Following the BTOP Money: What to do after the grant arrives

EDUCAUSE
Wednesday, August 4
http://www.educause.edu/live1021

Congratulations! You've just been awarded that multi-million-dollar BTOP grant you sweated over for weeks and weeks, and you can now start building! Welcome to the world of subcontractors, environmental impact studies, historical preservation committees, wetlands remediation, and more arcane regulations than you ever imagined. And, yes, a few hundred miles of fiber. In this session we'll hear about the nuts-and-bolts (and conduit and backhoe) details of deploying broadband networks from two perspectives: Starting from scratch and adding to an existing state-wide network.

Speakers:

Jeff Reel
Executive Director
KINBER (Keystone Initiative for Network Based Instruction and Research)

Bob Stovall
Vice President, Network Operations and Engineering
Merit Network