midwestnetworkcooperative

1. Providing a cooperative buying platform that delivers high grade, vendor neutral broadband connectivity solutions with minimal risk and maximum capacity. www.midwestnetworkcooperative.net A project

2. Sample Co-Op- Broadband Asset Configuration Member Site Wireless Microwave Lateral Member Site Wireless Tower Site Switch Site Switch Fiber Lateral Fiber Circuit 2 Individual Assets Multi Tenant Building Fiber Circuit 1 Fiber Circuit 3 Coordinated System Member Site Fiber Circuit 5 Telco Ethernet Site Switch Telco Lateral Fiber Lateral Core Switching Co-Location Facility, ISP, or Central Office Combines individual broadband assets into a single, very high speed, vendor neutral system. www.midwestnetworkcooperative.net

3. Shared Cost Model Switch $500/mo 22 Members = $22/mo per member 50 Mbs 20 Mbs Fiber Switch Carrier Direct Internet 90 Mbs Direct Backbone Providers 1Gps - $400/mo fixed $200 burst = $600/mo 750Mbs member traffic $600/mo = $.83 cents per mb 200 Mbs 10 Mbs 150 Mbs Fiber Up to 80% off market rates Up to 1000 times faster $1000/mo 22 Members = $45/mo per member or $1/mb 100 Mbs 50 Mbs

4. Savings on Head end Data Center Components Total Colo Cost $400/mo Final Shared Cost MNC Contracted Colo Secured cabinet with Co Op building switch User 1 10MB $250/mo MNC Contracted Cross Connect User 2 100MB $500/mo Ethernet Transport over MNC Contracted Fiber MNC Contracted Cross Connect User 3 50MB $250/mo User 3 MNC Contracted Cross Connect MNC Contracted Lateral

5. Savings on CO OP Fiber Two Sites – 5 Members Total Cost: $1000/mo for Gig Service Avg Per Member Cost: $200/mo Three Sites – 9 Members Total Cost: $1500/mo for Gig Service Avg Per Member Cost: $166/mo Five Sites – 15 Members Total Cost: $1750/mo for Gig Service Avg Per Member Cost: $116/mo

6. Cooperative Connected Business Park

7. The Difference in Broadband Internet Connections Typical Telephone or Cable Company Internet connection Avg Cost per Mb: $10 to $50 Cities full of users Internet Backbone Providers Cable/Telephone Company system Upstream Connection(s) Thousands of access lines Proposed Avg. Speed: 5 to 50 Mbs Thousands of cross connections Actual Speed: 1 to 10 Mbs Managed for Profitability by Provider Typical Internet Service Provider Internet Connection Avg Cost per Mb: $10 to $125 Hundreds of Corp and Resi Users Internet Backbone Providers Hundreds of access lines Internet Service Provider Network Upstream Connection(s) Proposed Avg Speed: 10Mb to 1000 Mbs Hundreds of cross connections Actual Speed: 10 to 1000 Mbs Managed for Profitability by Provider Typical Backbone Direct Internet Connection through CO OP Avg Cost per Mb: $4 Corporate User Internet Backbone Providers Direct Upstream Connection Proposed Avg Speed: 10Mb to 1000 Mbs Actual Speed: 10 to 1000 Mbs Managed by CO OP member base