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Connecting Anyone, Anything, Anywhere

Connecting Anyone, Anything, Anywhere. Seth G. Fearey VP & COO, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network Broadband Summit, June 29, 2007. Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network a public benefit corporation. Business. Government. Education, Healthcare. Labor.

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Connecting Anyone, Anything, Anywhere

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  1. Connecting Anyone, Anything, Anywhere Seth G. Fearey VP & COO, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network Broadband Summit, June 29, 2007

  2. Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Networka public benefit corporation Business Government Education, Healthcare Labor Funded primarily by board members, and local cities and counties. Community-BasedOrganizations

  3. Projects

  4. Vision of a WirelessSilicon Valley

  5. about 1,500 square miles • 2.4 millionpeople • about 800,000households • 40 towns,cities, and counties • very high density of WiFi hotspots • okay DSL and cable modem coverage • MetroFi, Google, Earthlink active Wireless Silicon Valley

  6. San Mateo County • Atherton • Belmont • Brisbane • Burlingame • Colma • Daly City • East Palo Alto • Foster City • Half Moon Bay • Hillsborough • Menlo Park • Millbrae • Pacifica • Portola Valley • Redwood City • San Bruno • San Carlos • San Mateo • San Mateo County • San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office • South San Francisco • Woodside Santa Clara County • Campbell Cupertino • Gilroy Los Altos • Los Altos Hills • Los Gatos • Milpitas • Monte Sereno • Morgan Hill • Mountain View • Palo Alto • San Jose • Santa Clara • Santa Clara County • Saratoga • Stanford Campus Residential Leaseholders • Sunnyvale Alameda County • Newark Santa Cruz County • Santa Cruz Current Participants Raised $80,000. Most cities contributed $2,500 each.

  7. The Wireless Silicon Valley Vision • Cover all 1,500 square miles outdoors with a broadband wireless network • Offer seamless interoperability and mobility • No public sector investment • Non-exclusive agreement • First priority is to serve local governments: city workers, police, fire • Provide visitors, local businesses with easy access • Fill in broadband coverage gaps, underserved areas

  8. Police Fire Hospitals Utilities Construction Visitors Service Businesses The Arts Residents Laptop Phone Electrical, gas, water meters Irrigation controller Parking meter Signage Credit card reader Sensors Anyone, Anything, Anywhere Outdoors, or in a train, bus, car, truck, ambulance, …

  9. Wireless Frequency “Layer Cake”

  10. Example Applications • Building inspections using handheld devices. • Connectivity for events, e.g. signage, credit card readers, coordination • Parks and Recreation kiosks for reservations • Webcams for security • Construction site coordination • Update GIS, workorder databases from the field • Access to police databases and provide ability to file reports remotely • Remote control of irrigation systems • Wireless parking meters – time of day pricing, open space sensing, credit card payment

  11. Process

  12. Two years ago… • Began with Economic Development Managers • Recruited Chief Information Officers/Information Technology Managers • Co-chairs – Brian Moura (city), Dan Fenton (visitors bureau) • San Mateo County Telecommunications Authority (SAMCAT) Joint Powers Authority is host agency • Monthly meetings, Surveys, Vision Paper, Focus Groups • Hired Intel Solution Services to draft Request for Proposal • Released Request for Proposal on April 28th, 2006

  13. Silicon Valley Metro Connect Team The team will add service and technology partners as needed.

  14. Services Tiers • Basic Service tiers include: • Free: 1 meg downstream, with advertising • Entry level: $15/month, 1 meg downstream • Extreme: 1 to 3 meg symmetric • Kids: content filters • Voice over Wireless LAN • Enhanced services for cities, e.g. public safety, SCADA, public works, building inspection • City portals with local information All tiers are subject to change during negotiations.

  15. Business Model

  16. Sources of Revenue for Metro Connect Silicon Valley Metro Connect $ advertising $ $ $ PublicFree PublicPaid Cities, Police, Fire Business SystemsIntegrationServices

  17. Payments to Member Cities, Counties Silicon Valley Metro Connect CitiesCounties $ Pole Attachment Fees Fees for Use of Public Facilities Profit Sharing Support for running the Joint Powers Authority

  18. WSV Regional Governance Model Silicon Valley Metro ConnectTeam SV MunicipalBroadbandAuthority JointCommittee user groups EmergencyResponse PublicWorks Trans-portation Utilities Schools Visitors, Events … more

  19. Transportation Users Group (TUG) • Automotive • Daimler Chrysler, VW, BMW, GM, Toyota, Tesla, Bosch • Metropolitan Transit Authority • Valley Transportation Authority • SAMTRANS • University of California PATH program • SAP, IBM, Cisco

  20. TUG Project Ideas • Mobility testbed • Real time bus information • Traffic signal synchronization • Safety – vehicle to vehicle and to off-road • Congestion management • Time of day pricing for use of highways

  21. Benefits of the “Create a Market” Model • More users and applications • Users can participate in the design of the network • More potential to generate income and refresh the technology • Single network manager • Efficiencies for deployment • Efficiencies for vendor for negotiations with cities and counties, and other user groups

  22. Drawbacks • More complicated network and business model • Teaming agreements • More capital needed to fund construction

  23. If we were issuing an RFP today… • Try to develop an anchor tenancy agreement with a few cities and local businesses in advance.

  24. Why are we doing Wireless Silicon Valley? • To make our businesses and government agencies more efficient. • To improve customer service. • To provide convenience for our residents. • To encourage local wireless entrepreneurs. • To compete in the global economy.

  25. www.wirelesssiliconvalley.org

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