The document discusses the district's efforts to optimize its network through upgrades to the Public Learning Network, acquiring tools to monitor network usage, and building a private fiber network. It provides details on fiber upgrades already approved for several schools and the phased plan to install a private fiber network connecting key sites by January and summer 2013. The goal is to improve network performance through these infrastructure changes and by prioritizing applications, caching content locally, and compressing data traffic.

1. Board Update
Private Fiber… Brian Kuhn
Manager of Information Services
bkuhn@sd43.bc.ca
@bkuhn
…Network Optimization September 25, 2012

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3. A school librarian
sent this to all
school librarians…
She’s right in
saying too many
people misuse our
scarce network
resource!

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What we have done / are doing

5. Advocate for
and / or fund
PLN upgrades
Go on a network
diet… reduce the
use of the network!
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What we have done / are doing

6. Advocate for Acquire the
and / or fund tools and
PLN upgrades resources
needed to
effectively
monitor and
manage the
network
Go on a network
diet… reduce the Build a Private
use of the network! Fiber Network
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What we have done / are doing

7. We asked, the Ministry of Education approved Telus fiber E10
upgrades (20+ elementary schools still need upgrades):
SD43 - Birchland Elementary School Upgrade
SD43 - Central Elementary School Upgrade
SD43 - Coquitlam River Elementary School Upgrade
SD43 - Glen Elementary School Upgrade
SD43 - Hazel Trembath Elementary School Upgrade
SD43 - Irvine Elementary School Upgrade
SD43 - Kilmer Elementary School Upgrade
SD43 - Mary Hill Elementary School Upgrade
SD43 - Mountain View Elementary School Upgrade
SD43 - Mundy Road Elementary School Upgrade
SD43 – RC MacDonald Elementary School Upgrade

8. “Since nothing moves faster than
the speed of light, information will
never flow any faster, although
bandwidth expansion allows
greater and greater quantities of
information and richer and richer
media… to come speeding down
the information highway”. Kindle 378.
Business at the Speed of Now.

9. Board
Approved
Evergreen Line
2012-2013 Private Fiber Sites

10. Board
Approved
Evergreen Line
Phase
2012-2013 Private Fiber Sites 1a

11. Board
Approved
Evergreen Line
Phase Phase
2012-2013 Private Fiber Sites 1a 1b

12. Private Fiber… Qnet contractors

13. Private Fiber
Installation

14. Flexible Conduit
Cut and Fill

15. Network Wikipedia
my43
Youtube
E-mail
BCeSIS
Optimize It! Files
Skype
Tools
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Remove Inappropriate Content

17. Prioritize Applications
Some possible examples
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Rules to support our needs…

18. Prioritize Applications
Some possible examples
Edu “games” if there’s room
Facebook gets up to 1%
Skype gets up to 2%
Youtube gets up to 5%
BCeSIS gets what it needs
my43 gets what it needs
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Rules to support our needs…

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Saved at School and
users access content
locally
Content Caching

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21. Network Optimization
• Installation begins September 2012
• Completion unknown but targeting
January 2013
Private Fiber
• Installation of Phase 1a complete
by end of October 2012, Phase 1b
by Summer 2013
• Targeting January & Summer 2013
for completion of reengineering of
SD43 network
Schedule

22. 20+ elementary
schools need
upgrades
Large schools will
need private fiber
Wireless needs to
be renewed
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