Inaugural Utah Broadband Provider Roundtable Presentation

Inaugural Utah Broadband Provider Roundtable

What is the Utah Broadband Project

A joint effort between – the Utah Public Service Commission (PSC) [the official

grant designee], – the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED),

[responsible for coordination and planning], and – the Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC)

[responsible for mapping/technical services]– Provider Engagement Contractor: International Research

Center (IRC)

Funding

Mapping: $1.5 Million Planning: $500,000 • The total grant award just over $2 million• In-kind match for approximately $500,000• Total project estimate=$2,555,553

New Award• A supplemental award of $3.1 million was announced by the

NTIA last week.• What for?

– Prolong the “life” of the project from two to five years; – Support a research survey on broadband demand and Internet usage; – Provide for local outreach related to increasing broadband adoption; – Establish one additional staff member to support the existing project

staff; – Identify and implement best practices related to data collection,

integration, and validation; and – Leverage state-to-county relationships and Utah’s 911 Committee to

develop a statewide address file.

Other Broadband Efforts in Utah

• BTOP Recipients• Utah Education Network ($13 million)• Ute Tribe ($1.4 million)• Utopia ($16 million)

• BIP Recipients• South Central Communications ($9.2 million)

State Legislative Efforts

Rural Broadband Service Fund Act Utah Code Ann. § 63M-1-2305

• The fund was limited to $1,000,000 in post performance cash grants with a 50% of project cost ceiling and a sunset date of July 1, 2010.

Public Outreach Efforts• Audiences:

– Broadband Providers– Public Officials– Businesses– Consumers

• Mechanisms– Meetings– Tradeshows– Traditional Media– Social Media

• SlideShare• YouTube• Facebook (via GOED’s page)• Twitter

– NEW WEBISTE: http://BROADBAND.UTAH.GOV

@UtahBroadband

Website

• Will be released later this month• Designed by Utah Interactive

Preview…..

Questions, feedback or technical assistance requests?

Contact the Utah Broadband Project team anytime at broadband@utah.gov

Tara Thue, GOEDtthue@utah.gov

Bert Granberg, AGRCbgranberg@utah.gov

Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC)

• Dept. of Technology Services (DTS)– State Geographic Information Database

• Data, Services, Infrastructure– Aerial Photography– Streets & Address Locations– Land Ownership & Parcels– Municipal and Political Boundaries– Demographic Data– Terrain Models– GPS Network– …

AGRC Broadband Mapping Role

• Technology Services Provider to the Project– Data collection, standardization, verification– NTIA submission– State Broadband Map

• Hosting and Development

Technical Assistance Available To Providers!

What is being mapped?• NTIA Broadband Definition:

– 768K down, 200K Up• Speed & Technology:

– Wireless Service Areas• Service polygons

– Wire-based Service Areas• Census Block (where blocks <= 2 sq miles)• Road Segment• Address Service Points

– Infrastructure• Middle & Last Mile Locations

– Service Overview (by county)– Community Anchor Institutions

• Schools, Emergency Response, Health, Government, Public Services

Italics = Protected Data Records

Expected Utah Participation inOctober 2010 NTIA Data Submission

• Emery• Frontier• Gunnison• Hughes• InfoWest• Integra• Leap/Cricket• Level3• Manti• Myvocom• NewEdge• Qwest

• Sprint/Nextel• SouthCentral• Spanish Fork• Strata• T-Mobile• ThreeSixty• Union• Utopia• Veracity• Verizon• Wild Blue• XOCommunications• XpressWeb

• AllWest• American Fiber• AT&T• Baja• Beehive• Bresnan• CentraCom• Comcast• Covad• Digis• DirectComm.

Significant Data Processing

Still Underway

Broadband Availability

WirelessBroadband

Broadband Availability

WirelineBroadband

(& Wireless)

Broadband Availability

Fiber Service

(& Wireline& Wireless)

Broadband Availability

10 mbps or greater(Provider-reported

Service, All technologies)

Broadband Availability

10 mbps or greater

including UEN & Community

Anchor Institutions

(All technologies)

Broadband Availability

State Broadband Map• Interactive Browser Based Map• Allow Users to Explore Non-Confidential

Broadband Data• Design, User Cases:

– Consumer– Community, Civic Leaders– Policy: Incentives, Planning, etc.

Interactive Map w/

Zoom and Pan

Controls

CONCEPT DRAFT

Find Location of

Interest

CONCEPT DRAFT

View Broadband & Demographic Data For Map

Center Location

CONCEPT DRAFT

CONCEPT DRAFT

Filter BroadbandMap Data

SelectMap

Background

CONCEPT DRAFT

Utah Broadband Mapping: The Road Ahead

• NTIA Data Submission, Wed Oct 6th [date extended by NTIA]– Provider Feedback Packets, November 2010

• New FCC National Broadband Data Model– Subsequent submissions, March/September

Our Goals:1. Browser-based submission portal, Mar 20112. State Broadband Map

– Target Release: Jan 2011• Provider preview, 1 month prior

3. Speed Test Data Available to Providers4. Statewide Address Point Map Layer, July 2012

Questions, feedback or technical assistance requests?

Contact the Utah Broadband Project team anytime at broadband@utah.gov

Tara Thue, GOEDtthue@utah.gov

Bert Granberg, AGRCbgranberg@utah.gov

Inaugural Utah Broadband Provider Roundtable