Karen Jackson Deputy Secretary of Technology Sandie Terry CIT - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Karen Jackson Deputy Secretary of Technology Sandie Terry – CIT sandie.terry@cit.org

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Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance Established by

EO 35, 2006 (codified 2008)

 Commonwealth Broadband Roundtable (launched September 2007)

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Co-Chaired by (then) Secretary of Technology, Aneesh Chopra and Senator Mark Warner

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Comprised of experts from academia and industry, state/local/regional leaders, legislators, state agency representatives

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Five sub-committees formed to address specific elements of the broadband equation – adoption/availability, technology, applications, business models and

• utreach

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Finalized Activities, September 2008

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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

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Goal: Establish a baseline of broadband service availability across the Commonwealth

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Voluntary Reporting: Carriers voluntarily agreed to participate in the process with broad stakeholder support – at no cost to the taxpayer

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Respecting Market Privacy: Through Virginia’s CIT, carriers protected against risk of competitive disadvantage due to data loss

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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

• f broadband service

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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:

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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

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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).

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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)

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Expanded Broadband mapping $2,123,964

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Capacity Building (expansion of health/e-commerce planning initiatives and staff) $1,435,887

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Technical Assistance (Education and training) $943,141

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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

• rganizations and 738 households.

 Collected information on access technology, speed

• f service, cost, satisfaction with services, and

information on how high-speed internet is used.

 Data condensed into six static maps.

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Developed by SNG

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Allows users to access information and develop intelligence from data collected from businesses, organizations, and households and separate data based on regions in Virginia

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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

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Virginia Tech’s Internet speed testing and mapping program

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A usage and performance map to accompany the availability map

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Campaigns are initiated at the local level

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,

• pensignalmaps, 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

• f 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

• ffices with

managed services & reduced costs Capitalize on tower infrastructure Improve Broadband

• ptions 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