Ore go n B roa db and A dvis ory Co mmit t e e Me e t ing

February 22, 2018 Salem, OR

Attendance Members Present: Joseph Franell, Wade Holmes, Lonny Macy, Jeremy Pietzold, Dave Sabala, Bryan Adams attending for Michael Weidman, and David Yamamoto Staff Present: Christopher Tamarin, Business Oregon Guests: Bryan Adams, LS Networks; Michael Curri, Strategic Networks Group; Michael Elford and Tre Hendrix, CenturyLink; John Estrem, Black Mountain Consulting; Jennifer Joly, Oregon Municipal Electric Utilities Association; Melissa Leoni, Legislative Policy and Research Office; Michael McArthur, Association of Oregon Counties; Carrie Pipinich, Mid-Columbia Economic Development District; Angela Siefer, National Digital Inclusion Alliance; Sarah Spinks, Marion County; Tammy Stempel, City of Gladstone; Jennifer Stoll and Scott Gallant, OCHIN; Stuart Taubman, Zayo; Carla Wade, Oregon Department of Education; Paul Zolner, Business Oregon Meeting was called to order at 9:20 am. Welcome, Introductions, Minutes Approval Joe Franell called the meeting to order and asked for guest introductions. Joe welcomed Tillamook County Commissioner David Yamamoto as a new council member. Minutes Jeremy Pietzold moved that the January 25, 2018, minutes be approved as distributed. Wade Holmes seconded the motion. The council approved the motion. In Memoriam Joe Franell noted the passing of two Oregonians in the past several weeks that made significant contributions to the cause of broadband in Oregon; Michael Dewey, the Executive Director of the Oregon Cable Telecommunications Association, and Ray Baum, former Chair of the Oregon Public Utility Commission and of OBAC. National Broadband Activity Updates Chris Tamarin provided references on the following national broadband activity regarding infrastructure deployment, technology, market trends, public policy, and illustrations of the value of broadband adoption and utilization since the council’s last meeting.

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Trump Administration Infrastructure Plan President Trump released his $1.5 trillion plan for rebuilding America’s infrastructure and his FY 2019 budget proposal on February 12, 2018. Though the plan is actually a $200 billion federal infrastructure plan includes: $50 billion for a rural infrastructure program that would distribute funds to the states as block grants to be used for infrastructure projects in rural areas with populations of less than 50,000 and $14 billion from an infrastructure financing program would go to expanding a number of existing credit programs, including TIFIA, WIFIA, RRIF, and RUS. The balance of the $1.5 trillion is to come from the states, local government, and private sector investment. White House briefings Internet Access Devices Smart Phones continue to grow as a primary Internet access device. According to International Data Corporation, Smartphone shipments will grow from 1.5 billion units in 2017 to 1.7 billion units in 2021. “Phablets”—smartphones with a screen size of between 5.5 inches and 7 inches—will grow the fastest and phablet market share will exceed 50% of the smartphone market by 2019. Phablets were just one percent of smartphone shipments in 2012. phablets article New USDA RUS Administrator President Trump has announced his intent to appoint Kenneth Johnson, a Missouri rural electric cooperative executive, as administrator of the Agriculture Department's Rural Utilities Service. Johnson is CEO/general manager of Co-Mo Electric Cooperative in Tipton, Mo., and president of its internet subsidiary, Co-Mo Comm. Johnson’s experience with rural utilities, including expanding access to high-speed internet was noted. The Fence Post article FCC Releases Internet Access Services Report The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau issued its Internet Access Services Report on February 7, 2018, which summarizes information on internet access connections in the United States as of December 31, 2016, as collected by FCC Form 477. The report indicates internet connections increased by about six percent between December 2015 and December 2016 to 376 million, and most of the growth in total internet connections is attributable to increased mobile internet access subscribership. Mobile internet connections increased seven percent year-over-year to 270 million in December 2016, while the number of fixed connections grew to 106 million–up about three percent from December 2015. Voice telephone service report for data as of December 31, 2016. WCB releases a report summarizing information collected about voice telephone services as of December 31, 2016. Action by: Wireline Competition Bureau by REPORT, February 2018. WCB

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FCC Releases Voice Telephone Services Report The Wireline Competition Bureau also issued its Voice Telephone Services Report on February 7, 2018, which summarizes the information collected on telephone services as of December 31, 2016. The report noted in December 2016, there were 58 million end user switched access lines in service, 63 million interconnected VoIP subscriptions and 341 million mobile subscriptions in the United States. Over the three year period, interconnected VoIP subscriptions increased at a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent, mobile voice subscriptions increased at a compound annual growth rate of three percent and retail switched access lines declined at 12% per year. Voice Telephone Services: Status as of December 31, 2016, Industry Analysis and Technology Division Wireline Competition Bureau February 2018. Connect America Fund II Auction to Provide Broadband Funding The FCC is preparing for the Connect America Fund II auction. This initiative will provide as much as $2 billion in funding for broadband carriers who elect to bring broadband services to unserved and underserved areas of the country. Operators selected from these auctions will be required to deliver 10/1 Mbps broadband to thousands of census blocks https://www.fcc.gov/maps/caf2-auction-final-areas/ across the country in with service fees reasonably comparable to similar offerings in urban areas. Broadband carriers of all types and sizes are encouraged to participate. The FCC expects to see participation from customary providers like ILECs, but also from electric cooperatives, wireless ISPs, and other non-traditional broadband carriers. Applications are due on March 30. Final auction rules and locations were voted on by the FCC in late January. Interested parties can visit this CAF II Auction website for more details. Adtran article on the funding Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Greg Walden Want to Close the Digital Divide Senator Ron Wyden joined 16 colleagues from across the country in sending a letter last week to President Donald Trump, requesting at least $40 billion in infrastructure spending for rural broadband development. Congressman Greg Walden, has also focused on the digital divide, leading a hearing on broadband solutions last week in Washington, D.C. Walden, who is chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees telecommunications, stressed the need to reduce what he described as “unnecessary roadblocks” to siting new broadband in rural areas, saying the environmental review process to build on federal lands is especially burdensome. Closing the digital divide has made headlines early in 2018 after Trump signed a pair of executive orders in January to cut red tape for rural broadband deployment. Both orders are intended to make it easier for private companies to build broadband infrastructure, such as radio towers, on federal property. Capital Press story

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Charter Communications is Testing Fixed Wireless Technology Charter Communications has reported in an FCC filing that its tests of fixed wireless services in the 3.5 GHz band show that it can provide 25/3 Mbps services at “significant distances.” “To deliver ubiquitous connectivity to our customers, we will rely increasingly on next generation wireless technologies like 5G, and significantly improve and expand the reach of our wired broadband network,” the company wrote recently on its website. News article Sprint plans to launch 5G Sprint Corporation said it plans to launch a commercial fifth-generation, or 5G, network in early 2019, putting it roughly in line with its rivals’ rollout plans as it charts a new course following the collapse of merger talks late last year with T-Mobile US Inc. 5G networks have implications for other machines and devices, such as self-driving cars. Sprint said the 5G network will benefit its parent company SoftBank Group which—in addition to owning Sprint—also has a major investment in Uber Technologies Inc. After talks with T-Mobile unraveled, Sprint said in November that it would spend $5 billion to $6 billion annually on its network this year, up from the $3.5 billion to $4 billion it projected for last year. Wall Street Journal article T-Mobile plans to Launch 5G T-Mobile is looking to 2020 for a full 5G rollout and will utilize its 600 MHz spectrum to introduce 5G service next year. T-Mobile also has unspecified plans for providing Layer3 over-the-top services. AT&T Fixed Wireless AT&T has expanded its fixed wireless Internet infrastructure in four states. AT&T fixed wireless is now available in 33 counties serving more than 37,000 locations in Alabama, 40 counties serving more than 26,000 locations in Arkansas, 46 counties serving more than 27,000 locations in Georgia, and 51 counties serving more than 37,000 locations in Tennessee. AT&T also extended its fiber network to more than 150,000 locations in Alabama, 725,000 locations in Georgia, and 330,000 locations in Tennessee. AT&T reports 1 gigabit service via fiber is available to more than 7 million locations across 67 metros now. AT&T’s goal is to expand that reach to at least 12.5 million locations by mid-2019. Cutting the Cable TV Cord S&P Global Market Intelligence is forecasting that more than 37 million households will be relying exclusively on broadband for video by 2022. That figure is nearly double the number of broadband-only households today as consumers continue to shy away from multichannel video, the research firm added. S&P Global Market Intelligence expects 38.4% of the combined residential cable and telco wireline broadband subscribers in 2022 to drop legacy multichannel distribution and rely mostly on a combination of broadband and over-the-air broadcast signals for home video entertainment. Broadband-only homes, or households without a traditional multichannel video package but a subscription to wireline broadband, will rise at a 14.4% compound annual growth rate from 2017 to 2022. And will account for 29.2% of U.S. occupied households by 2022. Traditional multichannel market penetration will be in the low 60% range at that time.

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Cyber-Security Risks The Equifax data breach revealed in September exposed more consumer information than was originally reported, including tax identification numbers and phone numbers, Equifax said in documents given to the Senate banking committee. The size of the data breach was discovered in a forensic investigation. Telehealth, Telemedicine Reimbursement The two-year budget deal signed into law by President Trump includes several provisions that loosen Medicare restrictions on telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement. The new law:

• Eliminates geographic restrictions on telestroke consultation services, beginning in 2019; • Expands telehealth coverage under Medicare Advantage Plan B, beginning in 2020; • Gives Accountable Care Organizations more flexibility to use telehealth services; • Adds the patient’s home freestanding dialysis facilities, without geographic restriction, to

the list of originating sites for monthly telehealth assessments with a nephrologist, beginning in 2019, though Medicare would not provide a separate originating site payment if the service was conducted at home; and

• Extends for two years the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Independence at Home demonstration, which establishes home-based primary care teams for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions, and increase the cap on the total number of participating beneficiaries from 10,000 to 15,000.

Social Media Usage Report More than 4 billion people worldwide use the internet, according to a new report from social media management company Hootsuite and creative agency We are Social. Of the 4 billion total, social media brings nearly 3.2 billion active users online to connect with each other, consume media, interact with brands and more, according to the report, Digital in 2018. In the past year, 16 million people started using social media platforms in the U.S.—an increase of 7%. Now, more than 70% of Americans use social media and spend two hours a day on social platforms. Overall, Americans spend 6.5 hours a day using the Internet, 60% more time than they spend watching television. The report also found that global growth of the Internet is driving ecommerce. Collectively, consumers spent a total of nearly $1.5 trillion on ecommerce platforms in the past 12 months, 16% more than in 2016. SpaceX Satellites for High-Speed Internet Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to deliver high-speed internet to the world using thousands of small satellites. The company is launched a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with two experimental satellites that will test out the technology SpaceX plans to use for its internet service, according to public filings.

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SpaceX's plan is to "deliver broadband services directly to [people] anywhere in the United States or around the world" at speeds similar to some of the quickest ground-based internet connections. Some of SpaceX's internal financial documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal last year show the company has high expectations for this satellite network and reported that "SpaceX projected the satellite-internet business would have more than 40 million subscribers and bring in more than $30 billion in revenue by 2025." CNN Money article The Cloud and changing patterns of use Cisco says almost all workloads will be cloud based within 3 years. By 2021, 94% of all workloads will run in some form of cloud environment. Even on-premises workloads will run in a virtualized environment. That 94% covers both public and private cloud scenarios, which means even in an on-premises scenario, almost all workloads are going to be run in a virtualized environment. The days where a server is dedicated to one workload are rapidly drawing to a close. One reason traffic is moving to the cloud is there is a lot of it and the amount of traffic is growing fast—and it needs the elasticity the cloud offers. Cisco predicts data center traffic will triple by 2021, with traffic in North America growing from 2.8 zettabytes per year now to 8 zettabytes by 2021. The Asia/Pacific region will grow the fastest, from 2.1 zettabytes this year to 6.7 zettabytes in 2021. That means big growth in hyperscale data centers, the massive data centers that are the size of multiple football stadiums with tens of thousands of servers and often their own power source, like a hydroelectric plant or wind turbines. Most are operated by the largest cloud providers, such as Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft. Cisco predicts hyperscale data centers will go from 27% share of total data center servers to 53% by 2021, and it says the number of hyperscale data centers will grow from 338 in 2016 to 628 in 2021. By 2021, they will account for 69% of all data center processing power, 65% of all data stored, and 55% of all data center traffic. Network World article State Broadband Activity Updates Chris Tamarin provided references on the following state broadband activity regarding infrastructure deployment, technology, market trends, public policy, and illustrations of the value of broadband adoption and utilization since the council’s last meeting. Zayo Announces a New Fiber Route Zayo Group announced plans for a new long haul dark fiber network between Reno, Nevada, and Umatilla, Oregon. The route is anchored by a webscale customer and is generating strong demand from additional customers. The network expansion will add more than 600 route miles along the western U.S. and adds to the Portland and Umatilla route announced last year. The route, which will be fully underground, connects the two cities via Prineville, Oregon. The expansion creates a diverse route between Portland and other major cities on the West Coast. Zayo Press Release; Telecompetitor article

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Presentations Michael Curri, President of Strategic Networks Group (SNG), presented the economic case of broadband as essential infrastructure. He said that ubiquitous affordable broadband access at a minimum of 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream is necessary if a community is to be able to improve local business competitiveness, innovation, growth, and to ultimately survive in an information based global digital economy. Broadband availability and utilization produces increased revenues and jobs. SNG’s research show that broadband enables businesses to be more competitive, creates a demand for high-skilled workers, and grows markets and revenues for service providers. Many of the greatest benefits for communities are off-balance sheet for the service providers, which is why local community leaders and government need to engage to help drive the case for broadband deployment. And those benefits increase with rates of utilization. As users view broadband as essential, it influences decisions. Michael noted that nearly half of households will relocate if they are unable to get access to broadband, especially young people and those in higher income households, including long standing residents! This suggests that the availability of broadband in a community impacts its vitality and long term sustainability. The availability and utilization of broadband has a positive impact on household including employment opportunities and methods (telework). The ability for people to telework creates new opportunities to live and work in their community of choice. If their community of choice is to be rural, rural communities need to make sure that this essential infrastructure is in place. Michael noted that the challenge is twofold, one, connecting people to broadband networks and, two, providing them with the knowledge of what to do with it. SNG conducted research for the state of Tennessee in 2016-17, and found that 13% of the population did not have broadband access in their homes, and lack of awareness was a contributing factor.

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Roads were the strategic infrastructure for the industrial economy. Broadband is the current strategic infrastructure for communities in today’s digital economy. Broadband enables people to work telework-location-neutral jobs for wherever they choose to live. SNG’s finding are based on data collected across nine states. How do we make it happen? Communities need to focus not just on the business case for broadband, but the broader economic case including the externalities. Communities need to approach the challenge in the same way it does for roads, water systems and other essential infrastructure. In places where private sector returns are not sufficient to justify investment, the public sector needs to step in and provide investment that can be amortized over much longer time periods making the investment feasible. Michael cited Ammon, Idaho as a case in point. Ammon constructed fiber-to-the home network infrastructure that reduced municipal operations costs, reduced household costs, and increased local business revenues. Addition data and information about the broadband strategy in Ammon may be found on SNG's site. Tre Hendrix cautioned that predicting the telecommunications market and technologies twenty plus years in to the future is also a challenge and introduces significant risks to a municipality or other government entity considering financing broadband infrastructure projects.

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Michael acknowledge the point, but noted that expecting private sector providers to invest where there is no business case is unfair and unlikely to happen. Both the risk and the benefits must be evaluated against the investment cost. Michael participated in today’s council meeting from Marseilles, France. Angela Siefer Angela Siefer is Executive Director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA). Most of the alliance members are community based organization and libraries. The Alliance is an advocate for home broadband access, public broadband access, personal devices and local technology training and support programs. NDIA is a network of practitioners, but is also trying to influence public policy. Digital Inclusion refers to the activities necessary to ensure that all individuals and communities, including the most disadvantaged, have access to and use of Information and Communication Technologies. This includes:

• Affordable, robust broadband internet service; • Internet-enabled devices that meet the needs of the user; • Access to digital literacy training; • Quality technical support; and • Applications and online content designed to enable and encourage self-sufficiency,

participation and collaboration. Digital Equity is a condition in which all individuals and communities have the information technology capacity needed for full participation in our society, democracy and economy. Digital Equity is necessary for civic and cultural participation, employment, lifelong learning, and access to essential services. Digital Inclusion must evolve as technology advances. Digital Inclusion requires intentional strategies and investments to reduce and eliminate historical, institutional and structural barriers to access and use technology. Angela noted that she is not aware of any states that have establish formal policies regarding Digital Inclusion. She hopes that Oregon will be a leader and adopter. Angela participated in the meeting from Columbus, Ohio. Michael Elford Michael Elford, Director of Environmental & Outside Plant Strategy and Development for CenturyLink, provided an overview the company’s Connect America Fund 2 (CAF2) capital construction projects. CAF 2 is the FCC’s Universal Service for broadband deployment program. Companies accepting CAF 2 funding must deploy broadband in underserved areas with speeds of at least 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream (10x1 Mbps).

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Mike reported that CenturyLink plans to deploy 10x1 Mbps service to more than 41,000 rural high cost living units in dozens of wire centers throughout Oregon and that thousands of additional living units adjacent to CAF 2 areas will benefit from the fiber optic cable being placed as part of the buildout program. All broadband deployment under the CAF2 funding will be completed in 2020. CAF2 is aimed at improving service to rural high cost to serve areas. Low population density and terrain are major deployment challenges.

Oregon CAF2 Targeted Areas

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Mike noted that CenturyLink is on target to meet all the federal milestones under CAF2. Customer densities will decline with future rounds of CAF making network buildouts more challenging. CenturyLink is exploring both wireline (including copper and fiber facilities) and wireless technologies (including 5G) to address broadband improvement needs. Rural Broadband deployment key learnings…

• Low density, high cost rural areas by their very nature are expensive to upgrade and serve • The primary cost of deployment is fiber optic placement–trenching/aerial • CAF 2 has spurred a number of manufacturing advances in broadband equipment tailored

for rural markets • Alternative technologies for last mile connectivity are evolving and may be used in certain

instances • Terrain is still a major deployment challenge • Deploying fiber optic cable deeper into rural America will provide the foundation for future

broadband upgrades Other developing broadband solution for rural areas were discussed including 5G, low-earth orbit satellite, and geo-stationary satellites technologies were also discussed.

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Work Session 2018 Legislative Session Chris Tamarin provided an update on broadband related bills and resolutions introduced in the 2018 Legislative Session. HB 4023 As amended to date, directs Oregon Broadband Advisory Council to conduct a study to identify options for a local broadband champion program to foster and support local broadband champions. No later than December 1, 2018, the council shall report to the interim legislative committees on economic development with a proposed local broadband champion program structure that identifies potential public or private partnerships and anticipated funding needs and sources. Establishes the Connecting Oregon Schools Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the purpose of providing matching funds for federal moneys received by school districts for the purpose of providing broadband access to eligible schools in this state. Referred to the Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology with a do pass recommendation 2/14/18. HB4023 Introduced and Proposed Amendment HB 4027 Defines “solar project” to mean photovoltaic solar power generation facility and land on which facility is located. Requires county with population of less than 775,000, upon request of owner or person in possession or control of solar project, to enter into agreement pursuant to which property constituting solar project is exempt from property taxation and becomes subject to fee in lieu of taxes. If solar project is located within incorporated city, requires city and county to enter into agreement. Repeals exemption for property of company constituting certain communication services infrastructure [repeals ORS 308.677 Gigabit fiber property tax exemption]. Allows property tax credit to company in amount invested in property capable of being used solely to provide certain communication services and that would not have been invested but for availability of repealed exemption. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. Work Sessions schedule for 2/15, 2/19, and 2/20/18. HB4027 Introduced HB 4155 Prohibits broadband Internet access service provider from disclosing, selling or permitting access to personal information of customers of provider. Creates exceptions, including exception for giving express consent. Requires broadband Internet access service provider to take reasonable measures to protect personal information of customers of provider. Requires broadband Internet access service provider to provide notice of provisions of Act to potential customers of provider. Makes violation of Act unlawful trade practice. Establishes Task Force on Broadband Security to study uniformity of laws throughout United States with respect to protecting customers of broadband Internet access service providers. Requires task force to submit report, including recommendations for legislation, to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary no later than December 15, 2018. Becomes operative January 1, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage. Sponsored by Representatives Williamson, Holvey (Presession filed.)

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Proposed amendments provide that a public body may not contract with a broadband Internet access service provider that does not adhere to the principles of network neutrality as specified in the amendments. Possible work session scheduled for 2/15/18. HB4155 Introduced and Proposed Amendment Rural Broadband Capacity Pilot Program Chris Tamarin recounted that the Governor’s Office has allocated $500,000 for grant(s) of up to a total of $500,000 from the Strategic Reserve Fund to be available for the support of broadband planning, engineering, and/or infrastructure deployment projects targeting rural and underserved populations (areas that do not have broadband service available at the current FCC designation of 25 million bits per second (Mbps) downstream and 3 Mbps upstream, excluding satellite service). Business Oregon is administering the Rural Broadband Capacity Pilot Program and will provide financial support in the form of grant(s) of up to a cumulative total of $500,000 for projects that will increase the availability and utilization of broadband infrastructure and services. A grant may be used for the following:

• Planning—For projects to organize and engage rural community stakeholders to develop broadband strategic plans for the deployment, adoption and utilization of broadband infrastructure in their respective communities.

• Engineering—For projects that have completed plans, a grant may be used for the design and engineering of broadband infrastructure.

• Infrastructure—For projects that have completed plans and engineering designs, a grant may be used for the construction of broadband infrastructure.

• Matching Funds—A grant may also be used as matching funds to enable recipients to qualify for grants and loans from federal and private foundation funding programs for broadband planning, engineering and infrastructure deployment projects.

Business Oregon received twenty-five applications with more than $4.5 million in grant requests. Pilot program information and an application form may be found online. 2018 Broadband in Oregon report The Oregon Broadband Advisory Council shall submit a report by November 1 of each even-numbered year to the Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology on the following subjects: (1) The affordability and accessibility of broadband technology in all areas of this state; [and] (2) The extent of broadband technology use in this state in the telehealth industry, energy management, education and government; and (3) The role of broadband technology in local, state and regional economies and economic development. OBAC’s next report is due on November 1, 2018.

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A working outline for the 2018 report was established: 1. Broadband in Oregon—Infrastructure Trends and Technologies

—Industry Structure —Broadband Infrastructure Projects

2. Broadband Accessibility in Oregon

3. Broadband Affordability in Oregon

a. Broadband Service Providers in Oregon b. Broadband Performance

4. Broadband Technology Adoption and Utilization in Oregon

a. Broadband Adoption b. Telehealth c. Energy Management d. Education e. Government

5. Broadband Technology: Role in Local, State, and Regional Economies and Economic

Development

6. Broadband Related Challenges and Opportunities a. Digital Inclusion b. Cyber Security c. Education

i. K-12 Schools ii. Higher Education

d. Public Safety/FirstNet/911 Centers e. Local Community Broadband Planning f. Federal Funding Programs g. Network Interconnection h. Concluding Remarks

7. Appendices

a. Oregon Broadband Advisory Council Members 2018 b. Oregon Broadband Advisory Council Summary of Activities 2010-2018

8. References

9. Acknowledgments

Council members will focus on their respective areas of interest.

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STEM Education Events Joe reported that there will be STEM education events scheduled in Oregon later this year organized by Portland STEM to be sponsored by Huawei Technologies, one in Southern Oregon, and one in Eastern Oregon. More details to follow. Public Questions/Comments Chris T noted that the Telehealth Alliance of Oregon’s Annual Meeting and Summit is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, April 5-6, 2018 at the Embassy Suites Hotel at Portland Washington Square in Tigard. The theme of this year's Summit is Unlocking the Power of Telehealth: I³ Integration, Implementation and Innovation. The Summit will focus on using integration, collaboration, and innovation to enhance the power of telehealth as a strategy for advancing healthcare. The program will explore telemedicine healthcare models, telehealth technologies and strategies, and include a Policy Forum that will examine priorities for telehealth such as cybersecurity, FirstNet, FCC healthcare funding, and a national perspective on new telehealth policy. The program and registration are available online. Jeremy reported that he was invited to Washington, DC, to provide a briefing on local community broadband solutions and how they can be supported by federal public policy to congressional staff on Capitol Hill. Other local community speakers were from California, Colorado, Minnesota, and Maryland. Meeting Schedule The February 22, 2018, meeting of the Oregon Broadband Advisory Council was held at the Local Government Center, 1201 Court Street NE, Salem, Oregon. The next meeting of the council will be held on April 26, 2018, in Salem. Meeting information will be posted on the council website. Meeting adjourned at 12:15 pm.

Approved by:

Signature on file _4/26/18______________ Joseph Franell, Chair Date Oregon Broadband Advisory Council

Signature on file _4/26/18______________ Christopher Tamarin Date Business Oregon