WiscNet Services & Pricing
WiscNet, with 100-gigabit interfaces in Chicago and Minneapolis, procures commodity Internet from top-tier providers. We aim for on-net traffic to enhance user experience and lower costs via peering with educational, research, and commercial networks. WiscNet's E-rate eligible Network Access Service offers unlimited, unmeasured internet at a fixed annual fee, even when members boost their capacity, ensuring optimal utilization without any extra charges."
WiscNet Network Access Service
$varies/annually — WiscNet offers members unlimited, unmeasured Internet usage with a scalable, high-speed, redundant backbone for a fixed annual fee, without any increased data or transport capacity costs. Learn more »
WiscNet Regional Datacenter Service
$varies/annually — WiscNet collaborates with Chippewa Valley Technical College, offering shared data centers for co-location and expanded opportunities. Choose a full rack or shared space for disaster recovery, cloud services, and more. Additionally, WiscNet provides another data center in Madison with secure facilities, generator-backed power, and high-speed connections. Learn more »
WiscNet BGP Multihome Service
$varies/annually — The WiscNet BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) multi-home service is an option for members who have WiscNet Network Access and wish to enable BGP to WiscNet and other providers at the same time. Learn more »
WiscNet Colocation Service
$TBD/annually — WiscNet's Colocation service is for other state and/or regional networks that provide services on top of the network and want a direct presence at a major internet POP (Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, etc.) to reduce traffic on the broader/commodity internet. Learn more »
WiscNet Digital Student Safety Service - Securly
$varies/annually — Using natural language process algorithms, Securly flags students' social media and e-mail activity when there are indications someone is being bullied or at risk for suicide and alerts school administrators as well as parents so that everyone can work together quickly and effectively in equal partnership, to keep students safe. Learn more »
WiscNet Web Security and Filtering - Netsweeper
$varies/annually — WiscNet Web Security and Filtering is a service in which we have partnered with Netsweeper to provide a web security solution that meets the "technology protection measure" requirement of the federal Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and provides the tools to configure filtering to meet a WiscNet member's unique needs. Learn more »
WiscNet Managed Firewall Service
$varies/annually — WiscNet's managed firewall service allows you the choice of WiscNet owning the device or you, the member owning the device; however, WiscNet only manages devices when the device matches one that WiscNet would provide. Either way, we'll manage the firewall and help your risk of network intrusion. This will free up resources so you and your staff can concentrate on other important things. Learn more »
WiscNet Connect +1 Service
$varies/annually — WiscNet Connect +1 allows WiscNet member organizations to utilize multiple connections from your site to the WiscNet backbone. Whether to increase reliability, simply to add capacity, or connect a campus directly to WiscNet, Connect +1 provides support for the increasingly critical network access members need. Learn more »
WiscNet Custom Private Network Service
$varies/annually — With WiscNet's Custom Private Network service, member organizations can enhance class options through dedicated video connections, allocate bandwidth for secure data transfer, and plan for future possibilities. Let's discuss the diverse range of applications available to you. Learn more »
WiscNet Regional Internet Peering & Caching Service
$varies/annually — WiscNet enhances network performance with peering and caching. Peering with major companies, including Google, Netflix, and Microsoft, ensures faster and cost-effective service by keeping traffic within the WiscNet backbone. We host caching servers for frequently accessed content, such as Akamai and Google, on our network. Learn more »
WiscNet TransitShare Service
$varies/annually — WiscNet Transit Share Service provides cost-effective "commodity Internet" transit service to research and education institutions whose fiber optic network facilities can connect to WiscNet fiber optic network facilities or its transit providers' facilities in Chicago, Illinois. Learn more »
WiscNet Internet2 Partnership
$free — WiscNet connects Wisconsin to this nationwide initiative where organizations from K12 school districts through R1 research universities can help shape and develop Internet2, the next generation of the Internet. Internet2 works with other state-wide Research and Education (R&E) networks, which together collaborate seamlessly with R&E to serve their communities with telemedicine, distance learning, and other life-changing applications. Learn more »