Data Rates: Central Service Fee

Changes to the Network Funding Model:
A campus-wide committee of business and IT professionals has examined our network funding model in light of current and future network usage and services, and recommended a new model. Network cost drivers have changed over the past 20 years and are related more to people than to number of IPs. Current network cost drivers related to people (headcount) and services, include authentication, authorization, monitoring, firewalls, perimeter protections and the web. Indeed, about 80% of network costs are fixed costs rather than usage costs tied to specific IPs. However, our current funding model, which is over 20 years old, is based exclusively on the number of IP addresses.

As we look to the future, we can assume that network usage is unlikely to decline, and that University populations that currently don’t use the network are likely to do so as new mobile technologies are introduced. The new funding model reflects current and future network usage and services much more accurately than the existing model, and distributes charges more equitably across the University.

The New Model:
Under the new model network charges will be based on two measures:
• 20% of charges will be based on number of IP addresses.
• 80% of charges will be based on weighted headcount (essentially, faculty=1 FTE, staff=1 FTE, and students=.5 FTE). The headcount methodology and calculation will be available for review.

Implementation:
The model will be implemented in three phases:
• FY08 – 1/3 of head-count-related charges to be implemented
• FY09 – 2/3 of head-count-related charges to be implemented
• FY10 – New model to be fully implemented

FY 2008 and FY 2009 CSF Rate

In FY 2009, the CSF will cover: