Education Service Center, Region 20 (ESC-20) provides a variety of Internet services beyond internet access. These include content filtering, content monitoring, domain name registration, e-mail accounts, e-mail scanning, remote backup, secondary DNS, Sharepoint hosting and web site traffic analyis services.
In the highly competitive world of telecommunications, stability is the most important factor in considering a service provider. Education Service Center, Region 20 (ESC-20) has selected Time Warner CableSan Antonio and Texas Educational Communications Network (TETN) as our Internet carriers. Currently, ESC-20 has a 155 Mbps redundant uplink to Time Warner Cable and 100 Mbps to TETN. ESC-20 employs Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing to achieve portability and autonomy. ESC-20 has an Autonomous System Number (ASN) which allows us to own and administer our Internet Protocol (IP) address space.
Time Warner Cable and TETN support ESC-20 with resources to negotiate telecommunication services and rates across service boundaries of local providers, providing a single point of contact for troubleshooting network failures, and guarantee the ability to scale capacity to meet bandwidth demand. Operating in the ESC-20 Data Center, the local Time Warner Cable point of presence and TETN interface directly with netVision20 to provide reliable, high performance Internet access to ESC-20 clients. The two (2) ISPs provide for added protection and redundancy.
The Future
With netVision20, it is possible to centralize shared resources such as videoconference bridging, content delivery, Internet content filtering, content monitoring , e-mail anti-virus and SPAM filtering services. This centralization eases the transition and deployment of emerging network technologies throughout the region to reach each netVision20 member. netVision20 members are connected through proven equipment, protocols, and philosophies to ensure the most reliable and cost-effective service.
