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Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance Established by
EO 35, 2006 (codified 2008)
Commonwealth Broadband Roundtable (launched September 2007)
› Co-Chaired by (then) Secretary of Technology, Aneesh Chopra and Senator Mark
Warner
› Comprised of experts from academia and industry, state/local/regional leaders,
legislators, state agency representatives
› Five sub-committees formed to address specific elements of the broadband
equation – adoption/availability, technology, applications, business models and
outreach
› Finalized Activities, September 2008
Broadband Advisory Council (recommendation from Roundtable) enacted July
1, 2009
Toolkit can be accessed through wired.virginia.gov.
Designed to help communities achieve last-mile broadband services.
Is your community “house” in order? › Comprehensive Plan and Land
Use Documents
› Broadband friendly zoning
› Expedited permitting processes
› Fees/Charges
What are you trying to do? › Who are you trying to connect?
› What applications are of interest ?
› Who will lead the initiative?
How do you do it? › Assessing assets and demand for services
› Determine desired technology
› Evaluate deal structure options
Business Case Analysis and Funding › Reallocate existing telecom spend and “in-
kind” contributions
› Evaluate and leverage grant opportunities (existing and future)
› Leverage VRA funding mechanisms
Available at wired.virginia.gov
Putting it into Practice: Franklin County
State Role
– Advocate
– Resource/ “Coach”
– Documenter of Best Practices
– Developer of tools
– Enactor of policies that can have broad impact – removing barriers/implementing enablers
• Use of state owned assets
• Agency leverage
– Keeper of “focus” on the overall goal of ubiquitous affordable broadband
Community Role
– Front line for broadband initiatives
– Leader
– Partner
– Decision/Deal Maker
$500
Actual Build-out
Estimate
Access to
Public
Infrastructure
(Non-Cash) -
69%
Waived Lease
Revenue – 18%
Publicly-owned towers
support many of the
infrastructure locations
County Spend – 14%
$83
Buying Down Deployment Costs
Capital spend
covers 70% of
geographic region
Capital Investment
Private Partner, $000s
Capital Investment
Private Partner, $000s
Goal: Establish a baseline of broadband service availability across the Commonwealth
Voluntary Reporting: Carriers voluntarily agreed to participate in the process with broad stakeholder support – at no cost to the taxpayer
Respecting Market Privacy: Through Virginia’s CIT, carriers protected against risk of competitive disadvantage due to data loss
Technical Advantages: Virginia now recognizes the “new” FCC definition of at least 768Kbps download speed and at least 200Kbps upload speed as the minimum definition of broadband service
Address-Level Data: Virginia has a process in place to collect and map geo-coded address-level broadband availability data and geo-spatial and demographic information displayed at the County level - at no additional cost
Virginia Mapping Initiative in Brief
Awarded:
Center for Innovative Technology – VA state designee for mapping initiatives with NTIA in conjunction with the Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance and the Secretary of Technology’s Office
CIT awarded $1.8 million for broadband mapping by NTIA (March 2010). Partners include the Virginia Geographic Information Network and Virginia Tech. Purpose: to build on the initial map published in 2009, provide additional verification and validation, and align VA data with requirements for National Broadband Map (2011).
CIT awarded $500,000 for broadband planning to include health IT and e-commerce usage mapping
Second Round of Funding from NTIA (approx $5.8 million)
Expanded Broadband mapping $2,123,964
Capacity Building (expansion of health/e-commerce planning initiatives and staff) $1,435,887
Technical Assistance (Education and training) $943,141
Technical Assistance (Broadband mapping for tribal lands) $1,297,018
Currently have 67 providers participating (average for other states is
around 35).
•Access the online map:
http://mapping.vita.virginia.gov/broadband
Search by Address
Ecommerce and Health IT:
Broadband Utilization and Adoption
Virginia contracted with Strategic Network Groups
(SNG) to collect data on e-commerce activities and
broadband availability in the Commonwealth.
Collected results from 2,014 businesses and
organizations and 738 households.
Collected information on access technology, speed
of service, cost, satisfaction with services, and
information on how high-speed internet is used.
Data condensed into six static maps.
Developed by SNG
Allows users to access information and develop intelligence from data collected from businesses, organizations, and households and separate data based on regions in Virginia
Graphs and figures from this presentation extracted from Platform
Digital Economy Analytics Online Platform
Interactive, online map
Can be found at mapping.vita.virginia.gov/healthbroadband/
Created using data from Broadaxe’s survey of healthcare institutions across the state
CIT and Broad Axe Technology Partners are examining how hospitals and other health care institutions around the Commonwealth use healthcare technologies.
The assessment is done through a survey and performed on an annual basis.
CIT developed an interactive Health IT map using the information from the assessment . The map allows the user to see the relationship between the availability of broadband and the use of health information technologies.
CIT was asked to display the Health IT map at Broadband Communities Summit and was highlighted in Lawrence Strickling’s keynote address
Education and Training &
Indian County Broadband
SNG is developing a Commonwealth-specific Broadband Awareness and Adoption Plan which will outline potential demand for broadband in “unserved” and “underserved” areas. SNG will then work with broadband providers on approaches that provide new investments in broadband infrastructure.
Broad Axe is researching existing broadband/digital literacy training programs in the Commonwealth in order to develop an inventory of resources.
Based on the Broadband Awareness and Adoption Plan and the inventory of resources, CIT will develop and conduct six workshops that will provide education and outreach regarding programs, mapping, and digital literacy training opportunities.
Virginia was selected by NTIA to reach out to Native American tribes throughout the country and provide assistance in collecting and submitting broadband availability data.
CIT has submitted a feasibility study and has agreed to move forward with the project upon approval of the proposal.
CIT will work with partners, VGIN, VT and Native American Capital, to establish relationships with tribes and format the data for inclusion in the National Broadband Map.
Virginia Tech e-Corridors
Center for Geospatial Information Technology
Institute for Policy and Governance
• The Vertical Assets Inventory Toolkit is a repository of location information for structures that have the potential to serve as wireless transmission sites.
• Aims to bring owners and managers of these sites together with wireless Internet service providers
• The assumption is that readily available vertical asset data can shorten the investment decision timeframe and lower initial costs of investment and system development.
http://ecorridors.vt.edu/verticalassets
Cable Coverage, DSL Coverage & Vertical Assets
Virginia Tech’s Internet
speed testing and mapping
program
A usage and performance
map to accompany the
availability map
Campaigns are initiated at
the local level
Accelerate Virginia Speed Test Locations
Schools Libraries
Wireless Mapping 2012-2014
•Leverage and enhance Virginia's State Broadband Data and Development (SBDD) Program •Provide analytical components and a basis for a vertical assets planning tool for use at state to local scales. Vertical Assets Inventory 3D Viewer Digital Surface Models / DTM RF Propagation Models Spectrum Mapping
Consensus Building Validation and analysis of broadband data, RF model, dead zones, speed tests, opensignalmaps, field measurements, etc
Planning / development tools
http://vmdev.cgit.vt.edu/Viewsheds/
Veterans are faced with wide-ranging and complex health needs. Veterans residing in rural areas tend to be in poorer health, resulting in higher rates of chronic health conditions.
Broadband is increasingly being utilized to meet and improve veteran mental and physical health needs
CIT has partnered with Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance and Virginia Tech Center for Geospatial Information Technology to explore applications of broadband utilization technology to improve health care services to Virginia veterans.
55% are 55 years of age or older
Younger
Veterans
Higher demand for care Higher levels of multiple disabilities coordination and specialty services -Physical, Mental, Head Injuries,
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Approximately 749,609 of Virginians are Veterans
(12.8%)
Public-Private Partnership to
build a wireless broadband
network serving citizens,
business and the local
government
No wide-area network (WAN)
› Higher Internet service costs
Some offices with no Internet access
› Unmanaged email accounts
› Duplicated telecom costs
Fire and EMS stations manual reporting
Public Safety Radio upgrade
Few (or no) broadband options for
citizens
Serve all County offices with managed services & reduced costs
Capitalize on tower infrastructure
Improve Broadband options for Franklin County citizens
NOT become an Internet Service Provider!
• Cable
• DSL
Typical Options
• Lower cost to build
• 15-20 mile
• Quick install
Wireless Strengths
• Line-of-sight
• Trees
• Terrain
Wireless Weaknesses
They use Motorola Canopy (and now some WiMax) › line-of-sight (LOS) and some near line-of-sight (NLOS)
UNI-band – or all the unlicensed wireless frequency
Distances: › 25 miles for the back haul (LOS)
› 12 miles standard on subscriber (LOS)
› 3-5 miles on 900mhz (NLOS)
Recent upgrades › all NLOS to WiMax technology
› Increased the size of all “pipes” into and through the County
› Using Utility Poles to “hop” into neighborhoods
Homeland Security grant money for
connecting fire/rescue stations ($50k)
Paid for 3-5 years of services up front
($18K)
› assists provider by funding equipment
› Allows provider to realize a profit before
revisiting the agreement
Total County general fund investment ~
$83k+ (original investment)
Be creative!!
Now
• Approximately 23 towers
• All county facilities
• Lowered telecom expenses 36% in 2 years!
• All fire & rescue stations
• Hundreds of businesses
• Thousands of citizens
• 10-12 B2X employees
2005
• 2 locations
• 5 businesses served
• 2.5 B2X employees
