1. Maine Broadband Planning Project—2010- 2014 Objective: Increase broadband uptake in a focused and measurable way. 5 October 2010 The Sewall Team: James W. Sewall Company Packard Judd Kaye Strategic Marketing Group Dr. Todd Gabe Jeff Letourneau

2. ConnectME Planning Project—Workflow

3. Baseline Needs Assessment—Task A

4. Identifying the Stakeholders  Current resources  Interests  Barriers Gathering Stakeholder Input  Public Surveys and Forums  Business Surveys  Mapping Project Data Community Anchor Institutions Service Provider Data ConnectME Award Data  Other Constituencies’ Data Assessment Tasks  Assessing Other Development Strategies  Economic Modeling  Assessing Barriers  Preparing the Assessment

5. Stakeholders Data Providers  Service Providers  Public Consumers  Business Consumers  Community Anchor Institutions  First Nations  Telemedicine Entities  State Agencies Constituencies—Current  Lead Legislative Committees/Legislators  Broadband Strategy Council  Telephone Association of Maine  New England TeleHealth Consortium  Maine Research & Education Network  ConnectME / BTOP Awardees  Maine Municipal Association

6. Public & Business Surveys & Forums Initial Effort  Six public forums—October-November  Initial Survey (10,000 + 10,000 forms)—December Three Annual Updates—Same level of effort Community Anchor Institutions  Every institution surveyed directly

7. Public Forums Schedule  October 13, 12 – 1 pm Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle  October 20, 6 – 7 pm Skowhegan Community Center, Skowhegan  October 23, 2 – 3 pm Porter Memorial Library, Machias  October 27, 6 – 7 pm Bangor Public Library, Bangor  November 3, 6 – 7 pm Belfast Free Library, Belfast  November 15, 12 – 1 pm Portland Public Library, Portland

8. Economic Modeling of Broadband in Maine Dr. Todd Gabe Professor of Economics University of Maine

9. Purpose Increase broadband use in Maine by …  Identifying barriers to broadband deployment by service providers  Identifying barriers to broadband use by households and businesses

10. Data & Methods (municipality-level analysis ) Data from ConnectME mapping project on percentage of municipality with access to broadband via DSL, cable, fixed wireless, etc. Data from FCC (form 477) on number of residential fixed high speed connections per 1,000 households Examine association with municipality-level characteristics such as population density, household and business characteristics, presence of community anchor institutions, etc.

11. Data & Methods (household- and business-level analysis) Data from current project on type of Internet connection used by household (or business); e.g., dial-up, DSL, cable, etc. Examine association with household (or business) characteristics from survey, industry and town- level characteristics

12. Modeling Summary Goal is to integrate economic analysis with mapping project, current data collection efforts, and overall objectives of ConnectME

13. Needs Assessment Schedule

14. Maine Broadband Planning Project Contact: Randy Claar James W. Sewall Company 136 Center Street Old Town, ME 04468 207 827 4456 x203 randy.claar@sewall.com