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The Iowa Communications Network provides high quality, www. icn. state. ia. us, full-motion video ; data ; high-speed Internet connections ; and telephone service to a variety of authorized users, which includes state and federal government agencies, K-12 schools, higher education institutions, hospitals and public libraries.

Video is a tool for distance learning connecting Iowans at multiple sites for classes, meetings, and training.

Real-time interaction is possible via microphone between two or more sites.

Through partnerships with education, medicine, the judicial system, government agencies, and the National Guard, the Network brings this live video to around 750 sites, or nodes, around Iowa, located in schools, National Guard armories, libraries, hospitals, and federal and state government offices.