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Bringing Broadband to your Rural Community NACO Legislative Conference March, 2014

Bringing Broadband to your Rural Community NACO Legislative Conference March, 2014. The Rural Challenge. Public/Private Partnership. Lack of affordable broadband and competition Driving away jobs and investment New Business Model needed to solve the infrastructure and access problem.

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Bringing Broadband to your Rural Community NACO Legislative Conference March, 2014

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  1. Bringing Broadband to your Rural CommunityNACO Legislative ConferenceMarch, 2014

  2. The Rural Challenge

  3. Public/Private Partnership • Lack of affordable broadband and competition • Driving away jobs and investment • New Business Model needed to solve the infrastructure and access problem

  4. Some Key Challenges • Incumbent Providers viewed any public investment in fiber infrastructure as a competitive threat • Political will to test new business model in rural region • Governance model to keep efficient operations, yet involve local stakeholders

  5. MBC Business Plan

  6. MBC Regional Network

  7. Cost Benefits to Rural Region OC3: $174/Mbps OC12: $61/Mbps

  8. Business Model Evolution • Open-Access Policy for entire network • Not selecting last-mile technology • Private sector participation • Flat-rate wholesale pricing • Regulatory partnerships for rights of way and access • Focus on what’s best for community, not profit motive • Provide incentives for “public use fiber”

  9. Measuring Success • Microsoft invested US$1B in new data center, 250 jobs • ICF International, 532 jobs operational support center • Hewlett Packard: $400M investment, 120 jobs • New Telecom & Wireless ISP’s to serve region • 45 carriers • Broadband availability • 2004: 60% • 2013: 90% • Sustainable Revenues

  10. Overcoming Challenges

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