The Longmont Experience: Progress through Municipal-Owned Utility Shawn Lewis Assistant City Manager.

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The Longmont Experience: Progress through Municipal-Owned Utility Shawn Lewis Assistant City Manager

©Rick Lovel

Quick Facts: Population-93,000 Population-93, square miles 26 square miles 28% Latino 28% Latino Median Income-$58,698 Median Income-$58,698 9,100 companies 9,100 companies

Longmont: the intersection of high tech and manufacturing

Longmont Power & Communications

LPC Quick Facts 1 of 4 owners of Platte River Power Fiber backbone built to connect substations 37,928 customers One if the lowest electric rates on the Front Range % reliability (according to ASAI)

The Early Fiber Discussion

Investigating the Possibility 1996: City leaders visit Cedar Falls, Iowa 1997: 17 mile fiber loop constructed; Google domain name registered for first time 2000: City signs agreement with Adesta 2005: SB152 passes 2010: Longmont solicits Google fiber

Fighting for the Right

A History of Votes 2009: 1 st Vote – Telecoms spend $245,513 – Vote fails by 57% 2011: 2 nd Vote – Telecoms spend $419,629 – Vote passes by 60% 2013: $45 million construction bond vote – No telecom spending – Vote passes by 66%

Building & Selling NextLight

NextLight Marketing Video

Installation of NextLight TCS Communications selected for build out 38,500 customers w/ eventual fiber access Take rate = faster deployment Began Q3 2014, concludes Q4 2016

Residential Rates Commercial Rates

How Fast is It?

Broadband Speeds in Select US Cities

Longmont Speeds

NextLight: So What?

What’s in it for Longmont?

Next Steps Create a strategic plan Bridge the digital divide Market the service externally for economic development