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city halls. The commission also purchased the 4Mbps Zenith modems and Cisco routers for each city so that none of its members would be left out of the project because of cost. At the beginning of 1998, about six months ahead of schedule, a third pair of frequencies was dedicated to the transmission of �"S (geographic information systems) data between the members of the Ramsey County �-� Users Group. The ��5 network uses Lancity 10 Mbps modems to allow a faster throughput of data because the �a� files are so large. Refining the performance Two final points need to be made. First is that the success of this project is due to the partnership of the School District, the cable commission and the cable company. Staff from all three worked integrally together to evaluate equipment and solve problems. Second, the use of the I-Net continues to evolve. The Roseville School District is now considering a switch to the Lancity modems, while the Mounds View School District is planning to begin the using the I-Net for Internet access, also using the Lancity equipment. And, the commission staff and the cable company are experimenting with extending the �I � se�vice to cities in other cable commission's I-Net Users Group is exploring other uses for this infrastructure. A new cable franchise for the NSCC cities will also enhance the performance of the Institutional Network. The Cable Company has agreed to very strong performance standards, including both technical performance as well as their response to problems and outages. To meet those standards, the company will upgrade the I-Net to a hybrid fiber coax design and replace much of the older electronics. In addition, the company will dedicate six fibers along the subscriber network for institutional use. ST. PAUL, NSCC AND COMCAST: CONNECTING RAMSEY COUNTY By Mike Reardon, City of St. Paul, and Coralie VUlson, Executive Director, North Suburban Communications Commission On May 10, 2005, Ramsey County lit up its long-awaited fiber connection between its offices in downtown St. Paul and its new Public Works maintenance facility in Arden Hills. That wasn't unusual. What makes this connection special is that it involves the City of St. Paul and North Suburban Communications Commission institutional networks that run over fiber provided by Comcast as a franchise requirement, as well