Project Manager Frank Livermore shares his presentation given to schools, hospitals, and local governments prior to fiber construction of the Community Area Network in Wausau, WI on May 14th. The fiber network begins at the State Patrol Headquarters and goes north to Northcentral Technical College with an additional fiber ring through the east side of Wausau. The system will initially serve 17 locations with high-speed transport access to Wiscnet over 8 miles of fiber. Future plans include telemedicine, distance learning, and a variety of shared services from cloud computing to centralized VoIP and data storage solutions.

1. Wausau Community
Area Network
Presented by: Frank
Livermore, WCAN Project Manager
 Grant Funding & Restrictions
 Community Anchor Institutions (Locations)
 Organizational Structure of the WCAN
 Backbone Infrastructure
 Lateral Connections & Equipment
 Long-Haul (The Big Picture)
 WCAN Timeline
 Benefits of Connecting
 Immediate Utilization of the CAN
 Future Possibilities
 Contact Information

2. Grant Information
Grant Funding
• American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
• Broadband Telecommunications Opportunity Program
NTIA • $4.7 billion investment in broadband infrastructure
• Building Community Capacity through Broadband
• Manages $30 million grant funding
UW-EX
• Connecting 17 Anchor Institutions
• $1.8 million dollar infrastructure budget
WCAN • Appx. 8 miles of backbone fiber, portion of it dark for future
Restrictions
 Money can not be spend to buy “spare” parts
 Fiber route can not be changed without Environmental Assessments
 CAN must own all conduit, fiber, network equipment covered with grant funding
 Equipment must be accounted for – 10 years, reviewed every 2 years
 Construction must comply to the “Buy American” Act (except electronics) and
Bacon-Davis wage regulations.
Visit http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/files/award_docs/15cfr14.pdf for a full document
of CFR 15 Part 14.

3. Institutions
Community Anchor Institutions
(Locations)
• Wausau School District – Lincoln Elementary
• Wausau School District – Maintenance (Core Site)
• Wausau School District – John Muir Middle
• Newman Catholic Schools - High School
Education • Wausau School District – West High
• Wausau School District – Jefferson Elementary
• Northcentral Technical College
• UW-Marathon County
• DC Everest Schools via long-haul
• Marshfield Clinic
Healthcare • Aspirus Hospital
• UW-Health, Family Practice
• Highway Department
• Capital & Facilities Management
• Parks & Recreation Department
Government • Wisconsin Valley Library Service – Marathon County Library
• Conservation, Planning & Zoning Commission
• Wisconsin State Patrol

4. WCAN Organization
Organizational Structure of the WCAN
 Fiscal Agent, CIO, Northcentral Tech
 Manage budget expenditures for maintenance,
break fix, insurance, and upgrades of the CAN fiber.
 Oversight Committee
 NTC, City/County IT, WSD, CAI Members
 Review cost-sharing metrics for members
 Recommend future direction of the system
 Make operational decisions
 Committee will meet a minimum of twice annually
 Provide annual reports to their respective
governing bodies

5. CAN Backbone
Infrastructure
Backbone Infrastructure of the WCAN
 Fiber consists of over 8 miles of 96 strand fiber
 Nearly all backbone infrastructure will be
placed underground in conduit
 Ring cuts into backbone fiber will be used to
connect laterals
 Redundant core switches will be located at
Northcentral Tech and WSD Maintenance
 Fiber backbone will connect to 6 strands of
fiber on the east side of Wausau to Weston
and back to the State Patrol creating a fiber
ring

6. Backbone Infrastructure
(Route)

7. Laterals & Connections
 Laterals will be 24 strand fiber
 Quazite “drop” vaults will have 50’+ of
extra loop
 Grant covers up to 50’ to premise demarc
 Paved surface restoration may be
necessary at some locations
 Termination panels, LC connectors, Cisco
switch w/1GB modules
 Grant does not cover shelved spare parts

8. Proposed Lateral Routes
City-County IT
Highway Dept. Capital & Facilities Parks & Rec.
Library Conservation Planning-Zoning

9. Proposed Lateral Routes
K12 Schools
Lincoln Elementary Maintenance (Core Site) John Muir Middle
West High Jefferson Elementary Newman Catholic H.S.

10. Proposed Lateral Routes
Healthcare, Colleges, State Patrol
Marshfield Clinic Aspirus Hospital UW-Health
Northcentral Tech (Core Site) UW-Marathon County Wisconsin State Patrol

11. CAI Equipment
Equipment coming to your site
 Cisco switch with GBIC Transceivers
(Model TBD)
 24 Port Termination Panel (LC)
 24 Count Fiber
 Vault with 50-100’ extra loop (outdoor)
 Conduit & hangers needed to install fiber
inside premise
Rack Space & Power Planning
 1U-2U for the switch
 1U-2U for the termination panel
 Various – UPS
 Plug-type TBD based on switch model chosen

12. Long Haul – The Big Picture
Individual CANs around the state are fiber-
connected to each other and to Internet 2.
Existing CANs
Milwaukee, Oshkosh, and Madison
CANs in Current Grant
Superior, Eau Claire, Wausau, Plattville
Coming Soon
Waukesha, La Crosse, Green Bay, Ashland

13. Internet 2 Information
The Internet 2 project is intended to
create a system dedicated to, and built
for, the internet.
http://www.internet2.edu/resources/AboutInternet2.pdf

14. WCAN Timeline

15. Benefits of Connecting
 Operational expenses are very low, expected to be appx. $5,000/yr
 Initial investment to connect is low to none (Grant funded prior to
5/31/2013)
 Grant funding includes
 Fiber termination into your building (max 50’)
 Network equipment to connect to the network
 Opportunities for shared services (data storage, call centers, etc.)
 Broadband speeds improve opportunities for
telepresence in education & healthcare.
 Potential for 10GB/sec between your remote sites
inside the CAN (at CAI’s expense).
 Future connection to Internet 2 providing faster
and more reliable access
 HA design having to network cores, fiber
redundancy, and fiber ring
 Dark fibers on lateral for future bandwidth needs

16. Immediate Utilization
Plans
System-Wide Technology Improvements
 Wiscnet transport connections for all 3 partners – Faster ISP service
 Connection between partners for broadcasting SSIDs
Education, K12 & University/College
 Upgraded WAN connection to 1 Gb between 5 Wausau SD facilities
 Connection to leased long haul for NTC to connect to Antigo and Wittenberg
 WVLS MC Library to increase ISP bandwidth to Wiscnet
Government & Health Services
 New “trunks” for digital radio connections from State Patrol to Sheriff -
mandated by new emergency government policy
 Redundant ISP connection for critical public
safety usage
 Improved video coverage for traffic monitoring
by DOT/State Patrol
 Video from NCHC to Aspirus for telemedicine
 Upgraded WAN connection for 3 county facilities

17. Future Possibilities
Other Ideas
 Telemedicine
 Remote Care
 Mobile EKG (Ambulances)
 Psychology Services
 Education
 K12 – College Distance
Learning
 College to College
Distance Learning
 Specialized Courses
 Law Enforcement
 Traffic Monitoring/Cameras
 High Speed/Secured
Wireless
 Distance Learning for First
Responders
 Utilities
 Process Control Monitoring
 Environmental Monitoring
For examples of what another community is doing check out:
Chippewa Valley Internetworking Consortium (CINC)
http://cincua.org/about/

18. Contact Information &
Meeting Dates
Meeting Dates (Tentative) Likely Topics
July 9, 2012 Project updates, adjustments
September 3, 2012 Lateral connections & equipment specified
October 15, 2012 Edge equipment ordered? CAI install timelines
November 26, 2012 Core switches configured/online
January 7, 2013 Edge switches being deployed to CAIs
Chet Strebe, CIO Gerry Klein, Director
Northcentral Technical College City/County IT
1000 W. Campus Dr. 407 Grant St.
Wausau, WI 54401 Wausau, WI 54403
(715) 803-1101 (715) 261-2707
strebe@ntc.edu Gerald.klein@co.marathon.wi.us
Joel Verduin, Director Frank Livermore, PM
Wausau School District Heartland Business Systems
415 Seymour St. 1700 Stephen Dr.
P.O. Box 359 Little Chute, WI 54140
Wausau, WI 54402-0359 (920) 687-4758
(715) 261-0560 flivermore@hbs.net
jverduin@wausauk12.wi.us
Wausau Community Area Network