Washington K-20 Network is a wide area network providing educational Internet access in the U.S. state of Washington for schools and educational service districts, colleges and community colleges, and libraries.
A state settlement with Qwest Communications funded network access to state libraries starting in 2000–2001.
[4][5][6] WWAMI medical schools began to participate in 2007.
[7] The network was connected to Internet2 via Pacific Northwest Gigapop in 2001.
[8] As of 2013, the network had over 475 nodes, including almost 450 schools and colleges, and 30 libraries or library systems.