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fin <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: <br />Indian River County Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: <br />Jason Brown, County Administrator <br />FROM: <br />Dan Russell, Information Technology Director <br />SUBJECT: <br />New Internet Service Provider Circuit Agreement <br />DATE: <br />January 11, 2022 <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The County's Internet bandwidth consumption has grown steadily in recent years due to increased <br />utilization of externally hosted services. Our current utilization is reaching the capacity of our existing <br />circuits and as such we must procure additional capacity in order to meet our business requirements. <br />The County currently utilizes (2) 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) full -duplex circuits to provide <br />Internet connectivity for County network users. AT&T is the carrier for the existing circuits. These <br />circuits were provisioned via a contract with AT&T at a monthly rate of $1120.91 per circuit. The total <br />monthly rate for both circuits is $2241.82. The minimum term of the existing contract has passed <br />and the County is free to terminate this contract at its convenience. <br />ANALYSIS <br />The Information Technology staff has analyzed options for procuring additional bandwidth and those <br />options are included below for reference. <br />Option #1 — Contract amendment to the existing AT&T contract for 400 Mbps circuits <br />• Service Provider — AT&T <br />• Carrier — AT&T <br />• Total circuits - 2 <br />• Bandwidth per circuit — 400 Mbps <br />• Monthly rate per circuit - $1805.00 <br />• Total monthly recurring charges - $3610.00 <br />• Contract term — 3 years <br />Option #2 — Contract amendment to the existing AT&T contract for 300 Mbps circuits <br />• Service Provider — AT&T <br />• Carrier — AT&T <br />• Total circuits - 2 <br />• Bandwidth per circuit — 300 Mbps <br />• Monthly rate per circuit - $1615.00 <br />• Total monthly recurring charges - $3230.00 <br />• Contract term — 3 years <br />Option #3 — New contract with Command -link for 400 Mbps AT&T circuits <br />• Service Provider — Command -link <br />• Carrier — AT&T <br />• Total circuits - 2 <br />• Bandwidth per circuit — 400 Mbps <br />• Monthly rate per circuit - $1545.00 <br />125 <br />