[LM_NET] K-12, Public Libraries and Internet2

[gary price <gary@RESOURCESHELF.COM>]

I'm sure most of you are familiar with Internet2. http://www.internet2.edu/).
If you're not, here's the official description:

"Led by more than 200 U.S. universities, working with industry
and government, Internet2 develops and deploys advanced
network applications and technologies for research and higher
education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet."

A new survey shows all sorts of usage and membership details including access
and usage of Internet2 in the K-12 world and public libraries.

From the summary:
https://mail.internet2.edu/wws/arc/i2-news/2006-03/msg00004.html

K12-Schools
* 35971 out of 98335 or 37% of the K12 Schools in the United States are
connected to Internet2 via the SEGP Program.
* 4350 out of 35971, or 12%, of K12 Schools connect to the Internet2
backbone network at >= 10 Mbps.
* 17% of state education networks report between 50 - 100% of the K12
Schools they connect are multi-cast enabled.
* State education networks report, on average, that 44% of the K12 Schools
they connnect have H.323, DVTS, MPEG, or other video conferencing codecs
available.

Public Libraries
* 3325 out of 16991 or 20% of the Public Libraries in the United States are
connected to Internet2 via the SEGP Program.
* 229 out of 3325, or 7%, of Public Libraries connect to the Internet2
backbone network at >= 10 Mbps.

Complete survey are available here:
http://k20.internet2.edu/survey/survey_index.php

cheers,
gary




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