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		Revised: 1 April 2004

		University buildings are classed as either permanent or temporary and non-State or State-owned. Monies for capital improvement projects can only be applied to State-owned permanent buildings. These include; Art A & B, Child Development Lab, Fish Hatchery, Forbes Complex, Forestry, Founders Hall, Gist Hall, Greenhouse, Griffith Hall, Jenkins Hall, Library, Marine Wildlife Care Facility, Marine Lab, Music A & B, Natural Resources, Nelson Hall, Observatory, PARC, Plant Operations, Science A, B, C & D, Shipping & Receiving, Siemens Hall, Storage Facility, Student Business Services, Theater Arts, Van Matre Hall, Wildlife, and Wildlife Facilities. The project may include two non-State buildings, the University Center and the Health Center, depending on funding availability from non-State sources.
		Temporary buildings, typically the houses on campus, are those that the Campus Master Plan has scheduled eventually to eliminate. Temporary buildings are not included in the TII project. Instead, any telecommunications improvements that Humboldt State University wishes to implement for its temporary buildings must be funded by the campus from its own resources. There are some technological solutions becoming available that are feasible and cost-effective.
		*Technology*
		It will not be possible to build out the network to temporary buildings to the same standards as the TII is building out permanent buildings – the cost for just the Karshner House would be $48,800. Telecommunications and Network Services is evaluating a number of technologies for providing an acceptable level of connectivity to the temporary buildings. Technologies being evaluated include:
			An on-campus Internet Service Provider (ISP) which would support dial connections of 56 to 128Kbps. Because these connections would not be routed through a commercial ISP over the commercial Internet and then onto 4CNet in either the Bay Area or Los Angeles before being routed to Humboldt, apparent throughput should be acceptable for many users.
			Digital subscriber line (DSL) services can provide speeds of up to 2 Mbps and already is in use on campus.
			Ethernet extenders are available that ideally may provide dedicated bandwidth up to 15 Mbps at wire lengths of up to 5,000 feet and will operate over Category 3 copper wire (the current wire installed to support telephone services). Actual throughout depends on distance, type and condition of cable and other factors. The University is currently evaluating the latest technology.
			Point-to-point, IEEE 803.11a wireless provides 45 Mbps but there are commercial products available, and they currently are very expensive. We will continue to evaluate these products as the prices come down. IEEE 803.116 providing 11 Mpbs already is in use on the campus.
		*Costs*
		Starting during 1999/2000, Telecommunications and Network Services (TNS) began conserving funds as aggressively as it could and still maintain service. For example, the regular refresh of existing equipment was suspended and only failing units replaced, two upgrades to the campus telephone switch operating system were skipped, and a position was held open. These funds have been placed in an account to pay TII project expenses not covered by funds provided through the CSU – especially to pay for upgrading the network infrastructure to Humboldt's many temporary buildings.
		TNS will develop technical and cost proposals for connectivity to the temporary buildings during 2001/02. If the project costs exceed the amount that TNS is able to conserve, a funding request may be submitted against the campus 2002/03 budget.
		*Refresh*
		Just as with the permanent buildings, the equipment in the temporary buildings will need to be refreshed. However, no funding will be available from the CSU for refreshing temporary buildings. The network support budget for on-going operations, whether it is an "off-the-top" University-wide allocation or is generated through charge-backs will need to be sufficient to cover the refresh of both the temporary buildings and any refresh costs for permanent buildings not covered by the CSU.