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EASTERN ONTARIO REGIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK. Presentation to: City of Cornwall April 26 , 2010. The EOWC - Who We Are. Area is larger than: 109 countries 9x PEI >Vancouver Island Equal to Nova Scotia 50,000 sq kms Rugged Topography Home 10 FN. Representing 1,093,000 Citizens. Scale.
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EASTERN ONTARIO REGIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK Presentation to: City of Cornwall April 26, 2010
The EOWC - Who We Are • Area is larger than: • 109 countries • 9x PEI • >Vancouver Island • Equal to Nova Scotia • 50,000 sq kms • Rugged Topography • Home 10 FN Representing 1,093,000 Citizens
EORN – What is it? NetworkSuperhighway with higher speeds, bandwidth and efficiency than currently exists Rural Urban EORN Large capacity network that will serve at least 95% of E. Ontario’s population & business with 10Mbps
$170 M A single project covering Eastern Ontario
Components of the Network Access Towers, radios, and DSL GigE Switches Fibre Satellite
What Does This Mean For Eastern Ontario Higher speeds, more capacity and greater reach
What does this mean for Cornwall? • Access to Gigabit Ethernet technology scalable and affordable • Capacities that do not exist today • Bandwidth for the future
What does this mean for Cornwall? • Ability to compete with communities like Boston, Montreal • Fundamental shift in the economics for service providers offering services to the consumer
EOWC Digital Summit • March 24th and 25th 2009 in Kingston. • Over 120 registrants from the four key sectors of government, education, health and business. Matt Wenger Bernard Lord Key Note Speakers
Governance - EORN • Incorporated Not-for-Profit Company • 9 Member Board of Directors • Skills and abilities Board • First Nations Membership
Sharing Formula • Canada $55 m • Ontario $55 m • Private Sector $50 m • EOWC Inc. $10 m
Financial Contribution Requested $258,580
Formula $10 Million = Municipal Share Transport (Fibre & GigE) = 62.94% of $10 million Access (Access & Satellite = 32.05% of $10 million Project Management = 5% of $10 million
Cornwall’s Contribution • Transport = $104,900 • Access = $131,941 • Project Man = $ 21,739 $258,580