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Randy Pruett

Is it Time to Cut the Coaxial Cord?. Arthur Brant. Randy Pruett. Director, Enterprise Infrastructure. Network Analyst, Enterprise Infrastructure. Private, Selective, Residential Masters-level University Found in 1906 in Abilene, Texas. Annual enrollment of 4,500 students

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Randy Pruett

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  1. Is it Time to Cut the Coaxial Cord? Arthur Brant Randy Pruett Director, Enterprise Infrastructure Network Analyst, Enterprise Infrastructure

  2. Private, Selective, Residential Masters-level University Found in 1906 in Abilene, Texas Annual enrollment of 4,500 students Recognized for “a strong commitment to teaching” technology integration, and student success

  3. Cable Television System 6% Common Spaces • Initially built out 1991 • Bulk Service Agreement with local CATV Provider • 53 Channel System • Fiber distribution from headend to buildings • 2,461 ports installed 8% Learning Spaces 25% On-Campus Apartments 55% Residence Halls CATV Ports by Locations

  4. Residence Halls • 1,800 beds • 0.3% of outbound telephone calls (Apr2013) • 8% of wired Ethernet ports used • 43% of average daily WiFi connections occur in Residence Halls Student Distribution by ResHalls

  5. ResHall Student CATV Survey 74% Students w/ a TV connected to the CATV system 40% Students w/ a network connected device hooked up to TV 91% Students watch TV shows on devices other than a TV

  6. ResHall Student CATV Survey Average Amount of time/day watching TV 68% say they watch 2 hours or less of TV a day

  7. ResHall Student CATV Survey Comparison ACU & Ohio Univ (2012)

  8. ResHall Student CATV Survey Responses to Types of TV Shows Watched 33% Of the “Other” responses identified a network they watch

  9. Are we Witnessing the Death of CATV? • “Zero TV Households” have increased 150% in the last 5 years • 57.5% of US consumers that watch online video on a TV, do some via a game console • CBS netted 10 million live streams of SuperBowl 47 in Feb 2013 • Netflix has over 29 Million US streaming members & a third of primetime broadband traffic

  10. Should the University be in the ________ Business? Student LD resale Desktop Backups Campus Email LMS Database Administration Cable Pulling iPhone competitive differentiator quality of life indicator revenue source innovation opportunity What opportunities become available if we stop doing ___________?

  11. Should ACU be in the CATV Business? 6% Common Spaces 8% Learning Spaces CATV is 9% of IT’s annual recurring spend 25% On-Campus Apartments Repurposing CATV dollars to IT Capital = 15% increase 55% Residence Halls Outsourcing CATV could offer a new revenue stream CATV Ports by Locations

  12. Is it Time to Cut the Coaxial Cord? Arthur Brant Randy Pruett branta@acu.edu arp09a@acu.edu

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