2015 NYS Budget Includes Funding for Gov. Cuomo Broadband Initiatives

New Yorkers need to band together to ensure funds get allocated to rural unserved and or underserved areas of the state

http://news10.com/2015/03/31/highlights-of-2015-16-nys-budget-agreement/

NYS BROADBAND AVAILABILITY

GIS analysis of unserved and underserved areas in Albany, Columbia, Greene and Schoharie Counties

Below image from NYS Gov. Cuomo website

OSP Design & Construction

Source: NYS Broadband Office “official” availability map Counties sampled shaded below.

Source: Smart Schools Initiative site

The following maps and graphs reveal our GIS findings

THE NEED FOR FIBER Cable can provide businesses with speeds all the way from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps down and 1 to 5 Mbps up. Your cable

connection is shared with other users so speeds can slow down during peak, or work, hours.

Fiber optic connection are nothing short of impressive, ranging from 5 Mbps and 100 Gbps for downloads and uploads multiple users are able to share files, and stream audio and video all at the same time with virtually no effect on performance

GIS Data Analysis Summary

Rural Communities, Businesses and Residents alike are supportive of this proposal

Un served and Underserved areas are greater than

what the NYS BB office maps reflects

Broadband office needs to revise map showing actual available speeds and coverage areas

Current providers are erroneously reporting more

than what is available

There is a business case to build the network