PLANNING FOR BROADBAND

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1 PLANNING FOR BROADBAND Sponsored by: Broadband Communities American Planning Association Sept, 2015 Presented by: Kathleen McMahon, AICP

2 SESSION OBJECTIVES Are you Gigabit Ready? Successful Planning for Broadband Compare Broadband Deployment Models

3 PART II: ARE YOU GIGABIT READY? Comprehensive Plans Capital Improvement Plans Codes, R.O.W. & Permitting

4 Comprehensive Plans Broadband Policies Establish the policy basis in Comprehensive plans for adopting mechanisms to promote deployment of broadband infrastructure. Broadband Element Broadband Plan Comp Plan Amendment

5 Broadband Baseline Data Maps Type of Technology Speed Service Areas Number of Providers Anchor Institutions Statistics Rankings Analysis Provider statistics Available by state, county, census places, MSAs, congressional districts Demographics

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7 BROADBAND GOALS

8 Implementation Action Steps Form a broadband task force Develop a broadband plan Inventory & map assets Develop mechanisms to lease public assets

9 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS 5-Year Time Frame Broadband plan can help set priorities for phasing of road construction projects Cost of conduit can be included as part of the road budget Program broadband projects into CIP & with funding sources for broadband improvements Include broadband as a criteria for evaluating projects

10 PERMITS REGULATIONS Zoning Cell Towers - Co-locate Subdivision - Require conduit in the R.O.W in new development & set aside areas for utility boxes Public Work standards revise to include specs for broadband infrastructure R.O.W. Permits Inventory & map

11 JOINT TRENCH Construction of utilities or roads can provide further savings if multiple communications entities coordinate their construction and pursue a joint trench opportunity. In that case, multiple providers share the cost of the trenching and the design.

12 DIG ONCE POLICIES FCC National Broadband Plan Recommend Dig Once policy for all federally funded projects Planning survey indicated less than 5% of communities had policy UW Extension Model Codes

13 PLAN FOR SUCCESS

14 BROADBAND PLAN OBJECTIVES Educate Build Support Vision Action Plan

15 PLANNING PROCESS Engage Stakeholders Survey Community Meetings Task force Needs Assessment Inventory Key Informant Interviews Market Analysis Goals Vision - Policy Framework Next Steps Action Evaluate Alternatives Business Plan Engineering Financials

16 INVOLVE ALL STAKEHOLDERS Broadband Providers City, county, regional governments Economic Development Education (Local schools & higher ed) Health Care Libraries community organizations Public Safety Technology Companies & Professionals Large Employers Business Clusters Downtown Developers (Residential & Commercial) Utilities (Water, Sewer, Power,.)

17 NEEDS ASSESSMENT - PLAN FOR THE FIVE C S Connectivity Access to reliable broadband Capacity Bandwidth & speed Cost Affordable Compare with other areas Choice Mobility Redundancy Community Anchor Inst. & Digital Divide

18 BUSINESS MODELS Aggregate Demand Community Network Hybrid Network

19 AGGREGATE DEMAND MODEL Leverages the collective purchasing power of its participants to enable the purchase of advanced network services at a lower cost. (AKA Commodity Internet Purchasing)

20 Identify Stakeholders Assess Total Bandwidth Needs Other Contract Terms Incentives Issue RFI or RFP for Services Partners Memorandum of Understanding Select Vendor & Negotiate Contract

21 COMMUNITY NETWORK MODEL Public entities build and own all or part of the components of the broadband network.

22 Retail Model Open Access Institutional TYPES OF COMMUNITY NETWORKS Last mile service Operates like a utility Wide Area Network or Middle Mile Connect to Incumbent Network Lease excess bandwidth to providers or business Wide Area Network only for institutional users Backhaul on Incumbent Network

23 COMMUNITY NETWORKS Source:

24 Identify Stakeholders Assess Bandwidth Needs Evaluate Alternatives Feasibility Study Network Design Operational Plan Build Network Community network cost comparison

25 HYBRID APPROACH Includes Elements of Both Projects Joint RFP for some services Build Part of Network Hybrid Approach

26 FUNDING USDA RBEG, RUS, Community Connect Grant EDA NTIA BTOP Inactive for Now Existing expenditures for telecommunication services Revenue bonds, TIF, taxing districts, CIP, Public- Private partnerships

27 LESSONS LEARNED Inventory assets and leverage them in RFP s Even just the threat of competition will often result in better pricing Upload speeds are becoming increasingly important Community partners can bring additional resources to project and reduces risks Any of these models can be operated as public-private partnerships

28 FOR MORE INFO Kate McMahon Applied Communications