Regional Broadband 101 Efforts and Impacts Nate Walowitz Regional Broadband Program Director

Broadband Drivers Increased property values and sales Economic Development Attract and keep businesses in Northwest Colorado Access to regional, national, and international economy and market Maintain population base and young families by supporting their career and lifestyle choices Benefit for part time residents and tourists driving business and sales tax revenues Education and healthcare Public Safety Increased property values and sales

NWCCOG Regional Broadband Program Regional Broadband Director Technical Assistance Advisory Services Planning, RFP, and Deployment Support Collaboration across jurisdictions Coordinate support from State OIT FirstNet and Public Safety Communications Grant support for DOLA, DORA, SIPA Federal grant support for USDA, FCC

Broadband Speeds 1 Gbps 100 Mbps 25 Mbps 10 Mbps 1.5 Mbps

Broadband Definition Speed and bandwidth is measured in Megabits per second and Gigabits per second 1.5 Mbps down/768 kbps up 10 Mbps down/1 Mbps up BROADBAND MINIMUM 25 Mbps down/3 Mbps up 50 Mbps down/50 Mbps up 1 Gbps down/35 Mbps up 1 Gbps down/1 Gbps up

Bandwidth Symmetric Asymmetric Download Upload Speed 100Mbps/100Mbps

Terms and Network Technologies FTTH/FTTP Fiber Wireless WiFi, LTE Point to Point Point to Multipoint Cellular 4G/5G Macrocell, Microcell, Small Cell IOT Public Safety Radio Colorado DTRS VHF FirstNet

Broadband Infrastructure

Fiber Infrastructure

Wireless Infrastructure

Local Broadband Process Broadband Engineering Study Funding and Political Approval Project Plans Decision Point Expand on Regional Broadband Plan Local Study and Gap Analysis Community Interest Survey

Broadband Project Implementation Build Network Fiber/Wireless Roll Out Services Decision Point Aggregate CAIs Obtain Funding Projects Invest to Support Existing Providers Develop Open Access Network for all providers

Funding Options Public Funding Private Funding Local Bonding, Sales Tax, EID FCC, USDA, DOLA, DORA Private Funding Venture Capital Private telecom funding (match contributions) CDOT funding linked to DOT and NTIA

Local Broadband Initiatives Local efforts Dig-Once Small Cell Policy Local Building Code and Standards Opportunities for additional providers Bury open-access conduit when ground is opened Municipal fiber network

Local Broadband Aggregation Jurisdiction-wide network access and usage aggregation Jurisdiction efforts to create county-wide network Local Governments, Schools, and Healthcare can lead efforts Helps support lower costs and increased reliability Jurisdiction-wide network connects to Project THOR

PROJECT THOR Deliver reasonably priced resilient broadband network infrastructure Geographically diverse network Reliability of 99.9 % availability Multiple routes to Denver IXC Aggregation of total bandwidth reduces costs overall COSTCO Model Make network available through Meet Me Centers to government, schools, healthcare, service providers, business…..

Resilient Network

Project THOR Network Elements Meet Me Centers – A bus or train depot Middle Mile Lit Fiber, Dark Fiber Existing local government networks Local ISPs Contracts for services

Why Project THOR Network Availability Bandwidth costs Due to current provider network architecture A single fiber cut from Denver through the region causes the entire region to fail Fiber cuts are common and outages range from hours to multiple days Outages affect Government and Public Safety Schools Businesses Internet providers and Cell phone providers Bandwidth costs

Existing Government Connections

NWCCOG PROJECT THOR

Project THOR Management NWCCOG Regional Broadband Committee Network Operator Mammoth Networks Network Administrator Anchor Institutions and Last Mile ISPs

Regional Impacts Leverage both commercial and government value for Project THOR network architecture Meet-Me-Center provides opportunity for local government to directly help broadband Provide additional redundancy with access to additional Internet POPs Provide additional synergies across multi site organizations and districts Potential Partners include: Region 10 SWCCOG CDOT State of Colorado

Local Broadband Takeaways Every community is unique One size doesn’t fit all Multiple technology solutions Community and Regional collaboration is essential

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