planning for broadband sponsored by: broadband communities american planning association sept, 2015...
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PLANNING FOR BROADBAND
Sponsored by: Broadband Communities
American Planning Association
Sept, 2015
Presented by: Kathleen McMahon, [email protected]
SESSION OBJECTIVES
• Are you Gigabit Ready?
• Successful Planning for Broadband
• Compare Broadband Deployment Models
PART II: ARE YOU GIGABIT READY?
Comprehensive Plans
Capital Improvement Plans
Codes, R.O.W. & Permitting
Comprehensive PlansBroadband Policies
Broadband Element
Broadband Plan
Comp Plan Amendment
Establish the policy basis in Comprehensive plans for adopting mechanisms to promote deployment of broadband infrastructure.
• Statistics
• Rankings
• Provider statistics
• Available by state, county, census places, MSAs, congressional districts
• Type of Technology
• Speed
• Service Areas
• Number of Providers
• Anchor Institutions
• Demographics
WWW.BROADBANDMAP.GOV
Maps Analysis
Broadband – Baseline Data
BROADBAND GOALS
Implementation – Action Steps
• Form a broadband task force
• Develop a broadband plan
• Inventory & map assets
• Develop mechanisms to lease public assets
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
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
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.”
DIG ONCE POLICIES
2010
•FCC – National Broadband Plan Recommend “Dig Once” policy for all federally funded projects
2013
•Planning survey indicated less than 5% of communities had policy
2014
•UW Extension – Model Codes http://broadband.uwex.edu/resources/
PLAN FOR SUCCESS
BROADBAND PLAN OBJECTIVES
Educate Build Support Vision Action
Plan
PLANNING PROCESS
Action Evaluate Alternatives Business Plan Engineering Financials
Vision - Policy Framework
Goals Next Steps
Needs AssessmentInventory Key Informant Interviews Market Analysis
Engage Stakeholders
Survey Community Meetings Task force
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, ….)
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
BUSINESS MODELS
Aggregate Demand
Community Network
Hybrid Network
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)
Identify Stakeholders
Assess Total Bandwidth Needs
Other Contract Terms
Incentives
Issue RFI or RFP for Services
Partners Memorandum of Understanding
Select Vendor & Negotiate Contract
COMMUNITY NETWORK MODEL
Public entities build and own all or part of the components of the broadband network.
TYPES OF COMMUNITY NETWORKS
Retail Model• Last mile service
• Operates like a utility
Open Access• Wide Area Network
or Middle Mile
• Connect to Incumbent Network
• Lease excess bandwidth to providers or business
Institutional • Wide Area
Network only for institutional users
• Backhaul on Incumbent Network
Identify Stakeholders
Assess Bandwidth Needs
Evaluate Alternatives
Feasibility Study
Network Design
Operational Plan
Build Network
Community network cost comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izYslyrm3oU
HYBRID APPROACH
Includes Elements of Both Projects
Joint RFP for some services
Build Part of Network
Hybrid Approach
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
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
FOR MORE INFO
Kate McMahon
Applied Communications
406-863-9255