1. This program was brought to you by the Building Community Capacity (BCCB) through BroadbandProject.Broadband 101: What do consumers need to know?October 26, 201110:00 11:30 CST

2. Housekeeping Please mute your phone when not asking aquestion. You can type your questions into the chatbox, or raise your hand by clicking on theraised hand icon to let us know that you have aquestion. Please have your participants use the sign-insheet that was e-mailed Please distribute and collect the evaluationforms that were e-mailed 3. Andy Lewis, Community and EconomicDevelopment Manager for the BuildingCommunity Capacity through Broadband (BCCB)initiative, University of Wisconsin Extensionandy.lewis@uwex.edu608-890-4254http://broadband.uwex.edu 4. Phyllis, Superior WI 5. John, College of Menominee Nation 6. Phillip, Ellsworth, Wisconsin 7. What is Broadband? Federal Communication Commission (FCC)definition: Any connection that downloads data atspeeds greater than 4Mbps and uploadsdata at speeds greater than 1 Mbps Alternative definition: Connection that does not limit application(i.e. VoIP, web-based video streaming) 8. Poll QuestionDo you subscribe to a broadband service athome? Yes No 9. Who Has It? 10. What Types of Broadband Are Available?Broadband can be provided over differentplatforms:A. Digital Subscriber Line (DSL);B. Cable Modem;C. Fiber-Optic Cable (Fiber);D. Wireless;E. Satellite 11. Archetype of A Utility PoleSource: http://annsgarden.com/poles/poles.htm , Neil McLain 12. How Do We Connect in Wisconsin? 13. How Does the U.S. Compare?Source: Ford Foundation, Are We Wired for Change?,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0g2XRDkdnE 14. One Size Doesnt Fit All 15. How Much Broadband Speed Do You Need?http://broadband.about.com/b/2011/10/01/broadbandspeedtable.htm 16. What is Broadband?http://www.linktionary.com/b/bandwidth.html 17. Whats Possible withHigh Speed Internet Access? 18. DigitalLiteracy.govhttp://www.digitalliteracy.gov/ 19. Microsoft Digital Literacyhttp://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/citizenship/giving/programs/up/digitalliteracy/default.mspx 20. The Beehive 21. Save Time & MoneySource: www.digitalliteracy.gov 22. Online Classes 23. Online Banking 24. Online Shopping & Coupons 25. Health Information 26. Long Distance Phone Calls 27. Share and Keep Digital Photos 28. School Information 29. Group Discussion How might you use broadband at home ifspeed and cost were not an issue? Are all of these decisions based on saving timeand money? 30. Speeds Reported by Consumers 31. Relatively High Satisfaction 32. Poll Question:If you have broadband at home, do you knowwhat speeds you are getting?A. I Dont have broadband at homeB. NoC. Yes, less than 4 MbpsD. Yes, 4-10 MbpsE. Yes, greater than 10 Mbps 33. You Dont Always GetWhat You Pay ForMeasuring Broadband America - A Report onConsumer Wireline Broadband Performance in theU.S., FCC , March 2011http://www.fcc.gov/measuring-broadband-americaA recent FCC survey found that 80 percent ofconsumers did not know what speed theypurchased from their Internet Service Provider (ISP) 34. Actual Speed Vs. Advertised Speed (Wired only)http://www.fcc.gov/measuring-broadband-america 35. Actual Speed Vs. Advertised Speedhttp://www.fcc.gov/measuring-broadband-america 36. http://www.dslreports.com/ 37. "We need to change the discussion," Nationsaid. "(The future) might be over-the-airtechnologies as opposed to fiber optic.- Thad Nation, Executive Director, WiredWisconsin, Aug 28, 2011, The Leader-Telegram Perhapsbut in my life time? 38. Its not an either or proposition Virtually all communications systems dependon fiber. That includes mobile broadband. The fastest mobile broadband networks arecurrently delivering 1 to 17 Mbps compared to1-10 Gbps connections provided by fibernetworks (more on that later.) 39. How fast is mobile broadband --really?AT&T is lying about 4G. Shamelessly," PCMag.comsSascha Segan writes, after AT&Ts 4G phones proveslower than its 3G phones in tests."If I see another press release from T-Mobile with thewords theoretical peak download speeds, I think I mightjump out the nearest window," Laptop Magazines MarkSpoonauer declaresSource: http://www.consumersearch.com/blog/how-fast-is-mobile-broadband-really 40. Neil Weinberg, Forbes:AT&Ts wireless coverage is still God-awful. Soit really burned my britches to wake up thismorning and discover that Ma Bell, or whatsleft of it, has with a wave of its marketing wandrebranded its cell network fourth generation.http://www.forbes.com/sites/neilweinberg/2011/01/06/att-wireless-network-is-more-stone-age-than-4g/ 41. Is Bigger Always Better?AT&T:- Ranked last in the J.D. Powers customer service ranking (Aug 2011) http://www.mobiledia.com/news/10 4313.html- Was rated the worst carrier in terms of consumer satisfaction by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (May 2011) http://www.mobiledia.com/news/90 802.html- Rated as the worst carrier by Consumer Reports (Dec., 2010) http://news.consumerreports.org/el ectronics/2010/12/consumer- reports-cell-phone-survey-att- worst.html 42. Here are some real-life average mobiledownload speeds reported by PC World, Wired, MSNBC.com and ComputerworldAT&T: 1.1 to 2.5 MbpsClearwire Clear: 2.2 MbpsSprint: 1.5 to 4.4 MbpsT-Mobile: 2.3 to 8.9 MbpsVerizon: 1 to 17 Mbps 43. Average Home Wired BroadbandSpeeds Averaged 3 Mbps in the U.S. in 2010 Although about half of wired customers getspeeds of 4 to 25 MbpsSource: Speed Matters,http://cwa.3cdn.net/299ed94e144d5adeb1_mlblqoxe9.pdf 44. Promises about what technologies willbe able to deliver in the future are not limited to wirelesshttp://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/083011-graphene-optical-250265.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_network_architecture_2011-09-01 45. We simply cant rely on these commercial networks to provide service at a mission criticalgrade, said NYPD Deputy Chief Charles DowdSource:http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/62015_Page2.html#.TlZf8WAgq-Q.twitter 46. Units of Measurement - Megabits and megabytes- Broadband speed is measured in megabits persecond, commonly stated as Mb or Mbps (i.e. 4Mb or 4 Mbps)- The size of many files, including songs, photos,and movies, are most often described inmegabytes- There are eight bits in a byte. If your downloadspeed is 8 megabits per second (8Mbps), thenthats actually moving 1 megabyte per second(1MB).- 1 megabit = 1,000,000 bits = 1000 kilobits 47. Let Me Demonstrate. 48. FCC Speed Test On my Droid 49. How Much is .29 Mbps?http://easycalculation.com/bandwidth-calculator.php 50. Start the Jeopardy Theme SongMusic.http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/calculate/downloadcalculator.php 51. What if I had a 10Mbps or 10GConnection? 52. Faster Than a Speeding Bullet 53. FCC Speed Test On my Droid12:30 P.M., 10-11-11 2:35 P.M., 10-11-11 54. FCC Speed Testhttp://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/ 55. How Much Does it Cost? 56. Where to find BroadbandProviders in your Area?http://wi.linkamericadata.org/ 57. We Need. Mobile Networks High Capacity wired Broadband Networks 58. CANs 59. Packerland Broadband/CCI SystemsEquipment convoy on Hwy 53 60. Spinning Fiber in the New Age 61. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ONCE YOU DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BANDWIDTH ANYMORE?WiscNet STRATEGIC PLAN 2016ROSS WILSON WISCNET BOARD OF DIRECTORSSource:http://www.wiscnet.net/images/stories/stratplan2016.pdf 62. Check out our video case studiesprofiling best practices in broadband!http://www.youtube.com/wibroadband1 63. Questions?Powerpoint: http://www.slideshare.net/wi_broadband 64. This program was brought to you by the BuildingCommunity Capacity (BCCB) through Broadband Project. For more information:Andy Lewis, Community and Economic Development Manager, Officeof Broadband Sustainability, University of Wisconsin Extension,andy.lewis@uwex.edu, 608-890-4254 65. To view this and other webinars on the topic of Broadband: http://broadband.uwex.edu/resources/webinars/ This program will be archived at:http://tinyurl.com/broadband101