Broadband 101 mn bb conf 2021
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The document outlines the broadband development process from start to finish in a simplified manner. It begins with learning about the local broadband needs through community engagement. It then involves examining options like improving existing infrastructure or building new networks. Key steps include conducting feasibility studies, identifying potential partners, and negotiating deals. The goal is to improve broadband infrastructure and celebrate the achieved progress. The document also provides an overview of various broadband technologies like satellite, fixed wireless, and wired options like fiber and discusses their capabilities and limitations. It concludes with a panel discussion on local broadband projects.
Broadband 101 mn bb conf 2021
- 2. Broadband Development Process – Simplified! Poor Broadband Great Broadband
- 3. Broadband Development Process o Learn from area residents, businesses, community institutions o Go to a conference o Personal broadband circumstance o Review public broadband data o Review broadband maps o Learn about community best practices o Host community meeting(s) o Survey the community o Interview existing providers Proceed to next column! o Examine what other communities have done o Determine local financial capabilities and available tools o Determine decision maker engagement appetite o Recognize resulting opportunity or barrier If no local commitment, regroup to earlier steps With sufficient commitment, go to next column! o Understand their current improvement plans o Ensure their plans meet your needs and vision If not, proceed to next column. If yes, continue below o Negotiate deal structure o Pursue funding as needed Infrastructure improved. Celebrate! o Understand market demand / revenues o Understand technology options – wired and wireless o Understand construction/ operational costs o Understand the resulting business pro-formas and need for subsidy o Select preferred option(s) o Build local support Proceed to next column! o Decide what you are seeking in a partner o Identify preferred and likely partners o Share feasibility study results and community vision o Select preferred partner o Negotiate deal structure o Pursue other funding as needed. Infrastructure improved. Celebrate! Awakening Gather Data Begin to determine the range of acceptable community roles Assess incumbent provider(s) as prospective partner(s) Conduct Feasibility Study Identify and select provider partner(s)
- 4. Agenda • Technology Overview • Bill Coleman, Community Technology Advisors • Panel Discussion • Joe Buttweiler, CTC • Justin Forde, Midco • Barbara Klein, LeSueur County • Whitney Ridlon, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation • Kyle Moorhead, Hometown Fiber • Mark Mrla, Finley Engineering
- 6. Satellite Geo-synchronous • Few satellites remain overhead • High latency/delay • 600 ms • Speeds max out at FCC minimum of 25/3 Mbps • Data caps Low Earth Orbit • Many satellites crossing sky • Better latency • Variable ~60 ms • Average speeds of up to 100/14 Mbps • No data caps • Leaving Beta 10/21
- 7. Fixed Wireless Fiber-fed towers can deliver 100/50 Mbps Speed drops with distance Tower to tower hops slows speeds and adds latency Emerging Trends T-Mobile 5G Home for $50 over mid-band spectrum CBRS shared spectrum over LTE Fixed wireless to low-income housing developments
- 8. Wired Technologies • Fiber optics • Supports symmetric 10 Gbps services • Very low operating expense • Long life • Can support multiple ISPs over an open access network • Can be engineered via PON or Ethernet • Fiber hybrid solutions • Fiber coaxial cable • Up to 1 Gbps download • Up to 50 Mbps upload • 10 Gbps in testing • Requires network upgrades • Fiber twisted pair • Used for DSL service • Very distance sensitive • Outdated technology • Cannot meet 100/20 state broadband goal
- 9. For more info: Blandin Broadband Leadership Webinar Series https://blandinonbroadband.org/2020/04/0 7/blandin-broadband-leadership-webinar- broadband-101-archive/
- 10. Panel Discussion • Joe Buttweiler • CTC • Justin Forde • Midco • Barbara Klein • LeSueur County • Whitney Ridlon • Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation • Kyle Moorhead • Hometown Fiber • Mark Mrla • Finley Engineering
Editor's Notes
- #3: If only achieving broadband improvements were this simple! Like flipping a switch – click! Unfortunately, as Bernadine said, if you are participating in this webinar, you understand that can be a very difficult path towards ensuring that your community has broadband infrastructure and services that, at a minimum, meets state broadband goals and ideally positions your community for growth.
- #4: This table BEGINS to demonstrate the depth and complexity of the community broadband development process. I know that some of you have been working on this process for several years. If you were to map your efforts, there would be many more arrows on this page, most pointing back towards the beginning, engaging multiple times with incumbent and prospective providers as well as repeated efforts to engage local elected leadership. In addition, some community efforts begin someplace in the middle of the chart and circle back towards the first and second columns. Other communities, with better luck, managed to skip many of these steps due to quality private sector partners or extraordinary local elected officials. Some with little struggle have moved almost directly to the Celebrate phase! Lucky them!