Paul Iannuzzi, Network Engineer

The Houston County Schools' wide area network provides broadband connectivity
for more than ten thousand student and staff computers. Here are some facts
about our network:

• Forty local area networks are interconnected with gigabit backbone across
  each network and 100 megabit switched connectivity to each endpoint.


• Each classroom has at least 7 network connections, and more than 1500
  wireless laptop computers are available for classroom use in all classrooms.


• Each school campus has several fixed and portable computer labs, with a
  minimum of 20 computers per lab.


• Local area networks are interconnected over the wide area network at 10
  megabit bandwidth.  (Cox Communications is the WAN network provider in
  the Warner Robins area; while Alltel provides the WAN connections for the
  Perry area.)


• The Houston County School System's wide area network is connected to the
  Georgia Educational Network (provided by the Georgia Department of Education)
  at a rate of 54 megabits (DS-3).


• Several of Houston County Schools have made their campuses wireless with
  IEEE 802.11 standards.


• Both the Georgia Educational Network and Houston County Schools provide
  Internet filtering in order to protect our children from accessing
  inappropriate sites on the Internet.


• All incoming e-mail and connected computers are constantly scanned for
  computer viruses, and all recognized viruses are either deleted or
  quarantined.


• The Universal Services Fund, administered by the Schools and Libraries
  Division, provides Federal funding for fifty eight percent of network
  connectivity costs.