Colorado Broadband Data & Development Program -- CBDDP Date: November 19, 2010 Diane Simmons, Program Manager

Broadband Mapping Project Funded by the NTIA/Dept of Commerce for Five Years Through 2014 Map BB Availability and Adoption –Collect Data from Service Providers and Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs) –Provide the Data to NTIA in Required Formats to Create a National BB Map by February 2011

Why This Is Important to the State of Colorado Pew Research Estimates –Colorado K-12 Schools Have 3.4 kbps/Student –National Average 6.5 kbps Implementation of Future Federally Funded Programs May Use This Information –What is the Estimated Cost of the NG911 Network ?? Drive Better Policymaking Around Broadband

Fun Facts -- What the Data Looks Like 3 Million Discrete Address Points 141,040 Census Blocks in State 128,659 Road Segments in Census Blocks >2 Sq. Mile with Reported BB 59 Service Providers Participating –Includes 37 Wireless Providers Reporting

Wireline and Fixed Wireless Service

How Do We Verify Service Provider Information ? Surveys to Businesses & Consumers Drive Testing Information from Community Anchor Institutions Crowd Sourced Data from FCC Speed Tests

Why We Need Your Help

An Example of How to Do it In October We Published an Article in Daryl’s Newsletter A First Responder in Longmont Call and Asked How He Could Help We Set Up a Specific Google Doc Survey for Longmont So He Could Track Who Participated RESULT: In 15 Day He Collected 19 Speed Tests for 8 Facilities EXCELLENT !!

An Example of How to Do it

We Need Your Help Have an Employee at Each of Your Physical Locations Take the Speed Test & Complete Form at: I’d Appreciate Contact Information for Newsletters and or Associations to Help Spread the Word This Data is Most Important to us in Remote Locations