[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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