Blandin On Broadband Fiber To The Home Networks

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Fiber to the Home Networks – Learn how fiber, a critical infrastructure, can support economic vitality in your community. Get a better understanding of the costs and capabilities of community fiber networks and how the can enable business, education, health care and quality of life. Presenter: David Russell of Calix.

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Blandin Broadband Webinar | Fiber to the Home

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Successful FTTH Business Successful FTTH Business Examples Examples

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Keys to Successful Keys to Successful DeploymentsDeployments

What we will cover today

Fiber to the Home OverviewFiber to the Home Overview

Questions and AnswersQuestions and Answers

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Bandwidth: How Much is Enough?

External drivers are stimulating demand beyond 30 Mbps

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What is Fiber to the Home?

Qwest offers “Fiber in the Loop”

Fiber goes to remote cabinets in the neighborood

Last couple 1-2 thousand feet is over copper

Bandwidths of 20-30 Megabits in the downstream

Cable Operators offer “Fiber to the Node” or “Micronode”

Fiber goes very deep and may actually reach new homes

Bandwidths are the same as those offered over coax lines

Comcast DOCSIS 3.0 bursts to 100 Megabits for >$100 a month

The Real Deal: Fiber to the Home

Fiber all the way to the home for all customers

Bandwidths not limited by media or protocol

Affordable bandwidth which can exceed 100 Megabits per second

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Why Consumers Like FTTH

Source: Render Vanderslice, 2008

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FTTH Operators in Minnesota

Albany Mutual Telephone Cooperative

Arvig Communications

Baraga Telephone

Barnesville, City of

Benton Cooperative Telephone

Christensen Communications

Connections Etc.

Consolidated Telecommunications

Crosslake Telephone

Embarq

Emily Cooperative Telephone

Farmers Mutual

Federated Telephone

Frontier

FTTH Communications

Garden Valley Telephone

Gardonville Cooperative Telephone

Hiawatha Broadband

HickoryTech

Hometown Solutions

Jaguar Communications

Johnson Telephone

Lonsdale Telephone

Mabel Telephone Cooperative

Minnesota Valley Telephone

Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative

Runestone Telephone

Spring Grove Communications

West Central Telephone

Windom, City of

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Fiber to the Home Architecture

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Optical Line Terminal (OLT)

-Located in centralizedserving office

-Supports up to 2500subscribers

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Centralized Splitter Cabinet

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ONT at the Home

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US Fiber to the Home Growth

Source: Render Vanderslice 2008

( In Thousands of Lines)

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FTTH Deployment Costs

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Successful FTTH Business Examples

Local telephone company building out “in-territory”

BEK-Steele, North Dakota

Bloomer Telephone-Bloomer, Wisconsin

Local telephone company overbuilding nearby town

Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone deployments in Grand Rapids and Bemidji

DakTel deployment in Jamestown, North Dakota

Powell, Wyoming in collaboration with TCT West

FTTH CLEC overbuilding of community

Hiawatha Broadband deployments in Wabasha, St. Charles and other southern Minnesota communities

Municipal electric utilities with FTTH deployments

Reedsburg, Wisconsin

City of Windom

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Keys to Successful FTTH

Successful FTTH deployments share some common themes

Strong sense of community

Prioritized service to businesses and institutions

Strong branding and marketing of retail services

FTTH technical expertise in-house or contracted

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Emphasize Community

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Again and Again....

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…and Again…..

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Serve Businesses & Institutions

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Local advantage positioningLocal weather channels (West, East)

Flight information channel

Local political and school coverage

Local newscasts

Locally produced content-cooking, travel, sports

Locally produced movie reviews/hosted showings

Differentiated Services

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Offer Superior Customer Service

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Strong Retail Marketing

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Christmas Bandwidth Promotion

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Photosharing, Electronic Cards, etc

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Communicate Project Details

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Get the Video Service Right

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Offer Bundled Services

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Hire/Contract/Partner FTTH Expertise

Thank You

david.russell@calix.com

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