Gila and Pinal Counties Community Telecom Assessments

1. Gila and Pinal CountiesCommunityTelecom Assessments MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

2. The Vision for Pinal and Gila Counties • Healthy, Active, Prosperous Citizens who: • – Are engaged in productive work of their choice • – Are able to build their careers through advanced education without leaving their community • – Have access to the best healthcare services available from right here in their own community • – Have children who plan to live, learn and build lives without having to leave their community MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

3. The Good Old Days “It used to be a whole lot easier. If I needed a telephone, I called the telephone company and they installed it. If it stopped working, I called them and they fixed it.” MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

4. In 1964 • Long distance calls cost $.60 to $1.00 per minute. ($3.25 to 5.43 in today’s dollars). • Mobile telephone service was limited to 12 simultaneous calls in any city and for use in vehicles due to the weight of the equipment. • Coded ringing and 8 party service was the norm for rural areas. • Fax capacity did not exist. • Data communications consisted of telegraph service. • Most calls sounded like there really were tin cans and string involved. • The very beginnings of the Internet was still 5 years away MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

5. 2003 PCS High Speed Internet Access Broadband Cable Modem Service DSL Satellite Fixed Wireless Fiber Optics ISDN MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

6. Why do we need it?How will we use it? • Compete in the Emerging Global Economy (E-Commerce) • Create opportunities for our children • Advanced Delivery of Education • Health Care - Remote diagnostics and procedures • Government - Cooperative purchasing, online billing and payments, information access • Decreasing Impacts to our Environment MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

7. Objectives • Develop Broadband Telecom Access Plan with Pinal & Gila Counties • Public • Private • Individuals MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

8. Economic Development • Objective of telecom infrastructure - to bring “clean industry” to the counties • Businesses look for: • Hard working, humble workforce • Airport access within 2-3 hours • Wage levels less than big cities • Recreational opportunities • Quality of life AND……………………. MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

9. Economic Development (Cont’d) • Status and availability of IT Infrastructure • Examples • Call Centers/Help Desks • Airlines • High technology • Credit card clearing houses MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

10. Planning Process • Infrastructure Inventory • Needs Assessment • Telecom Potential Market Assessment • Technology Plan • Feasibility/Sustainability MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

11. Infrastructure Inventory • Infrastructure Alternatives • Fiber Optics • Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) • Cable Modem Service • Fixed Wireless • Frame Relay or conventional T1 service • ISDN - Integrated Switched Digital Network • Satellite Service • 3rd Generation Wireless ( Internet enabled handheld devices, PCS picture phone) • Technology Choices • Wireline • wireless MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

12. Needs Assessment • Survey Instrument • Personal Interviews • Governmental Agencies • Tribal Nations • Health Institutions • Educational Institutions • Businesses • “Statistical Significance” MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

13. Telecom Potential Market Assessment • Revenue Model • Components • Population and Household Estimates and Projections • Number of Businesses Projections • Industry Statistics – Internet/Data Usage • Market Share Assumptions • Pricing Assumptions • Products to be Sold • High, Medium and Low Bandwidth • Firewalls • Equipment • Market Pricing MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

14. Technology Plan • Demand vs. Cost • Population • Private sector businesses • Governmental agencies • Public/Private partnerships MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

16. Town of IgnacioSouthern Ute Tribe MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

17. City of Fort Morgan High Capacity Telecommunications Users High Users - Medium Users - MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

18. Washington County Conceptual Engineering Design MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

19. Feasibility/Sustainability • Network structure, interoperability and scalability • Governance/ownership/maintenance – • Public owned • Public/Private partnership • Private owned MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

20. Feasibility/Sustainability (Cont’d) • Finance • Your money – Cash Funding • Someone else’s money • Grants • State Funding • Private Sector Funding • Borrowing • General Obligation Bonds • Sales Tax Revenue Bonds • Enterprise Revenue Bonds • General Fund Revenue Bonds • Lease-Purchase Financing or Certificates of Participation Source: George K. Baum & Company MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

21. Community Telecom Assessment Planning Process • PHASE I • Needs Assessment • Survey • PHASE II • Infrastructure Inventory • Business Models • PHASE III • Technology Plan Development • Financing Alternatives • Final Report MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

22. Cautions • Infrastructure is not a “Silver Bullet” • Applications and uses are the goal • “Build it and they will use it” doesn’t always work • Can be a “double-edged sword” for rural communities • Success dependent upon end-user demand • Takes 10 times longer than anyone anticipates MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

23. Questions from the Counties? MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC

24. Gila and Pinal CountiesCommunityTelecom Assessments MANWEILER TELECOM CONSULTING, LLC