[Davisgig] California Department of Technology to Extend Fiber to City of Sacramento

Richard Lowenberg rl at 1st-mile.org
Wed May 4 16:52:28 PDT 2016


Of regional interest.
RL
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California Department of Technology to Extend Fiber to City of 
Sacramento

The partnership will also enable the state to become a service provider 
to local entities such as Sacramento County and California State 
University, Sacramento.

BY NEWS STAFF / MAY 2, 2016
http://www.govtech.com/network/California-Department-of-Technology-to-Extend-Fiber-to-City-of-Sacramento.html?mc_cid=b10afe0572&mc_eid=8ea27387bb

The Department of Technology in April agreed to extend the department's 
fiber ring to the city of Sacramento in an arrangement that the 
department says will save the city and the state money over the long 
term.

"This agreement will replace leased, vendor provided, critical network 
FRS circuits with city fiber, saving CDT approximately $20,000 per 
month. Although CDT [California Department of Technology] was required 
to initially spend approximately $117,000 to build out seven sites, the 
cost will be recouped in less than 6 months once the CDT vendor fiber 
contracts are terminated. In return, CDT will become the Internet 
Service Provider for the City of Sacramento, allowing the city to 
eliminate costly vendor-provided ISP services," the Department of 
Technology announced on its blog April 28.

The department also says the partnership will enable the state to become 
a service provider to other local entities, such as Sacramento County 
and California State University, Sacramento. The agreement with the city 
of Sacramento will help the state connect to the California Research 
Network (CalREN).

The connections are expected to be finished this summer.

The Department of Technology has been pursuing educational institutions 
as potential customers that would help the state scale up its private 
cloud and other hosted services. The California Department of Technology 
became an E-rate provider as of March 24.

"The Schools and Libraries program, also known as the E-rate program, 
makes telecommunications and information services more affordable for 
schools and libraries in America. Mandated by Congress in 1996 and 
implemented by the FCC in 1997, E-rate provides discounted 
telecommunications, Internet access and internal connections to eligible 
schools and libraries, funded by the Universal Service Fund," the FCC 
explains.


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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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