connecting anyone, anything, anywhere
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Connecting Anyone, Anything, Anywhere. Seth G. Fearey VP & COO, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network Broadband Summit, June 29, 2007. Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network a public benefit corporation. Business. Government. Education, Healthcare. Labor. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Seth G. FeareyVP & COO, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
Broadband Summit, June 29, 2007
Connecting Anyone, Anything, Anywhere
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Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Networka public benefit corporation
Business
Community-BasedOrganizations
Labor
Government
Education,Healthcare
Funded primarily by board members, and local cities and counties.
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Joint Venture:Silicon Valley
Network
Smart Valley Grand Boulevard
Silicon ValleyEconomic
DevelopmentAlliance
WirelessSilicon Valley
Climate Protection
Smart Health
Cell PhoneCoverage
CaliforniaCompetes
Disaster Preparedness
Website,PropertyListings
Projects
Vision of a WirelessSilicon Valley
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• about 1,500 square miles• 2.4 millionpeople• about 800,000households• 40 towns,cities, and counties• very high density of WiFi hotspots• okay DSL and cable modem coverage• MetroFi, Google, Earthlink activeWir
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Current Participants
San Mateo County • Atherton • Belmont • Brisbane • Burlingame • Colma • Daly City • East Palo Alto • Foster City • Half Moon Bay • Hillsborough • Menlo Park • Millbrae • Pacifica • Portola Valley • Redwood City • San Bruno • San Carlos • San Mateo • San Mateo County • San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office • South San Francisco • Woodside
Santa Clara County • Campbell • Cupertino• Gilroy • Los Altos• Los Altos Hills • Los Gatos • Milpitas • Monte Sereno • Morgan Hill • Mountain View • Palo Alto • San Jose • Santa Clara • Santa Clara County • Saratoga • Stanford Campus Residential Leaseholders • Sunnyvale Alameda County • Newark Santa Cruz County • Santa Cruz
Raised $80,000. Most cities contributed $2,500 each.
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The Wireless Silicon Valley Vision
• Cover all 1,500 square miles outdoors with a broadband wireless network
• Offer seamless interoperability and mobility• No public sector investment• Non-exclusive agreement • First priority is to serve local governments: city
workers, police, fire • Provide visitors, local businesses with easy access • Fill in broadband coverage gaps, underserved
areas
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Anyone, Anything, Anywhere
• Police• Fire• Hospitals• Utilities• Construction• Visitors• Service Businesses• The Arts• Residents
• Laptop• Phone• Electrical, gas,
water meters• Irrigation controller• Parking meter• Signage• Credit card reader• Sensors
Outdoors, or in a train, bus, car, truck, ambulance, …
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Wireless Frequency “Layer Cake”Frequency Licensed? Protocol Applications
5.9 GHz Licensed - Government
802.11p - DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Comm)
Intelligent Transportation, Safety, Congestion Mgt.
5.1-5.8 GHz
Un-licensed 802.11a mesh Business Apps, Wireless backbone, IP TV
4.9 GHz Licensed - Government
802.11a mesh Police, Fire, Homeland Security
2.5 GHz Licensed - Commercial
802.16d/e(WiMAX)
As available. Backhaul (for now), Mobile Access in the Near Future
2.4 GHz Un-licensed 802.11b/g mesh(Wi-Fi)
Fixed & Mobile Business and Consumer Internet, Intranet & VoIP
900 MHz Un-licensed FHSS – Proprietary
Mobile public safety, rural access
700 MHz Licensed – Gov & Commercial
802.16e(WiMAX)
As available. Public Safety Mobility, Mobile WiMAX
450 MHz Licensed - Government
Proprietary Utilities - Automated Meter Reading for Water, Gas, Electric
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Example Applications
• Building inspections using handheld devices.• Connectivity for events, e.g. signage, credit card
readers, coordination• Parks and Recreation kiosks for reservations• Webcams for security• Construction site coordination• Update GIS, workorder databases from the field• Access to police databases and provide ability to
file reports remotely• Remote control of irrigation systems• Wireless parking meters – time of day pricing,
open space sensing, credit card payment
Process
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Two years ago…
• Began with Economic Development Managers• Recruited Chief Information Officers/Information
Technology Managers• Co-chairs – Brian Moura (city), Dan Fenton (visitors
bureau)• San Mateo County Telecommunications Authority
(SAMCAT) Joint Powers Authority is host agency• Monthly meetings, Surveys, Vision Paper, Focus
Groups• Hired Intel Solution Services to draft Request for
Proposal• Released Request for Proposal on April 28th, 2006
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Silicon Valley Metro Connect Team
IBM Project Management, Design, Financing
Cisco
Alvarion
Equipment, Design
SeaKay
(non-profit)
Community Outreach, Digital Inclusion, Applications
Azulstar Network Operator and Wholesaler
The team will add service and technology partners as needed.
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Services Tiers• Basic Service tiers include:
– Free: 1 meg downstream, with advertising– Entry level: $15/month, 1 meg downstream– Extreme: 1 to 3 meg symmetric– Kids: content filters– Voice over Wireless LAN
• Enhanced services for cities, e.g. public safety, SCADA, public works, building inspection
• City portals with local information
All tiers are subject to change during negotiations.
Business Model
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Sources of Revenue for Metro Connect
Silicon Valley Metro Connect
Public
Free
Public
Paid
Cities, Police,
Fire
Business SystemsIntegrationServices
advertising
$$ $
$
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Payments to Member Cities, Counties
CitiesCounties
Silicon Valley Metro Connect
Pole Attachment FeesFees for Use of Public Facilities
Profit SharingSupport for running the Joint Powers Authority
$
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WSV Regional Governance Model
SV MunicipalBroadbandAuthority
JointCommittee
Silicon Valley Metro Connect
Team
Emergency
Response … more
PublicWorks
Trans-portation
Utilities Schools
Visitors, Events
user groups
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Transportation Users Group (TUG)
• Automotive– Daimler Chrysler, VW, BMW, GM, Toyota, Tesla,
Bosch
• Metropolitan Transit Authority• Valley Transportation Authority• SAMTRANS• University of
California PATH program
• SAP, IBM, Cisco
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TUG Project Ideas
• Mobility testbed• Real time bus information• Traffic signal synchronization• Safety – vehicle to vehicle and to off-road• Congestion management• Time of day pricing for use of highways
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Benefits of the “Create a Market” Model
• More users and applications• Users can participate in the design of the
network• More potential to generate income and
refresh the technology• Single network manager• Efficiencies for deployment• Efficiencies for vendor for negotiations with
cities and counties, and other user groups
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Drawbacks
• More complicated network and business model
• Teaming agreements• More capital needed to fund construction
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If we were issuing an RFP today…
• Try to develop an anchor tenancy agreement with a few cities and local businesses in advance.
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Why are we doing Wireless Silicon Valley?
• To make our businesses and government agencies more efficient.
• To improve customer service.• To provide convenience for our residents.• To encourage local wireless entrepreneurs.• To compete in the global economy.
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www.wirelesssiliconvalley.org