WEBINAR SERIES March 16, 2017 Broadband in Infrastructure - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

WEBINAR SERIES March 16, 2017 Broadband in Infrastructure Legislation: An Overview of SHLB’s Rural ABC Plan Brought to you by: www.shlb.org/Grow2Gig

SPEAKERS • MODERATOR: John Windhausen , SHLB Coalition • Chip Byers, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet) • John Richards , CEO & General Manager, Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative Grow2Gig+ Webinar #6 Infrastructure Legislation & ABC Plan

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Infrastructure Legislation & ABC Plan Chip Byers Director of Strategic Partnerships Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet) Grow2Gig+ Webinar #6 Infrastructure Legislation & ABC Plan

Infrastructure Legislation & ABC Plan John Richards CEO & General Manager Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative Grow2Gig+ Webinar #6 Infrastructure Legislation & ABC Plan

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Infrastructure Legislation & ABC Plan Presented by John Windhausen, SHLB Executive Director Grow2Gig+ Webinar #6 Infrastructure Legislation & ABC Plan

RURAL AMERICAN BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY PLAN Any Congressional infrastructure legislation on broadband should include: REAL FUNDING Tax credits could be helpful in some cases, but building infrastructure in rural areas (where there is no profit to tax) requires grants and low- interest loans. Grow2Gig+ Webinar #6 Infrastructure Legislation & ABC Plan

RURAL AMERICAN BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY PLAN ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS The schools, libraries, health clinics and other anchor institutions need to be served with high-capacity broadband. It should not just be about residential. Ideally the program would build "to and through" the anchor institutions to the surrounding community. Grow2Gig+ Webinar #6 Infrastructure Legislation & ABC Plan

RURAL AMERICAN BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY PLAN OPEN INTERCONNECTION Networks built with public dollars should be open to interconnection to stimulate additional build-out by those who can build off of those networks. This creates a multiplier effect where the initial build-out creates opportunities for additional investment and economic growth. Grow2Gig+ Webinar #6 Infrastructure Legislation & ABC Plan

RURAL AMERICAN BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY PLAN OPEN APPLICATION PROCESS Funding should not be steered toward certain broadband providers. Congress should not pick winners and losers. All types of providers should be eligible to compete for the funding, including rural electric coops, Research and Education Networks, municipalities, competitive providers as well as traditional telcos and cable companies. Grow2Gig+ Webinar #6 Infrastructure Legislation & ABC Plan

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