The construction of the carrier hotel at 1107 9th Street in Sacramento has been completed and the facility is operational. Final paths for last mile connections have been selected and contract negotiations are underway. XO will provide connections directly from Charter Communications at Triangle Court in West Sacramento to the campus medical center. Surewest will be providing a diverse path to 1107 9th street and will splice into SMUD fibers, which will connect to the UC Davis Medical Center. XO will also be providing the ONI connections.
Planning continues for Communications Disaster Recovery. The first phase of the information-gathering process is underway, and the team looks forward to formulating a cohesive and complete plan in the event of a disaster.
Communications Resources (CR) completed installation of the first phase of the new Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier (NGDLC) voice system on campus this month. This is the first significant application of NGDLC technology on campus for the delivery of voice services to our customers.
CR will continue expanding the NGDLC systems over the next several months as new buildings are brought online. The majority of clients are unaware of the change in service because the transition was so smooth. Thanks to Perry Browning (CR's voice services manager) and his staff, the seamless transition went unnoticed by most clients.
The Network 21 Replacement Project team is currently working on network design and cutover sequencing. This project will replace the existing 3Com ATM network equipment with the UCDNet2 Foundry Gigabit Ethernet equipment. The existing 3Com ATM network equipment has reached the end of its life cycle. With a timeline of August 2002 through May 2003, this project affects the Area Distribution Facilities (ADFs), Building Distribution Facilities (BDFs) and Intermediate Distribution Facilities (IDFs).
The UCDNet2 campus network expansion project was completed on time and within budget. The project managers have closed out all tasks for the UCDNet2 project, which included transmitting the various test results and as-built drawings, and updating the appropriate databases with the UCDNet2 information.
Communications Resources is involved in several areas of wireless technology.
Local Area Networking: The campus wireless networking policy is currently undergoing final review, and approval is expected in September. During this review process, Communications Resources (CR) has outlined implementation and information dissemination plans for the policy. CR's System Engineering & Design unit (SED) continues to investigate wireless gateway hardware for the management of campus public wireless LANs, and has added more access points to its wireless network over the summer, including an 802.11a system for emergency services.
CR now offers the Caller ID feature to campus faculty, staff, and students. As of mid-September, 8% of the students in campus residence halls who have subscribed for telephone service have also ordered Caller ID. A Caller ID promotion of free installation will be offered to Faculty and Staff during October.
The third and final phase of the MyPhone project, the student telephone service online application program, is complete. This phase builds on existing student services by expanding use of the MyPhone system to two non-Student Housing residential facilities: the Colleges and Primero Grove. These complexes, which house year-round residents, use CR's telephone service.
As of October, all student bills are issued exclusively on the MyPhone Web site.