BUILDING A REGIONAL HIGHSPEED BROADBAND NETWORK

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BUILDING A REGIONAL HIGHSPEED BROADBAND NETWORK

• Southern Tier East Regional Planning Development
  Board

• TRANSPORT AND LAST MILE SERVICES
• CONCEPTS AND EXISTING COMMUNITY FEATURES

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General Concept for Rural Service in Southern
Tier East Region
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• National Grid
• Service to major Points of Presence
• Binghamton, Buffalo, New York City
• Regional Transport Net
• Fiber backbone supporting Central
• Offices and Service Nodes
• Local Last Mile
• Direct Customer Service relying on
• Multiple Technologies and Local Choice

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Design Considerations
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Review of Points With Special Broadband Needs

• HEALTHCARE CENTERS AND HOSPITALS
• COLLEGES, BOCES, PUBLIC SCHOOLS LIBRARIES
• PUBLIC AREAS, PARKS
• POLICE, 911 CENTERS, FIRE SERVICE
• MAJOR INDUSTRIES

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Multiple Telephone Companies Serve the Region
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Telecommunications Meets Multiple Needs

• Health
• Education
• Government
• Business

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Health.........
From Presentation by Appalachian Regional
Commission at Southern Tier East Regional
Planning Development Board Telecommunications
Conference 1/22/09
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Education......
From Presentation by Appalachian Regional
Commission at Southern Tier East Regional
Planning Development Board Telecommunications
Conference 1/22/09
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Government........
From Presentation by Appalachian Regional
Commission at Southern Tier East Regional
Planning Development Board Telecommunications
Conference 1/22/09
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and Business uses.
From Presentation by Appalachian Regional
Commission at Southern Tier East Regional
Planning Development Board Telecommunications
Conference 1/22/09
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COMPOSITE OF POINTS OF SPECIAL BROADBAND
NEEDSand2004 Broadband Lines
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ESTIMATION OF UNDERSERVED AREAS

• Estimations based upon County Parcel Data and
  2004 fiber inventory
• Areas shown are outside of cable served areas and
  typical DSL range (2 miles from Central Station)

• STE Estimate of Percent of
• Households Underserved
• Broome 35.4
• Cortland 51.9
• Delaware 66.0
• Otsego 52.6
• Schoharie 64.2
• Tioga 42.8
• Regional Average 48.8

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Examples of Existing and Planned Multi-County
Networks
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An Economic Development Initiative of
Development Authority of the North Country 317
Washington Street, Suite 414 Watertown, NY
13601 315.785.2593 www.danc.org
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The OATN has been developed through

• Public-private partnerships
• US Department of Commerce, Economic Development
  Administration, and Representative John McHugh
  (3.0 million)
• New York State (6.25 million)
• MT Bank (9.4 million)

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What is the OATN?

• 760 miles of fiber optic cable throughout
  Jefferson, Lewis, and
• St. Lawrence Counties, including connection to
  Syracuse, plus electronic and optical
  transmission equipment
• Central Offices are located in communities with
  good opportunities to expand competitive
  commercial service offerings

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CBN Connect Funding 1.09

• Total project cost estimate 35 million
• McHugh, Clinton
• - HUD 300,000 for wireless pilot project
• - SBA 245,000 for staff and feasibility study
• EDA 250,000 for technical design
• Empire State Development 250,000 for EDA match
• Federal State potential for construction funds
• FCC Telemedicine 7.6M funding of ACTION opens
  opportunity for partnership with CBN Connect

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Connections to DANK Network
CBN Connect Network 400 Mile Fiber Optic
Backbone in Clinton, Essex, and Franklin
Counties
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Development Concepts for the Southern Tier

• Three Tiered Approach
• National/International Grid Connection
• National and International Service
  Providers
• Regional Transport Spine and Loops
• Regional Public and Private Sector
  Providers -All High Speed Optical Fiber
• Multiple Approaches to Last Mile
• Multiple Service Providers - Broadband over
  Powerline (BPL) - Data over Cable Service
  Interface Specification (DOCSIS), Voice over
  Internet Protocol (VoIP), Satellite Services -
  Wireless/Mobile WiFi/WPAN and WiMax, Fiber Optic
  Service (FiOS), Fiber to the Home (FTTH), High
  Speed Copper (DSL 2 VDSL2)

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Opportunities for Inter-Regional Cooperation
Across the Southern Tier
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