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City updates council on Durham Metropolitan Area Network and forthcoming fiber deployment
Summary
City IT staff briefed council on amendments to managed services for the existing network and a separate contract to light and operate new city fiber. Staff said the network will deliver at least gigabit connectivity to city buildings and described costs for a network operations center and ongoing monitoring.
City technology staff gave council an update on two items related to Durham’s Metropolitan Area Network: a routine amendment to the managed‑services agreement for existing equipment (switches, wireless access points and routine maintenance) and a separate contract to deploy and “light” the city’s fiber backbone.
Dwayne Kendall, assistant director of Technology Solutions, and Carrie Goode, director of Technical Solutions, said…
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