Why the planning department is taking on the role of champions

• Broadband demand• The evolution of municipal broadband in small town and

rural communities• The role of town planner in municipal broadband

projects• APA’s Broadband and Smart City Technologies Survey

Why the Planning Department is Taking on the Role of “Champions” for Municipal Broadband Initiatives

in Rural Communities

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• Major trends in technology, economics and society• Smart Cities technologies• Small town and rural broadband – getting to

broadband in the first place

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Five New Technologies Driving Digital Data Production

1. Mobile Traffic: • Facebook, Twitter: all messaging is Cloud-based

• Next generation of wireless technology is faster (4G/5G) but also moves mobile processing from cell

sites to the cloud

2. Data Storage• Amazon Web Services (between 3 and 5 million servers)

• Apple iCloud (300 million people store files)

• Dropbox (175 million)

• Microsoft OneDrive (250 million)

• Google Drive (120 million)Source: Bain Analysis, Forrester, IDC, Gartner, Cisco

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3. Cloud Business Applications

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4. The Traditional Consumer Internet Is Expanding…



Changing Demographics Prompt New Technologies:• Young committed to online technologies• Aging population and healthcare = Telemedicine• Scans, monitoring, large files• Expanding number of patients/time• Insurance companies pushing Patient Portals

• Multiple Dwelling Homes (MDU) - 90% of seniors who own MDUs are demanding faster Internet

4. The Traditional Consumer Internet Is Expanding…


5. The Internet of Things

• Wearables and health monitoring• T-Commerce and Smart TV• Home security: cameras, monitors and detectors• Connected appliances• The connected car

In a Nutshell: It’s a Lot of Data…and a Growing Digital Economy


• Between 2016 and 2020, Internet traffic in NA will grow 20%/year • Demand for much higher speed broadband• Shift from download to upload• Moving to symmetrical/Gigabit service within 5 years

All Connected Through the Internet…


• Cloud-based Mobile• Cloud-based Data Storage• Cloud-based Applications• Expanding Consumer Internet• Internet of Things and Self-driving Cars

• Water, electricity, roads and Broadband…

Broadband Basics

Four different categories: • DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) – twisted copper pair

• Cable – coaxial cable

• Mobile and Satellite – radio waves

• Fiber-optic – optical fiber

Network speed measured in bits per second (bps) • Kilobit (Kbps) = 1,000 bps (dial-up 56 Kbps)

• 1 Megabit (Mbps) = 1,000,000 bps (typical DSL is 4.5 Mbps)

• 1 Gigabit (Gbps) = 1,000,000,000 bps (1,000 Mbps)

Upload and download (Asymmetrical vs. Symmetrical)

FCC’s definition since 2015: 25 Mbps/3 Mbps

Moving quickly toward Gigabyte-level expectations


Long-haul, Middle Mile & Last Mile Fiber

Long-haul

Middle Mile: The backbone portion of the network between major hubs

• “State Roads”

• Often sponsored/provided by the state

• Increasingly Open Access

• Mostly funding for Anchor Institutions

Gig.U partnership: 37 research university campuses and communities

Anchor Institutions:

• Hospitals, K-12 schools, libraries

• Usually Fed, state and local collaborative funding

• SHLB expansion: E-Rate and Healthcare Connect

- Paul Barford, University of Wisconsin - Madison

http://www.businessinsider.com/map-long-haul-fiber-optic-cable-network-united-states-2016-3

Smart City/Smart Government Services

• Traffic management

• Large file transmission (e.g., building permits)

• Two-way video streaming:

• Courts

• Local government services

• Smart signs

• Public safety and resiliency

• Road repair reporting

• Booking/availability and paying for parking



Middle Mile: MassBroadband 123 Network

• Middle mile network built and operated since 2014 by Mass Broadband Institute

• 1,200 miles of fiber-optic network connecting 120 central/western communities in Massachusetts

• $90 million: $45 million from BTOP and $44 from various Mass funds

• Managed by Axia NGNetworks USA


The Falmouth Area Network and OpenCape

• Non-profit OpenCape Corp built and maintains the OpenCape middle mile fiber optic network

• Fiber-optic broadband and dark fiber throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod

• Launched in 2013 for $40 million ($32-million from BTOP and $8 million in matching funds from Massachusetts, Barnstable County and CapeNet)

• Connectivity backbone for towns

• No residential or small business service

Connecticut and CTgig

• 2010 the Connecticut Broadband Initiative has been awarded $3.8m in federal grants + $93.8m for CT broadband infrastructure projects

• The Nutmeg Network

• The Connecticut Education Network (CEN) – middle mile from 2013

• Public Safety Data Network (PSDN)

• “Municipal Gain” and single pole administrator

• Connecticut State Broadband Office (CSBO)

• The CTgig Project is a coordinated effort by the Participating Municipalities to deliver an open access fiber network to every address in the state of Connecticut



Rhode Island• Broadband Rhode Island (BBRI) created with $4.5 million in NTIA funding

• $21.7 million for OSHEAN fiber network (Beacon 2.0) - 450 miles of fiber with BTOP funds to every city and town in RI (except New Shoreham)

• Connects 142 community anchor institutions throughout the state

• $1.2 million for public computing centers at libraries funded by the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program)

• Feasibility study for Aquidneck Island: WideOpen Aquidneck survey – RFI in

• Foster survey

• Block Island - 8 strands of fiber as part of National Grid (Deepwater Wind project)


Small Towns and Rural Communities: Municipal Broadband

• Commercial and residential still not connected to fiber

• Rural areas supposed to have “Reasonably Comparable” service

• 53% of rural areas lack access to fixed 25 Mbps/3 Mbps (compared with 8 percent in urban areas)

• Now 178 FTTH networks sponsored by municipal governments (sometimes multiple communities)

Source: NTU

Source: NTU


The Evolution of High-Speed Broadband

2010 2015 202020052000

1990s-2005: Cable and Telecom Era (Little public involvement)

2005-2010: Era of Federal funding (BTOP, E-rate, etc.)

• Huge expansion in infrastructure adoption and use

• National backbone and state middle mile

• SHLB provision

2010 – 2015: Big Data Big Bang and struggle with telecom/cable monopolies

2016-2017 the “Gigabit moment”• Mindset shift from “nice to have” to economic necessity

• Moving from private to public sphere

• Federal to regional to local (…Mayor more important for success than the President or FCC)

• Tying residential and small business to middle mile

Broadband and the Role of the Town Planner• Owner and/or Influencer

• Comprehensive Plan and Digital Strategy (Moving from “reactive” to “proactive”)

• Economic Development priorities and goals

• Housing, neighborhood and small area plans (residential, commercial, hotels, restaurants, etc.)

• City budget process (general fund and CIP)

• Municipal Broadband Project management

• Champion

• Coordinator

APA’s Smart Cities Technologies Survey

Dale Neef(860) [email protected]

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Why the planning department is taking on the role of champions