1. Spectrum Solutions to the Digital Divide
Mountain Connect
June 2019

2. Speakers Jeff Kohler – Rise Broadband
Brian Worthen – Visionary Broadband/Mammoth Networks
Steve Coran – Lerman Senter PLLC

3. About Rise Broadband
Largest privately held wireless ISP (“WISP”) in the U.S.
Est. 2006, based in Colorado, 625 employees
3,000 “towers” in 16 states, serving residential and business customers with broadband and digital voice service, primarily rural service
Utilize a combination of licensed, lightly licensed and unlicensed spectrum
2.5 GHz licensed spectrum
GHz lightly licensed spectrum ( GHz “CBRS” coming soon)
5 GHz unlicensed spectrum (legacy use of 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz unlicensed)
MHz unlicensed (TV White Space)
6, 11, 18, 23 GHz licensed for Point to Point backhaul/enterprise customer links
60 GHz Millimeter Wave (mmW) unlicensed

4. About Visionary Communications
Started with 5 dialup lines in December 1994
Fed our first tower with a Cisco Aeronet in 2000
Our first circuit-fed tower had 90 customers sharing a T1
Today have 296 licensed links in four states
Today use 6Ghz, 18Ghz, millimeter wave, and UL and LTE for subscribers
Today we maintain 409 towers and POPs
Traditional towers (mix of own and lease)
Water tanks
Commercial buildings

5. Fixed Wireless Network

6. Why fixed wireless? Cost-effectiveness Rapid deployment Scalable
Competitive equipment
Stepping stone to fiber deployment

7. Fixed Wireless Radios

8. Fixed Wireless Cabinet

9. Visionary Examples of Low Capital Deployment

10. Visionary Examples of Route Diversity
Gypsum CO
To Avon CO via
Bellyache Ridge

11. Visionary Examples of Route Diversity
Pagosa Springs CO
to Alamosa CO via
Wolf Creek Pass

12. Spectrum Bands for Fixed Wireless
TV White Space
2.5 GHz (EBS)
3.5 Ghz (CBRS) Citizens Broadband Radio Service
GHz (C-Band)
5 GHz
5.9 GHz (DSRC)
6 GHz