County of San Luis ObispoFiber Optics

Board of SupervisorsOctober 16, 2012

Guy SavageInformation TechnologyGeneral Services Agency

Means to communicate has evolved at an exponential rate in the last century.

The ability to move messages has also evolved. But we still have not made a

complete break from the past.

COMMUNICATIONS TRANSPORT

The Great Infrastructure Challenge of the 21st Century?

Today:Behind it all…Fiber Optics

Why Fiber?• Reliable

– Can get wet, free from electrical shorts or sparks– Immune to weather and electrical noise– Does not corrode

• Green– Made from renewable sources, mostly silica (sand)– Small and light weight

• More data (bandwidth)• Best ROI for networks

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How does fiber work?• Same concepts as any digital communication• Uses flashes of light through glass

– Signal travels at the speed of light– Delivers highest speeds over longer distances– Change the end devices, push more data

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Fiber Optic CableElectrical to Light

ConversionElectrical Pulse

In

Light to ElectricalConversion

Electrical Pulse Out

• Fiber is the backbone for broadband communications– Broadband (Download: 4 Mbps, Upload: ~1 Mbps)– Mbps = Millions (mega) bits per second

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Fiber and Broadband

80%POPULATION WITH MOBILEBROADBAND ACCESS BY 2016

50%US POPULATIONWITH SMARTPHONES

350MDAILY FACEBOOK USERS

1 DAYOF YOUTUBE CONTENT = 1 YEAR FROM THE NETWORKS

150BTEXT MESSAGES SENTEVERY MONTH IN THE US

IT’S A BROADBAND

WORLDMOBILE DATA TRAFFIC

WILL INCREASE…

26xOVER A 5-YEAR SPAN

FROM 2010-2015

92%

GROWING AT A COMPOUNDED ANNUAL

GROWTH RATE OF…

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Broadband and Citizens• 80% of all US citizens are connected• 40,000 SLO County citizens do not have broadband• Americans spend more time online than TV

– Information gathering (news, Googling)– Applications: Facebook, Twitter, Skype, playing games– Shopping– Watching TV, movies, sharing photos and video

Slower Faster Modem Satellite DSL Cable Fiber

9* FCC 2012 Broadband study

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• Need for faster upload and download• Older technologies not fast enough (DSL, Cable)• Share large data sets (images, audio, maps)• Phone, video conferencing

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Broadband and Business

County Backbone – 1 Gig (1000 Mbps)County Internet – 40 MbpsSmall Office (4-8 People) – 1.5 Mbps

Fiber across the County• Saves time and money for citizens, business,

and County• Economic development, public safety,

education, and enhanced services• Critical for businesses

(i.e. CalPoly Technology Park) http://www.c3rp.org/

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Remember the Google Hype?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM1UbJ4R0YA&feature=related

• The biggest obstacle for fiber cabling is the construction required, it is neither easy or cheap to build this type of infrastructure in our topography– We’re not Kansas

• The Solution of SLO County:Leverage what we have in place

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The Problem

Existing County Infrastructure• Fiber Optic Strategic Plan

– http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/it/Presentations.htm• Backbone built based on 3 separate approaches

– Negotiations with private carriers – Unified Metropolitan Area Network partnership– Nacimiento Water Project partnership

• Laterals (connections between locations)– County-funded– Partnerships (government and education)

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County Fiber Map

• Education• Local, State, or Federal government

– Law enforcement agencies must connect– Little shared infrastructure, even with City of SLO– Starting to share, particularly in Paso Robles

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Opportunity: Public-Public Partnerships

Internet

Public – Public Partnership Example

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County• Connect L3 to NWP

Superior Court• Connect to County -

thereby connect to StateSchools• Connect to each other

City• Connect to water

treatment, NWP water, and Paso PD & FD

Another Public – Public Example

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Grover Beach Amtrak / multi-modal transit center“This project will better serve the needs of both the train and bus traveler and will identify Grover Beach as an accessible destination. The project is a great example of cross-agency cooperation.” Mayor John Shoals

• Connect Coastal Dunes RV Park, Amtrak, City Parks/Rec, County Health, Superior Court

• Nacimiento Water Project (spare conduit)– Consortium to fund– Potential revenue to County / District

• Dig Ordinance for public rights of way– Mirrors CalTrans approach– Local vendors informed about plans to dig– Opportunity to put in conduit & fiber

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Opportunity: Public-Private Partnerships

Internet

• Talk to the leaders in your districts– Local government– Education– Groups (e.g. EVC)

• Encourage partnerships (public-public-private)• Support related projects and ordinances

Goal: Leverage what we have

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Next Steps

Additional questions: InformationTechnology@co.slo.ca.us

Download presentation at:http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/it/Presentations.htm

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Thank You!

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• Expand Broadband penetrationExecutive Order S-23-06

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that State Agencies shall cooperate in the implementation of this Order. Other entities of State government not under my direct executive authority, including the CPUC, the University of California, the California State University, California Community

Colleges, constitutional officers, and legislative and judicial branches are requested to assist in its implementation.”

February 1, 2011 - Presentation

6%1%

44%

49%

0-1Mbps 1-5Mbps 5-10Mbps Over 10Mbps

Broadband Penetration in SLO CountyTransPacific Cable Landings

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Some Internet Terminology

• Dialup: 56K, at best• Digital Subscriber Line (DSL):

.3 Mbps to 5 Mbps• Cable: Internet service from a cable

TV provider 3 Mbps to 10+ Mbps• Broadband: Always on access,

.9+ Mbps upload, 4+ Mbps download• WiFi: Wireless networking

11 Mbps up to 300 feet• WiMAX: Wireless networking

72 Mbps up to 30 miles

• Download: Speed to get data “down” from the Internet

• Upload: Speed to send data “up” to the Internet

• Bandwidth: Measure of the volume of data being uploaded or downloaded

• ISP: Internet Service Provider• FTTB: Fiber to the Business• FTTH: Fiber to the Home• FTTP: Fiber to the Premise• UMAN: Unified Metropolitan Area

Network

• To reach 50% to consumer adoption it took:– 18 years for color TV– 15 years for the cell phone– 14 years for the VCR– 10.5 years for the CD player– 9 years for consumer broadband

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Broadband Adoption Rates

• Bridging the Digital Divide• Adoption Rates vs. Availability• Home Availability vs. Business Availability• Availability Impacts on Education and Healthcare• Economic Development and Community Vitality• Public vs. Private investment

– Chicken and the egg dilemma• No local demand = no local investment • No local investment = no services = no local demand

• Local Right of Way Management and Control– Local regulations, permitting, franchising, etc

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Broadband confusion

• “If data is the common currency of the global economy, government is rich.”

• So much that we need data about our data• Way past megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes,

and pentabytes– 1,200 exabytes of digital data in 2010

• 1 exabyte of data would equal roughly 10 billion copies of the Economist

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How much data is there?*

*Source: Public CIO - Special Report, Center for Digital Government