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Celebration Technology Initiative Update and Request For Information(RFI) Summary April 14, 2014 Prepared By: Celebration Associates, LLC 1

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To meet the community’s requirement for an advanced network and more robust services, SmartCity has proposed to upgrade all existing residential areas ofCelebration with a leading edge Fiber-To-The-Home, or FTTH (GPON), network, regardless of whether or not Celebration facilitates this effort, and offer aninitial data service to residents of 100 Mbps X 100 Mbps (symmetrical) at a competitive retail rate

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Celebration Technology Initiative Update and

Request For Information(RFI) Summary

April 14, 2014

Prepared By: Celebration Associates, LLC

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Executive Summary

• The Celebration Residential Owners Association, Inc. (CROA), Community Development District (CDD) and Joint Committee (CJC) identified the requirement for an improved, next generation FTTH network providing ubiquitous access to leading edge, wired and wireless voice, video and data services necessary to meet the needs of current and future residents, businesses, health institutions, educational institutions and community entities. Collectively, these organizations are seeking an innovative network solution; preparing the community for the future while serving the needs of today, and providing maximum benefit to Celebration

• Efforts made over the past months with SmartCity and Comcast to address immediate, short term service quality issues has resulted in improved service performance over the existing network. This includes:

• Providing increased broadband throughput to the South Hub ( i.e. West Village, Artisan Park and surrounding area) 

• Additional network"tune-ups and monitoring"

• Meetings with residents, participation in computer users group meetings, etc. to understand and address individual concerns - Smart City

• Established new measurement and reporting tools between Smart City and Comcast to improve the management and performance of the existing plant

• Reduced the number of service calls in February and March

• To meet the community’s requirement for an advanced network and more robust services, SmartCity has proposed to upgrade all existing residential areas of Celebration with a leading edge Fiber-To-The-Home, or FTTH (GPON), network, regardless of whether or not Celebration facilitates this effort, and offer an initial data service to residents of 100 Mbps X 100 Mbps (symmetrical) at a competitive retail rate

• Additionally, Comcast has efforts underway to build its own X1 -HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coax) network to greenfield areas of Celebration -(i.e. Spring Lake) currently in permitting process - and will offer voice, video and data services

• In order to better understand Smart City and Comcast plans and also evaluate competitive provider interest and opportunity, a Celebration Technology Request For Information (RFI) was drafted and issued to the following “pre-qualified” service providers:

• AT&T• Bright House Networks• CenturyLink• Comcast*

*incumbent provider

• Google Fiber• Smart City*• Summit Broadband

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Executive Summary (cont.)

• During the response period, we received numerous information requests and questions from these service providers; primarily around bulk vs. retail solutions, identification of any existing bulk agreements that could impact the provider’s interest, specific technology solutions, easements, and exclusivity of current providers

• To date, formal RFI responses have been received from:

• Bright House Networks• Comcast • Smart City • Summit Broadband

• AT&T has not provided a formal response but has indicated an interest in fully evaluating the “out of territory” opportunity to overbuild Celebration. Due to legal, technical/engineering and regulatory restrictions (as well as opportunities), AT&T has requested additional time to provide a response as to its interest and ability to serve Celebration

• An overview of each responding provider and summary of their RFI response is included in the document

• It is clear that we have been successful in identifying several options for Celebration to enjoy the benefits of the latest, most advanced “Gig Ready” network technology and services and encourage competition by providing residents choice among providers and services

• Celebration leadership should establish the requirements for selecting a solution, including:

• Network Architecture - FTTH vs. HFC/X1

• Overbuild vs. Upgrade - Disturbance and Easement issues

• CROA Bulk vs. Retail Pricing

• Marketing/Promotional Rights

• The recommended next step is to share the results from this RFI exercise with CROA and the CJC and schedule presentations with those providers who Celebration is most interested in hearing from and that are considered to have provided the best response(s). As Smart City and Comcast are the incumbents currently serving Celebration, they should be included in the presentations

• Comcast has proposed to mobilize an Xfinity demonstration “trailer” in Celebration as part of their proposal and provided a tentative list of attendees for the CROA meeting on 4/29: Amy  Smith  –  Senior  Regional  Vice  President  ,  Donny FitzGerald – Vice President of Engineering, Tom Zemaitis – Vice President of Marketing, Rafael Visbal – Vice President of Commercial Development Sales, Regan Anderson – Senior Director of Commercial Development – Strategic Team

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Responding Service Providers Company Summary

• Acquired by Cable Bahamas (CAB) in 2013 - publicly traded on the Bahamian stock exchange (BISX)

• Serves 29,000 residents in Florida

• Five (5) FTTH Communities in Central Florida (235 total)

• FTTH Provider in Disney’s Golden Oak

• Provider in Emerson

• Incumbent Local Exchange Company

• Headquartered in LBV with a service area that consists of 27,000 acres in Orange and Osceola Counties

• Serves residents in Celebration, Lake Buena Vista, and Little Lake Bryan

• Deploying FTTH in

greenfield areas of Celebration (i.e. Spring Lake) - voice/data only

• Parent company is Comcast Corporation - Publicly traded

• Single largest converged network in the U.S.

• Serves over 21 million customers

• Existing Franchised Cable Provider in Celebration

• In permitting process to build its own network in greenfield areas of Celebration and provide voice, video and data services

• Privately-held, LLC

• Sixth largest cable company in the U.S., second largest in Florida

• Serves 2.5 million customers in five (5) states

• Triple Play - Voice, Video and Data

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Service Provider RFI Responses Dashboard

Bright House Networks Comcast Smart City Summit Broadband

Wired Network Architecture

FTTH* FTTH*X1 - HFC

FTTH FTTH

Regulatory Status CLECFranchised Cable Provider

Franchised Cable Provider ILEC CLECFranchised Cable Provider

Voice X X X X

Video X X X

Data X X X X

WirelessWirelessWirelessWirelessWireless

In-home WIFI X X X X

Celebration/Metro WIFI X X X

National WIFI X

OtherOtherOtherOtherOther

Home Security/Automation X X

Mobile Apps X

* With Bulk Agreement Only

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Synergy Assessment Completed After Presentations

Vision and Values Alignment with Celebration- Do the company’s vision and values align with those of Celebration? Is this company’s vision to be a best in class provider in this type of market? Did the company’s representatives conduct themselves in a way that is in line with Celebration’s community values? Access To Decision-Makers - Did the company’s decision maker(s) attend the meetings or were they included by name in the proposal/presentations such that you are comfortable that you could easy access that decision maker as required throughout the agreement, engineering, construction, deployment and operations phases of the project? Commitment to Innovative Solutions - Did the company demonstrate a commitment to innovative technology solutions (or are they a “business as usual” company)? Champion is Clear to Identify - Was the company’s local champion clear to identify at the presentations or in the proposal? If so, how comfortable are you in with that person, based on your initial introduction? Long Term Commitment - Is the company in this business for the long term and do you sense that they are committed and focused on the long term success of the project? Does the Company Anticipate Future Change - Is the company undergoing or anticipating a major change that could effect the project? This would include a merger, sale, restructuring, etc. (This could be good or bad but could disrupt the project) Do they “Walk The Walk”- Did the company act or practice what their company believes in their presentation (or did they just pay “lip service” to those company beliefs)? OVERALL SYNERGY RANKING

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Service Provider Synergy Ranking { Rank 1 - 5 with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest }

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Bright House Networks Comcast Smart City Summit Broadband

Vision and Values Alignment with Celebration

Access To Decision-Makers

Commitment to Innovative Solutions

Champion is Clear to Identify

Long Term Commitment

Does the Company Anticipate Future Change

Do they “Walk The Walk”

OVERALL SYNERGY RANKING

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Coaxial Cable - Transports Comcast Video and Data services to home

Existing Fiber - Transports Comcast and Smart City signals into Celebration

Copper Cable - Transports Smart City Voice and Data services to home

FTTH Overbuilder - New Fiber - Transports Voice, Video and Data services

CABLE COMPANY Overbuilder - New Fiber and Coaxial Cable - Transports Voice, Video and Data services

Telecommunications Network Comparison - Existing Plan vs. Overbuild

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