Maine Broadband Planning Project—2010-2014

1. Maine Broadband Planning Project—2010-2014 • Objective: Increase broadband uptake in a focused and measurable way. • 5 October 2010 • The Sewall Team: • James W. Sewall Company • Packard Judd Kaye Strategic Marketing Group • Dr. Todd Gabe • Jeff Letourneau

2. ConnectME Planning Project—Workflow

3. Baseline Needs Assessment—Task A

4. Baseline Needs Assessment—Task A • Identifying the Stakeholders • Current resources • Interests • Barriers • Gathering Stakeholder Input • Public Surveys and Forums • Business Surveys • Mapping Project Data • Community Anchor Institutions • Service Provider Data • ConnectME Award Data • Other Constituencies’ Data • Assessment Tasks • Assessing Other Development Strategies • Economic Modeling • Assessing Barriers • Preparing the Assessment

5. Stakeholders • Data Providers • Service Providers • Public Consumers • Business Consumers • Community Anchor Institutions • First Nations • Telemedicine Entities • State Agencies • Constituencies—Current • Lead Legislative Committees/Legislators • Broadband Strategy Council • Telephone Association of Maine • New England TeleHealth Consortium • Maine Research & Education Network • ConnectME / BTOP Awardees • Maine Municipal Association

6. Public & Business Surveys & Forums • Initial Effort • Six public forums—October-November • Initial Survey (10,000 + 10,000 forms)—December • Three Annual Updates—Same level of effort • Community Anchor Institutions • Every institution surveyed directly

7. Public Forums • Schedule • October 13, 12 – 1 pmMark and Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle • October 20, 6 – 7 pmSkowhegan Community Center, Skowhegan • October 23, 2 – 3 pmPorter Memorial Library, Machias • October 27, 6 – 7 pmBangor Public Library, Bangor • November 3, 6 – 7 pmBelfast Free Library, Belfast • November 15, 12 – 1 pmPortland Public Library, Portland

8. Economic Modeling of Broadband in MaineDr. Todd GabeProfessor of EconomicsUniversity of Maine

9. Purpose • Increase broadband use in Maine by … • Identifying barriers to broadband deployment by service providers • Identifying barriers to broadband use by households and businesses

10. Data & Methods (municipality-level analysis) • Data from ConnectME mapping project on percentage of municipality with access to broadband via DSL, cable, fixed wireless, etc. • Data from FCC (form 477) on number of residential fixed high speed connections per 1,000 households • Examine association with municipality-level characteristics such as population density, household and business characteristics, presence of community anchor institutions, etc.

11. Data & Methods (household- and business-level analysis) • Data from current project on type of Internet connection used by household (or business); e.g., dial-up, DSL, cable, etc. • Examine association with household (or business) characteristics from survey, industry and town-level characteristics

12. Modeling Summary • Goal is to integrate economic analysis with mapping project, current data collection efforts, and overall objectives of ConnectME

13. Needs Assessment Schedule

14. Maine Broadband Planning Project Contact: Randy Claar James W. Sewall Company 136 Center Street Old Town, ME 04468 207 827 4456 x203 randy.claar@sewall.com