FIBERBAND COMMUNITY MEETING May 12, 2011 Long Prairie/Grey Eagle - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
FIBERBAND COMMUNITY MEETING May 12, 2011 Long Prairie/Grey Eagle High School Agenda Welcome and Introductions Presentation from U-Reka Broadband Presentation from Arvig Communications Systems Presentation from Mark Erickson,
May 12, 2011 Long Prairie/Grey Eagle High School
Systems
Winthrop, City Administrator
Chad Becker, Chairman, Todd County Development Corporation
– U-reka will facilitate discussions with potential private partners – U-reka will be here tonight to help field questions – U-reka will help write an application for grant funds. – U-reka will be the County’s contractor and agent for completion of the feasability study
May 17
nationwide project reach
project management and construction management services for Service Providers, Municipalities, Tribal Governments and Private Businesses
keep overheads low and to allow us to scale to the requirements of our customers
– Over 25 years of industry experience including planning, engineering and implementation of ILEC, CLEC and Municipally-owned utilities – Provides overall strategic management planning and project implementation
– Over 25 years of industry experience including technology and telecommunications management with responsibility for projects in the $100’s of millions – Provides overall program and implementation of projects including construction and project management services
million in both BIP and BTOP applications.
– Southwest Minnesota Broadband Group $13 million FTTP project – Farmer’s Mutual Telephone and Lac qui Parle County, MN $10 million FTTP project – Baldwin Telecom and Town of Troy, WI $10 million FTTP project – Northern Tribal Alliance, MN $1.7 million computer center project – Provided Environmental Study assistance to TDS (six successfully funded projects)
municipal space we believe that Telco’s can effective partners
allows us to be an independent third-party to negotiations
Foundation that assists in facilitating feasibility studies for these projects
projects, not just writing a study
Arvig Communication Systems (ACS)
– Est. 1950 – ESOP
Speed Internet and Video accounts.
– ACS will participate financially and provide support through the feasibility study portion
Directory, Security, Phone Systems, Construction
Ethernet Services
– DSL – FTTH – Docsis 3.0, cable modem – Wi-Fi and WiMax – Ethernet
would be done.
– Numbers stopped working.
evaluate Public/Private Partnerships.
create possible next steps.
released.
Mark Birkholz Business Manager arvig.com mark.birkholz@arvig.com 218 346-8868
Advisory Committee
Administrator