Wisconsin Statutes Higher Education (Ch. 36 to 39) § 36.585. Telecommunications and information technology services

(ag) “Interconnection” means linking with a third-party network for the mutual exchange of traffic.

(ar) “Telecommunications services” includes data and voice over Internet protocol services, Internet protocol services, broadband access and transport, information technology services, Internet access services, and unlit fiber.

(b) “Third-party entity” means a company, corporation, nonprofit association, joint venture, cooperative, partnership, or consortium.

(a) The third-party entity or other person does not offer, resell, or provide telecommunications services that it did not offer, resell, or provide on June 15, 2011, and the third-party entity or other person does not offer, resell, or provide telecommunications services to a private entity, to the general public, or to a public entity other than a university or a university-affiliated research facility or a facility approved by the joint committee on finance under sub. (4), that the third-party entity was not serving on June 15, 2011.

(b) The third-party entity or other person is comprised entirely of universities and university-affiliated research facilities.

(3m)(a) In this subsection, “third-party entity” includes the Broadband Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network, Internet2, and the Northern Tier Network Consortium, and does not include WiscNet or its affiliates, successors, or assigns.

(b) The board, an institution or college campus, or the extension may serve as a member, shareholder, or partner in or with a third-party entity that satisfies either of the following:

(c) The board, an institution or college campus, or the extension may use the services of a third-party entity that satisfies par. (b)1. or 2.

(d) The board, an institution or college campus, or the extension may participate in the operations of, provide telecommunications services for the purpose of interconnection to, or provide technical support services to, a third-party entity that satisfies par. (b)1. or 2., but only in connection with the use of services under par. (c).

(a) Employ any individual who is also employed by WiscNet or its affiliates, successors, or assigns.

(b) Allow WiscNet or its affiliates, successors, or assigns to occupy any facilities owned or leased by the board.

(c) Jointly own any assets or property with WiscNet or its affiliates, successors, or assigns.