Life in the Broadband Economy

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Life in the Broadband Economy
From the Caboose (or Guards Van) to the Internet

• Presented by
• Louis A. Zacharilla
• Co-Founder
• Intelligent Community Forum
• Wireless Cities Conference
• Global Digital Cities Network
• 30 August 2007

INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY FORUM www.intelligentcommuni
ty.com
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The Top Seven Intelligent Communities of Year 2007
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The Top Seven of 2007
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Welcome to life in the broadband economy
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The broadband economy An historic event

• Fast sailing ships and railways expanded trade
  and shaped international politics (18th 19th
  Centuries)
• Steam and electricity revolutionized the
  organization of communities and work ( 19th
  early 20th Centuries)
• Highway construction changed customs, lifestyles,
  careers, population distribution and labor (20th
  Century)
• Airlines and electronic media shrunk the globe,
  internationalized business and deepened
  international understanding (20th 21st
  Centuries)

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Life in the broadband economy a
technology-based revolution

• The broadband revolution

• Global fiber and satellite networks link old and
  new business centers from New York to Singapore,
  Dundee to Chonchon

• Collaboration and trade across time zones and
  borders with low or no transaction cost
• Melding of financial and business markets
• Portability of capital investment labor on
  unprecedented scale

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The Network and an Engine that Enabled Wealth
Jobs
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THE TRAIN STOPPED AND SO DID THE JOBS
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Benchmarking the
The Intelligent Community
Intelligent Community Forum A project of World
Teleport Association
www.intelligentcommunity.org
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Smart 21 Communities of 2007

• Ashland, Oregon, USA
• Bettendorf, Iowa, USA
• Burlington, Ontario, Canada
• Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
• Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
• Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• Hong Kong, China
• Ichikawa, Japan
• Isle of Man
• Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
• Jia Ding, China

• Kabul, Afghanistan
• Karlskrona, Sweden
• Loma Linda, California USA
• Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario-Quebec, Canada
• Reykjavik, Iceland
• San Francisco, California, USA
• Sunderland, Tyne Wear, United Kingdom
• Tallinn, Estonia
• Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia

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Intelligent Community Indicators

• Broadband infrastructure
• Knowledge-based workforce
• Innovation Creativity
• Digital inclusion
• Marketing and Advocacy

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Tales from the frontSunderland, United Kingdom

• Former shipbuilding and coal-mining center on
  North Sea, hard-hit by industrial decline
• 1980s unemployment rate exceeds 30, higher than
  in the Great Depression
• In top 10 of UK distressed districts
• Low-skilled workforce, heavy concentration of
  elderly, disabled workers
• 2003 unemployment rate of 4
• Ranked as one of top five most competitive
  business locations in the UK

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Nunavut A Smart21 Intelligent Community
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What is an Intelligent Community?

• Community that views broadband as the next
  essential utility, as vital to economic growth as
  reliable power and good roads
• Recognizing that broadband is only the beginning
  - becoming an Intelligent Community is not about
  technology but about creating a culture of use

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Broadband Facts

• Internet usage growth up 643 in Africa 495 in
  Middle East
• 10,000 TV channels worldwide
• By 2008, Chinas 1.29tr in B2B e-commerce will
  account for half of Asia-Pacific spending 81
  annual growth rate (excluding Japan)
• Waterloo, Ontario (pop 110,000) produced 10 of
  all publicly traded companies in Canada

• 93 of American teenagers use the Internet
• Tallinn, Estonia held worlds first national
  elections using Internet
• 28 million Americans use the Internet to deepen
  their ties to their local communities (2001
  study!)
• 2 out of last 3 Intelligent Communities of the
  Year were from Asia

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Communities face a choice ride toward the future
or stand still
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor. Robert
Burns, poet, 1759-1796