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the fiber. Sy connecting to City Hall, the Library and the City share the INET connection that provides <br />_ access back to the Shoreview Library. <br />� White Bear Lake <br />� In 2008 the same concept was applied to the White Sear Lake branch library; connect City Hall to the <br />� Library with fiber optic cable, creating a network cluster. The Library leases a portion of the fiber to <br />� connect to City Hall and utilizes White Sear Lake's INET to make a connection to the Maplewood- <br />� North St. Paul network cluster and to connect to the Central Library. <br />� Roseville and Arden Hills <br />� The branch libraries in Roseville and Arden Hills are currently on lower speed, leased data <br />� circuits. The proposed 2009 Joint Fiber Optic Project will connect the Roseville branch to <br />� Roseville City Hall to connect to the INET and subsequently to the Central Library in <br />� Shoreview. <br />� Summary <br />� The concept was relatively simple. Create network clusters by interconnecting a library building with a <br />� City Hall (and any other nearby public buildings) . This provided an immediate improvement for the <br />� Library by sharing existing City network resources. <br />� The challenge ahead is to find the financial resources to construct fiber between the groups (clusters) of <br />� buildings. Absent access to fiber, creating network clusters has already provided the opportunity to reduce <br />� the cost of leased data services. A single leased, high-speed data connection can serve an entire cluster. <br />Dozens of public facilities can be interconnected with just a handful of leased data circuits. <br />Page 8 of 9 <br />