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The document outlines the broadband development process from start to finish in a simplified manner. It begins with learning about the local broadband needs through community engagement. It then involves examining options like improving existing infrastructure or building new networks. Key steps include conducting feasibility studies, identifying potential partners, and negotiating deals. The goal is to improve broadband infrastructure and celebrate the achieved progress. The document also provides an overview of various broadband technologies like satellite, fixed wireless, and wired options like fiber and discusses their capabilities and limitations. It concludes with a panel discussion on local broadband projects.

Broadband Project
Development
October 13, 2021

Broadband Development Process –
Simplified!
Poor
Broadband
Great
Broadband

Broadband Development Process
o Learn from area
residents,
businesses,
community
institutions
o Go to a
conference
o Personal
broadband
circumstance
o Review public
broadband data
o Review
broadband maps
o Learn about
community best
practices
o Host community
meeting(s)
o Survey the
community
o Interview existing
providers
Proceed to next
column!
o Examine what other
communities have
done
o Determine local
financial capabilities
and available tools
o Determine decision
maker engagement
appetite
o Recognize resulting
opportunity or
barrier
If no local commitment,
regroup to earlier steps
With sufficient
commitment, go to next
column!
o Understand their
current
improvement
plans
o Ensure their plans
meet your needs
and vision
If not, proceed to
next column.
If yes, continue below
o Negotiate deal
structure
o Pursue funding as
needed
Infrastructure
improved.
Celebrate!
o Understand
market demand /
revenues
o Understand
technology
options – wired
and wireless
o Understand
construction/
operational costs
o Understand the
resulting business
pro-formas and
need for subsidy
o Select preferred
option(s)
o Build local support
Proceed to next
column!
o Decide what you are
seeking in a partner
o Identify preferred
and likely partners
o Share feasibility study
results and
community vision
o Select preferred
partner
o Negotiate deal
structure
o Pursue other funding
as needed.
Infrastructure improved.
Celebrate!
Awakening Gather Data
Begin to determine
the range of
acceptable
community roles
Assess incumbent
provider(s) as
prospective
partner(s)
Conduct Feasibility
Study
Identify and select
provider partner(s)

Agenda
• Technology Overview
• Bill Coleman, Community
Technology Advisors
• Panel Discussion
• Joe Buttweiler, CTC
• Justin Forde, Midco
• Barbara Klein, LeSueur County
• Whitney Ridlon, Iron Range
Resources and Rehabilitation
• Kyle Moorhead, Hometown Fiber
• Mark Mrla, Finley Engineering

Technology
Overview
Bill Coleman
Community
Technology
Advisors

Satellite
Geo-synchronous
• Few satellites remain
overhead
• High latency/delay
• 600 ms
• Speeds max out at FCC
minimum of 25/3 Mbps
• Data caps
Low Earth Orbit
• Many satellites crossing
sky
• Better latency
• Variable ~60 ms
• Average speeds of up to
100/14 Mbps
• No data caps
• Leaving Beta 10/21

Fixed Wireless
Fiber-fed towers can deliver 100/50 Mbps
Speed drops with distance
Tower to tower hops slows speeds and adds latency
Emerging Trends
T-Mobile 5G Home for $50 over mid-band spectrum
CBRS shared spectrum over LTE
Fixed wireless to low-income housing developments

Wired Technologies
• Fiber optics
• Supports symmetric 10
Gbps services
• Very low operating
expense
• Long life
• Can support multiple
ISPs over an open
access network
• Can be engineered via
PON or Ethernet
• Fiber hybrid solutions
• Fiber coaxial cable
• Up to 1 Gbps download
• Up to 50 Mbps upload
• 10 Gbps in testing
• Requires network
upgrades
• Fiber twisted pair
• Used for DSL service
• Very distance sensitive
• Outdated technology
• Cannot meet 100/20
state broadband goal

For more info:
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Leadership Webinar
Series
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Panel
Discussion
• Joe Buttweiler
• CTC
• Justin Forde
• Midco
• Barbara Klein
• LeSueur County
• Whitney Ridlon
• Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation
• Kyle Moorhead
• Hometown Fiber
• Mark Mrla
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2. Broadband Development Process – Simplified! Poor Broadband Great Broadband

3. Broadband Development Process o Learn from area residents, businesses, community institutions o Go to a conference o Personal broadband circumstance o Review public broadband data o Review broadband maps o Learn about community best practices o Host community meeting(s) o Survey the community o Interview existing providers Proceed to next column! o Examine what other communities have done o Determine local financial capabilities and available tools o Determine decision maker engagement appetite o Recognize resulting opportunity or barrier If no local commitment, regroup to earlier steps With sufficient commitment, go to next column! o Understand their current improvement plans o Ensure their plans meet your needs and vision If not, proceed to next column. If yes, continue below o Negotiate deal structure o Pursue funding as needed Infrastructure improved. Celebrate! o Understand market demand / revenues o Understand technology options – wired and wireless o Understand construction/ operational costs o Understand the resulting business pro-formas and need for subsidy o Select preferred option(s) o Build local support Proceed to next column! o Decide what you are seeking in a partner o Identify preferred and likely partners o Share feasibility study results and community vision o Select preferred partner o Negotiate deal structure o Pursue other funding as needed. Infrastructure improved. Celebrate! Awakening Gather Data Begin to determine the range of acceptable community roles Assess incumbent provider(s) as prospective partner(s) Conduct Feasibility Study Identify and select provider partner(s)

4. Agenda • Technology Overview • Bill Coleman, Community Technology Advisors • Panel Discussion • Joe Buttweiler, CTC • Justin Forde, Midco • Barbara Klein, LeSueur County • Whitney Ridlon, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation • Kyle Moorhead, Hometown Fiber • Mark Mrla, Finley Engineering

5. Technology Overview Bill Coleman Community Technology Advisors

6. Satellite Geo-synchronous • Few satellites remain overhead • High latency/delay • 600 ms • Speeds max out at FCC minimum of 25/3 Mbps • Data caps Low Earth Orbit • Many satellites crossing sky • Better latency • Variable ~60 ms • Average speeds of up to 100/14 Mbps • No data caps • Leaving Beta 10/21

7. Fixed Wireless Fiber-fed towers can deliver 100/50 Mbps Speed drops with distance Tower to tower hops slows speeds and adds latency Emerging Trends T-Mobile 5G Home for $50 over mid-band spectrum CBRS shared spectrum over LTE Fixed wireless to low-income housing developments

8. Wired Technologies • Fiber optics • Supports symmetric 10 Gbps services • Very low operating expense • Long life • Can support multiple ISPs over an open access network • Can be engineered via PON or Ethernet • Fiber hybrid solutions • Fiber coaxial cable • Up to 1 Gbps download • Up to 50 Mbps upload • 10 Gbps in testing • Requires network upgrades • Fiber twisted pair • Used for DSL service • Very distance sensitive • Outdated technology • Cannot meet 100/20 state broadband goal

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10. Panel Discussion • Joe Buttweiler • CTC • Justin Forde • Midco • Barbara Klein • LeSueur County • Whitney Ridlon • Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation • Kyle Moorhead • Hometown Fiber • Mark Mrla • Finley Engineering

Editor's Notes

If only achieving broadband improvements were this simple! Like flipping a switch – click! Unfortunately, as Bernadine said, if you are participating in this webinar, you understand that can be a very difficult path towards ensuring that your community has broadband infrastructure and services that, at a minimum, meets state broadband goals and ideally positions your community for growth.
This table BEGINS to demonstrate the depth and complexity of the community broadband development process. I know that some of you have been working on this process for several years. If you were to map your efforts, there would be many more arrows on this page, most pointing back towards the beginning, engaging multiple times with incumbent and prospective providers as well as repeated efforts to engage local elected leadership. In addition, some community efforts begin someplace in the middle of the chart and circle back towards the first and second columns. Other communities, with better luck, managed to skip many of these steps due to quality private sector partners or extraordinary local elected officials. Some with little struggle have moved almost directly to the Celebrate phase! Lucky them!

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