STAN is a public-private, shared, telehealth and telemedicine resource for public and private health care providers in the State of Hawaii and the Pacific Island region. Partners of the network are able to transmit health and medical data, participate in video teleconferences, and share resources and programs.
The architecture of the STAN is based largely on Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Internet Protocol (IP) technology that permit interconnectivity to many different technologies. In addition, the network also includes Frame Relay and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) connections. Network monitoring is a shared responsibility, although TIPG handles the wide area network management for many sites. The network currently interconnects hospitals and educational sites located throughout the State of Hawaii, American Samoa, as well as various regions located throughout the Pacific.
The mission and purposes of STAN are to:
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The Pan Pacific Education and Communication Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT) has provided public service satellite telecommunications in the Pacific Islands region for over thirty years. The initial program objective was to demonstrate the benefits of telecommunication technology specifically to meet the needs of sparsely populated and less industrialized areas and to faciliate communication among researchers. Today the program continues to work in collaboration with governments, educational, health and other public service agencies in the Pacific Islands in creating access to affordable telecommunication services for health, education, emergency management, economic development and other public service applications.
PEACESAT was initiated in 1971 using the U.S. National Aeronautic Space Agency’s (NASA) Applications Technology Satellite (ATS-1), Five satellites later, PEACESAT is currently using GOES-7 satellite of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA). The use of decommissioned satellites enable the elimination of metered or per minute user fees.
PEACESAT is supported in part from grant funding provided by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce and support from local Pacific partnering agencies.
American Samoa Distance Education, Learning, and Telehealth Applications (DELTA) Consortium 
The American Samoa Government (ASG) DELTA Consortium was formed by Governor Tauese P.F. Sunia and entrusted to Lt. Governor Togiola Tulafono to develop a coordinated, comprehensive, collaborative organization to oversee and implement a telecommunication network to serve the public needs. Agencies that have participated in this consortium include private organizations, emergency management, and public works.
American Samoa Department of Education
The American Samoa E-Rate Network, consists of roughly 45 public and private schools connecting through a high-speed fiber optics network using ATM technologies based on a fiber ring design. A dedicated connection with the STAN network provides video teleconferencing capabilities for video teleconferencing and distance education. Classrooms are telephone and data ready,with the ability to use video teleconferencing in all schools. The American Samoa Department of Education partners with the DELTA Consortium for use of the Multipoint Conferencing Unit (MCU) which helps to bridge sites in American Samoa with sites in the STAN.
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) E-Rate
The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) E-Rate Network is slightly different in design from its American Samoa counterpart. In addition to its ATM connections, a great portion of this network also utilizes Ethernet (Layer 3) Packet Switched connections at gigabit speeds.
The current network layout interconnects 22 government and education sites, providing video teleconferencing, Internet, and Voice Over IP (VoIP) capabilities.
Guam Education Network (GENET)
The Guam Educational Network consists of the University of Guam and Department of Education. The Guam Educational Network utilizes ATM access concentrators, Layer 3 Switches, an MCU and gateway.
The off-island connection for the Guam E-Rate network includes two T-1 one of which also interconnects the TIPG/PEACESAT NOC for video teleconferencing services.
