Alberts, Pati -- Arkansas Video Network Statistics

Volume 1, Issue 1--Special Inaugural Issue

January 2009

From a Distance...

Online Newsletter for Arkansas Distance Learning

Arkansas Video Network Statistics
by Pati Alberts

For those of you that missed the 2008 ARDLA Conference, below are the highlights from the State of Network Address that I gave at the conference. I hope you find these statistics helpful when bragging about what a great distance learning network the state of Arkansas has!

How Big is the Network?
For September 2008,

there were 114 H.320 sites, down 10 sites from September 2007;
there were 433 H.323 sites, up 38 from September 2007;

Of the 433 H.323 sites in September,

91 sites were Higher Ed, up 8 sites from 2007
31 sites were Medical, unchanged from 2007
114 sites were State Agencies, including ADE, educational co-ops, and the Department of Corrections, up 8 from 2007
311 sites were K-12, up 12 from 2007

Year	Total Sites on the Network	Increase from Previous Year
September 2006	505	-
September 2007	519	14
September 2008	547	28

235 new were sites were added to the network in 2005
90 new were sites were added to the network in 2006-2007
34 new were sites were added to the network in 2008 (through September)

Growth Statistics	Sept 2006	Sept 2007	Sept 2008
Fall Semester Conferences Scheduled	25,104	30,075	30,778
Number of Conferences run per week, Fall	1481	1587	1732
Number of conferences run during September	5859	6347	7286
Number of Sites in Conference per month	20,401	20,089	25,222
Number of Conference Hours per month	23,643	21,046	25,144
Average Number of Conferences per day	292	335	348
Largest Number of Conferences per day	310	348	363

Weekly Conference Count	Sept 2006	Sept 2007	Sept 2008
Monday	310	343	354
Tuesday	298	340	349
Wednesday	310	344	360
Thursday	292	341	356
Friday	271	306	320

We have set a couple new records in 2008. Previously, the largest number of conferences held in a single month was 7,707 in October 2007. In October 2008, we ran 8,070 conferences! We also broke a record for the number of conferences run on a single day. On October 23, 375 conferences were conducted on the network. We also expect to run in excess of 62,000 conferences in 2008.

If there are other statistics that would be helpful, please don’t hesitate to contact me at (314) 235-3080 or pa6164@att.com and I will be happy to get the information for you if it is available. Don't forget to refer to the 2008 Video Control Center Sheet for issues with a connection.

About the Author

Karen Powers Liebahber

For the past 28 years, Pati Alberts has worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone, SBC Communications, and now AT&T. In 1980, she was the first female Outside Plant Supervisor for Southwestern Bell Telephone. Today, Pati’s team consists of five highly skilled video conferencing experts. Mary Bizzle, Dean Coleman, Mike Gillam, and Sam Lin are located in St. Louis; Lee Gupton is located in Little Rock.

Pati graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics and from Webster University with a Masters Degree in Telecommunication Management. She has been married for 21 years to her husband Andy Horn. They currently have one dog, a Puggle named Abby. Andy and Pati drag race Harley Davidson motorcycles all over the U.S. Andy is the pilot; Pati is the crew chief and manager of A & H Racing.