Sponsors

Cisco

Through a generous equipment grant from the philanthropic arm of Cisco Systems, Inc., the Skokie I-Net realized a vision of providing schools and other public institutions in a similar geographic region with high speed WAN connectivity. The original equipment grant included routers and switches whose value totaled more than $40,000.

Later hardware upgrades were fully funded by the Consortium's own cost recovery strategy, but the initial jump-start from Cisco was invaluable.

RCN

RCN, the local cable provider for the Village of Skokie, has generously provided the fiber backbone that comprises the Skokie I-Net. In addition, RCN's cooperation and support made it possible to overcome the technical and logistical challenges of bringing high-speed data connectivity between schools and to the internet.

ICN

I.C.N. (Illinois Century Network) is an agency established by the State of Illinois to build an information network that will facilitate the exchange of information between universities, colleges, schools, libraries, government agencies, museums and businesses throughout the state. I.C.N. provides Internet services for most of the schools in Illinois and is a former ISP fro the Skokie iNet

CDW

CDW provided technical assistance and a review of the network topology and programming and has made recommendations to build a strong foundation that is suitable for the purposes the Skokie I-net was designed to fulfill.