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Blandin Foundation Webinar
Broadband Best Practices
Bill ColemanCommunity Technology AdvisorsOctober 20, 2009
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Discussion
What broadband changes are you struggling to make happen in your community?
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Private Sector Qwest
Regional carriers like Zayo and Enventis
Independent telephone companies
Cable television companies
CLECs
National carriers
Cellular carriers
Public Sector State of Minnesota (mostly
leased)
Public safety wireless
School districts (owned and leased)
Counties and municipalities I-Nets ISPs/Triple play
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786k
10 Mb
100 Mb
1 Gb
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According to Connected Nation, 96% of Minnesotans have access to broadband at 786k download or better
Almost all without broadband connection options are in rural areas
80/20 rule of deployment costs
What is the situation in your community? How does your ubiquity change as the bandwidth
standard goes up? Is broadband ubiquitous if it is beyond the financial reach
of many citizens?
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Internet Connection Costs 100 Mb at the Minneapolis NAP = $4-$8/Mb 100 Mb to greater MN locations =
$65-$88/Mb
Within a network Operational costs of bandwidth flowing within a
network are very low. State BB task force recommends that providers
make efforts to keep more network traffic in MN rather than pay to send it to Chicago and back
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Stimulating Network Investment
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Best Practices
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Partnering in Brainerd Lakes Area to use school district fiber ring investment to jumpstart CLEC activities in Brainerd, Baxter and Nisswa – filling the “black hole” and stimulating competitive response from Qwest and Charter.
Partnering in Staples to build community fiber ring connecting key institutions and deploying wireless technology to serve the greater Staples area.
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ECMECC(East Central MN Education Cable
Cooperative)
Cooperative connects 13 school districts throughout east central region with high capacity fiber
Fiber provided by US Cable and SGI Cable companies
Companies leveraged fiber investment to bring broadband to small communities within the region
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High capacity fiber network investment in partnership with private sector to link all Scott County facilities and communities
Partnerships with Dakota and Blue Earth Counties and Minnesota State University-Mankato to add redundancy and value
Enables easier entry for competitive broadband services throughout the county
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Committed municipal effort to build FTTH
TDS competitive response with FTTH
Is this really a best practice case study? Double investment in fiber capacity Huge legal fees by city and TDS Lost time before deployment Community energy
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Emerging Projects
Southwest Fiber Project – extension of Windom city network to surrounding rural communities
Cook County – countywide FTTP network
Lake County – countywide FTTP network
Lac qui Parle County – county partnership with Farmers Telephone to explore 100% FTTH
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
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The most important connections are within your own community
The network value accelerates with more people connected
Tech-centered companies want high-capacity, low-cost, redundant networks
Entrepreneurs want connectivity in the places where they want to live which may be outside of the community
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Discussion
How is your network treating your community?
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Growing Sector Sophistication
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Best Practices
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Best Practices - Subscription
Education of targeted groups through tech classes, tech fairs
Recycling of used computers to those without them, especially tied to classes
Increase access at libraries, schools, senior centers and other places
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Best Practices - Sophistication
Web site and other technology training, especially for small businesses, non-profits and community organizations
Web site assessment services, especially for small businesses, non-profits, community organizations
Web site development subsidies for small businesses
Facilitated discussions about community web site linking strategies, especially Web 2.0 applications
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Best Practices – Tech Support
Add capacity to existing tech support companies through training
Bundle demand for tech support via joint purchasing and by vetting quality
Attract tech support companies to your community through attraction and entrepreneurial support
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Create and Support Tech Champions
Identify those with tech vision in schools, government, health care and business
Bring tech visionaries together to discuss plans and collaboration opportunities
Use community communication vehicles like web sites, newspapers, newsletters and cafes to promote technology
Support technology investments
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Discussion
What are the barriers to technology adoption in your community?
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Bill Coleman