If you are interested in receiving a free paper copy of this edition of Fiber Optic Lines or you would like to be added to our postal mailing list, please e-mail us your name and address. Not only will this additional bandwidth provide ICN users with more efficient service, it will also be provided without the previously planned price increase. Steps have already been taken to enhance ICN Internet service. The ICN also recently purchased an Internet cache server which allows Web page information to be stored locally that would normally take up available bandwidth.
Web objects such as buttons, logos, backgrounds, and other common objects locally.
The user does not need to retrieve the object from the actual server, which may be many thousands of miles away, but grabs the object from the local server instead. This has saved 20 Mbps of bandwidth from going to the external backbone. Since it's installation in early April, the users connected to the server have noticed an increase in the speed of the stored Web pages. This was the result of a recommendation from the Internet Committee, which consists of representatives from the regents institutions, community colleges, private colleges, and area education agencies. The committee was established to assist ICN leadership in enhancing ICN Internet service.