BROADBAND ACCELERATION R EASONABLE R EGULATION & R EGULATORY C ERTAINTY MONTGOMERY COUNTY MD DEPT OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES OFFICE OF CABLE & BROADBAND SERVICES

Montgomery County MD

Local cable & telecommunications franchising – 5% of gross revenues franchise fees – Equivalent of 3% of gross revenues PEG capital fees – 3 cable franchise providers offering competitive triple play to 70% of county residents – Numerous telecommunications franchises using public rights-of-way for business, backhaul, DAS services

Montgomery County MD Wireless Transmission Facilities Coordination – Began in 1996 to coordinate applications for use of public property, including schools, WSSC, M-NCPPC, permitting, and engineering – Coordination required for minor modifications, collocations, new structures – TFCG process prevents interference issues and maintains database – Code encourages colocations and placement of facilities in pre-zoned areas – Over 1,400 transmission facilities have been approved at over 450 locations within the County – Average processing time is 40 days and goal is 30 days with completed applications

Montgomery County MD County recovers less than 70% of TFCG engineering costs and zero recovery of staff costs Franchise partnerships & fees used to construct and operate “FiberNet” – Future-proof fiber optical network that provides voice, video, data and public safety communications services to 312 locations with 38 additional sites under construction – 100 MBPS symmetrical service is standard, with 10 GBPS at key locations, and plan to provide 1GBPS service as standard within 4 years – Annual operating cost of $1.5 million provides services values at $4.7 million annually

Montgomery County MD One Maryland Broadband ARRA/BTOP Grant – Extend Network Maryland, interconnect all 24 counties and extend government I-Net to more than 1,000 community anchor institutions Mont. Co. ARRA/BTOP – 109 locations – Extends FiberNet to 90 elementary schools and 18 public housing sites – In 1/3 of schools, 50% receive FARM – Technology center & telemed potential

Reasonable Regulation & Regulatory Certainty Transparent Rules Updated Data & Regulations Productive Public-Private Partnerships Integrated Focus on Broadband Adoption

Reasonable Regulation & Regulatory Certainty Transparent Rules – – Overview, Regulations, Database of Locations, Application Process, Meeting Agendas and Summaries

Reasonable Regulation & Regulatory Certainty Transparent Rules Updated Data & Regulations Productive Public-Private Partnerships Integrated Focus on Broadband Adoption

Reasonable Regulation & Regulatory Certainty Updated Data & Regulations – Revised County TFCG regulations to comply with FCC Order – Streamlined process but also reduced leniency for sloppy and incomplete applications Federal Regulations Need to be Updated – Pole Attachment Order and PEG Petition – FCC broadband definition – Legal definitions need to catch up to technology

20%-40% 60%-80% 80% or more BB Penetration in Montgomery County? High Speed 768kbps/200kbps BTOP Def.

Senior Living Complexes in Montgomery County Leisure World Asbury Methodist Riderwood 3 Public Housing Bldgs

Reasonable Regulation & Regulatory Certainty Productive Public-Private Partnerships – Pay for use of public property to fund broadband to non- profit public facilities – Complete applications – Pole attachments – Future fiber-based broadband applications

Education TeleWork Home-Based Businesses Small/Rural Businesses Real Time Information Energy Efficiency Smart Power—Smart Pole Opportunities Citizen Participation

Reasonable Regulation & Regulatory Certainty Integrated Focus on Broadband Adoption – Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies (Feb 2009) – Education & Income are more determinative factors than race; White/Black/Hispanic Internet adoption: >$50,000 = 94%/91%/89%; <$20,000 58%/56%/43% College+ = 94%/94%/98%; >High School = 51%/38%/33% – Apathy is bigger factor than access or cost Not interested/waste of time: 48%/45%/43% Too Expensive/Don’t Have Access: 26%/24%/27%

EconDev: Rural Business & Residential Use Internet training to expand rural business and link local growers with local restaurants and retailers

2008 MC Farm Directory Green: website, , phone Blue: , phone Orange: website, phone Red: phone Red with yellow: PO box

MONTGOMERY COUNTY MD DEPT OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES OFFICE CABLE AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES