1. Blake Mobley IT Director Rio Blanco County Paul Recanzone Director Colorado.Fiber.Community One Model for Broadband Implementation

2. History ●1999 ○Meeker School District ●2001 ○The MAN was formed DIY Fiber MAN

3. Broadband Initiative Commissioner’s Policy Goals ●Fast (1 Gbps) ●Robust (VOIP, IPTV…) ●Great Price Quote ●Broadband is less about getting ahead as a community, more about maintaining relevancy as a community.

4. Vision Statement Rio Blanco County (County) and its partners will implement and maintain IT infrastructure and services resulting in Rio Blanco County positioning itself as a modern, world class destination for tourism; business growth; safe, healthy, happy living; and as an ideal place to raise, educate, and retain your family. County will accomplish this by implementing a fiber to the home solution in Meeker and Rangely and a licensed high bandwidth fixed wireless backhaul system across a countywide tower network for the delivery of modern high speed broadband, cellular, and emergency services within the next 3 years.

5. A Beginning Tireless Champion Broadband Project Manager =

6. Select A Model Four-Tiered PPP Model ●A public sector Network Owner. This role is filled by Rio Blanco County ●A private partner as Network Operator. This role is filled by Colorado.Fiber.Community ●Private partners as Service Providers. ●Private partner Value Added Resellers.

7. Milestones ●2014 ○Jun - Broadband Plan ○Aug - RFI ○Nov - SB05-152 Override ○Dec - FTTB Engineering Starts ○Dec - DOLA Request ●2015 ○Jan - Tower/Wireless Engineering ○Mar - DOLA Award ○May - Network Operator Contracted ○Jun - FTTP Engineering Done Next… Construction

8. Details - Towers ●5ft - Broadband ●20ft - ES ●12ft x3 - Cellular ●Bottom - Backhaul

9. Details - FTTP FTTB Pathways Microduct GPON

10. Tip: Plan To Succeed Kansas City Story - Google & AT&T RBC’s Goals ●A Credible Alternative ○ROI = $0.00 ○Take Rate = 0

11. Questions?