Legislation to create a unified network for Wyoming...
Legislation to create a unified network for Wyoming schools will be introduced in the state’s next legislative session, said Gov. Matt Mead in his keynote at the Wyoming Broadband Summit Tuesday. Broadband connectivity to schools has increased by 700 percent…
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this year, but all of the data currently must go through the state capital, said Mead. “This new network would allow schools to directly connect with each other without having to go through Cheyenne.” His proposal would create rings with 100 Gbps backbones, and it would remove a choke point in the system, said Troy Babbitt, Wyoming broadband enterprise architect. “By increasing the bandwidth, students can bring their devices to campus,” said Babbitt. “So much can happen with a mobile device, we just need to be able to accommodate it.” The governor’s proposal would ask for $15.7 million to build the network, and it would also be capable of using IPv6 at a later date, said Babbitt. A study conducted by VisionTech360 was also released at the summit to show economic and social impact of broadband (http://bit.ly/16JkoXj). Of the 500 businesses that responded to the online survey, 94 percent said they access the Internet three or more times per day. More than 50 percent of the businesses said they had a broadband connection that was adequate to meet the needs of their daily business activities. The report said broadband is also important to new agriculture and healthcare innovations, but some areas lack sufficient broadband connections.