leadville
• Fairplay
• Alamosa
• Steamboat
• Gunnison

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MNT Program Costs
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T-1 Pricing - Layer 2 vs. Layer 3
800
800.00
600.00
474.44
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Dollars/megabit/second/month
Dollars
400
356.72
306.09
0
MNT
MNT
Qwest
ISP
Layer 2 - Circuits
Layer 3 - Circuits Internet
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MNT ANAP Fees vs. Tariff Savings
Local Public Private Sector
All Other Circuits
10,219,968
10,000,000Total Dollarsin 5 Years
10,037,080
T-1s Only State Agencies Only
All 65 ANAPs
ANAP Fees
Tariff Savings
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Local Public Entity MNT Connections
272
175
988
Number of Local Public Entities
122
39
85
388
79
78
467
68
61
27
25
19
15
16
12
Schools
City Entities
Healthcare
Libraries
County Entities
Law Enforcement
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MNT ChallengeLast Mile Connection to MNT
Solution

• DPA formally took over Beanpole project and
  proactively assisted in planning, technology and
  implementation.
• State agencies and sub-political groups received
  technical expertise and support to connect to MNT
• The state will become DSL aggregator for
  neighborhoods and small-business using copper
  technology already in place.
• Some areas used other tactics to fund their last
  mile connections (fiber-optic cable, wireless).

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MNT ChallengeManaging Expectations
Solution

• Establish a baseline for measuring success.
• Current economic factors
• Existing costs
• Clearly define project
• Capabilities
• Timeline
• Costs

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MNT ChallengeCustomer Service
Solution

• Marketing and communications plan
• Collateral materials
• Define Processes
• People and Resources
• Clear Communication of Rates
• Accurate Billing

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MNT SuccessProject Management

• Project was on time, on budget and on
  Functionality
• Created a Functional Organization
• Change Control Board
• Executive Steering Committee
• Realize we were setting up a new business
• Used Outsourcing extensively
• Establish a CEO of Project

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MNT SuccessProject Model/Set-up

• Public/Private Partnership is the key to the
  projects success. Qwest is a strong partner.
• Contract provided a reduced rate structure
• Rates were reduced on all telecommunication
  products, in addition to data products.
• Project converted to Layer-3 (Internet Access)
• Originally Designed as Layer-2
• More control, better traffic, management, and
  more services supported.

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Looking forward

• We are in the process of deploying metrics to
  measure our success.
• Broadband access is available throughout the
  state.

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