NTIA Broadband Programs Georgia Gigabit Communities Summit Clarkesville, GA September 28, 2016
Today’s Speaker Tim Moyer BroadbandUSA National Telecommunications and Information Administration United States Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Room 4626 Washington, DC 20230 Desk: 202-482-6423 Mobile: 202-695-0747 tmoyer@ntia.doc.gov 1
Agenda • NTIA Overview • NTIA Broadband Programs – BTOP & SBI – BroadbandUSA • Q&A 2
About NTIA • Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce – NTIA is responsible (by law) for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy issues • Specific NTIA activities: – Managing the Federal use of spectrum – Administering programs that further the deployment and use of broadband – Developing policy on issues related to the Internet economy – Performing cutting-edge telecommunications research and engineering with both Federal government and private sector partners 3
NTIA Broadband Programs BTOP and SBI BroadbandUSA • Technical Assistance to Communities, Infrastructure (116): $3.1B States, and Federal Partners Construct or upgrade middle-mile broadband networks. • Broadband Guidance and Publications • Events and Webinars Public Computer Centers (66): $201M Provide access to broadband, computers, • Federal Partnerships & the Broadband training, and educational resources. Opportunity Council • Community Connectivity Initiative Sustainable Broadband Adoption (44): $250M . Promote broadband adoption, especially among vulnerable populations. State Broadband Initiative (56): $292.6M Gather data for use in the National Broadband Map. 4
Key BTOP & SBI Impacts Deployed over 116,000 miles of fiber, connecting more than 25,000 community anchor institutions. Established or upgraded 3,000 public computer centers. Helped over 670,000 households sign up for broadband service. Supported more than 200 local broadband planning teams. Impacted more than 7,600 communities across the nation. To Explore an Interactive Map of Communities and Benefits Visit: http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/BTOPmap/ 5
ASR Analytics BTOP Study Impact Description Increased Economic BTOP infrastructure projects expected to yield $5.7B to $21.0B in Output increased annual economic output. BTOP infrastructure projects estimated to produce more than 22k Long-Term Increased long-term jobs and generate more than $1B in additional Levels of Employment household income each year. Value of broadband Internet access to the average household is Increased Value to New 3.4% of household income. A 2% increase in broadband Broadband Subscribers availability yields $2.6B in value. Projects targeted at rural areas, seniors, and those living in Improved Availability poverty are estimated to have improved broadband availability for 4.3M people. Economic models indicate that BTOP created 79k year-long jobs Short-Term Employment during implementation, with an associated economic output of and GDP Increases $12.9B. Thus, $1 in BTOP spending yielded $2.81 in total output. 7 For More Information See: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/asr_final_report.pdf
Still, nearly 30 million American households don’t subscribe to broadband at home Percentage of Broadband Adoption 80% and above 75-79.99% 70-74.99% 65-69.99% 60-64.99% 55-59.99% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, released 2014 8
NTIA’s BroadbandUSA program supports communities that are looking to close this gap • Provides assistance to communities that want to improve their broadband capacity and use broadband more effectively • Offers expert, impartial advice and field-proven tools for assessing broadband adoption, planning new infrastructure, and engaging a wide range of partners in broadband projects • Brings stakeholders together to solve problems, contribute to emerging policies, and link communities to other federal agencies and funding sources 9
What are BroadbandUSA’s Goals? BroadbandUSA serves as a strategic advisor to help communities implement broadband deployment and digital inclusion programs to drive economic development, advance education and healthcare, support public safety and expand access to government services. Connecting America’s Getting Americans Promoting Economic Communities Online Development • Helping communities expand • Advancing digital literacy • Ensuring communities have local broadband connectivity and training and broadband advanced, high-speed access adoption efforts to close the telecommunications networks to Ensuring robust bandwidth for digital divide among vulnerable attract businesses, create jobs • schools, libraries, hospitals, populations and drive growth government buildings and other Supporting programs to provide Supporting local efforts to • • community anchor institutions online job search assistance deploy cutting-edge • Promoting next-generation, and help small businesses get infrastructure needed to compete in the 21 st Century gigabit-capable networks online Promoting programs to provide economy • subsidized computer equipment Connecting rural communities to • and low-cost access to those broader resources and who otherwise couldn’t afford it opportunities 10
BroadbandUSA Focuses on Community Outcomes Products & Publish Guidance & Tools Convene Stakeholders • • Events Share Best Practices Establish Open Dialogue • • Clarify Policy Recommend Best Practices • • Partnerships • Advise States & Feds • Improve Coordination Technical Advise Communities Infrastructure • • Assistance Support Regional Teams Digital Inclusion • • 11
Community Connectivity Initiative Structures and broadens local discussions • Framework Lowers barriers to entry • • Promotes deep community conversations Assessment • Turns data into information • Helps build case for action Reports Aligns broadband assets and gaps with community • priorities and available resources Aligns resources with actions • Supporting • Provides structure to attract new investments Resources Creates common measures for assessment, research, • and policy 12 For More Information See: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/community-connectivity-initiative
Community Connectivity Initiative Webinar Series BroadbandUSA is hosting a monthly webinar series on the second Thursday of each month, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Eastern time starting in July. • July 14 th • December 8 th • August 11 th • January 12 th • September 8 th • February 9 th • October 13 th • March 9 th • November 10 th Registration is open on the BroadbandUSA website. 13
Broadband Opportunities Council Established by Presidential Memorandum on March 23, 2015 – Addressing regulatory barriers • Co-chaired by DOC and USDA, – Encouraging public and private with 25 member agencies investment • Focused on Executive Branch – Promoting broadband adoption potential for action and meaningful use • Aims to coordinate federal policies – Supporting broadband to promote broadband deployment deployment, competition and and adoption adoption 14 For More Information See: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/broadband-opportunity-council
Broadband Opportunity Council Update • BOC Recommendations – Modernize Federal programs to expand program support for broadband investments. – Empower communities with tools and resources to attract broadband investment and promote meaningful use. – Promote increased broadband deployment and competition through expanded access to Federal assets. – Improve data collection, analysis and research on broadband. For More Information See: 15 https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/broadband_opportunity_council_report_final.pdf
Other NTIA Broadband Initiatives ConnectAll Broadband Research Agenda • President Obama announced • BOC Recommendation: ConnectAll in March 2016 Strategies to “improve data collection, analysis, and • Bold goal of 20M more research on broadband” Americans online by 2020 • Goals: • NTIA will focus Technical Assistance to support projects in progress, particularly – Research among public housing and vulnerable – Data Collection & Collaboration populations – National Research Agenda • Working with the FCC on the Lifeline – Multiple BOC-Participating Agencies program • Request for Comment: Sept, 2016 • Developing the BroadbandUSA Community • Federal Agency Survey: Coming soon Connect Initiative 16
Ways to contact BroadbandUSA • Email: broadbandusa@ntia.doc.gov • Phone: 202-482-2048 • Website: www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandusa 17
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