Slide 1: Trends in Broadband
Minnesota’s Place in the Global Broadband Network
Slide 2: Key Considerations in Broadband
• High Capacity Fiber-Based Networks • Mobility Enabled by Wireless • Applications
Slide 3: Moving Towards Fiber Ubiquity
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• Connecting Cities and Research Institutions • Connecting Large Businesses, Schools and Governments • Connecting Homes and Small Businesses
Telecommunications Networks, Multi-national businesses Institutional Networks
Now!
FTTP!
Slide 4: Internet II
Slide 6: Combined Fiber Network of MN Independent Telephone Companies
Source:www.mnart.org
Slide 7: Regional K12 School Networks
• Connecting K12 schools • Owned or leased fiber • Gigabit capable w/100 Mbps connectivity • Shared network management services • Distance learning over interactive video • Connection to Internet2
Slide 8: Regional MSET Network in Central Minnesota
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Slide 9: Eagan Fiber Map
Slide 10: Getting Fiber Deployed
Slide 11: Technology Choices
• FTTP vs FTTN • Active vs Passive • GPON vs EPON • Factors driving choice include:
– – – – Deployment costs Capacity Ability to support open access networks and unbundling Scalability
Slide 12: Who Will Provide Fiber in Your Community?
• LEC – Your existing telephone company? • CLEC – A competitive telecom company? • Cable – Your existing cable company? • Municipal – Your city government through a utility or joint venture • Developer – To new residential development areas • Or maybe a unique partnership?
Slide 13: Minnesota Fiber Deployments
Slide 14: MN FTTP Deployment
• Existing Municipal
– Wi ndom
• Longtime cable TV provider upgrades to FTTH and offers triple play
– Cross Lake
• Longtime municipal teleco and cable provider upgrades to FTTH and offers triple play
• Planned Municipal
– Monti cel l o
• Has passed referendum and is preparing to sell bonds for municipal utility
– R ed W i ng
• Is considering options
– Iron R ange Fi berNet
• A joint powers group considering an open access network
– St. Paul
• City Council just adopted a task force recommendation to deploy fiber in stages rather than move forward on citywide wireless
Slide 15: More FTTP Projects
• CLEC Fiber Projects
– Cohasset/Gr and R api d s by Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative financed through RUS – Br ai nerd/Baxter by Consolidated Telephone Company – CTC leveraged with school district as anchor tenant – Wabasha (Hiawatha Broadband)
• LEC
– Multiple deployments with network upgrades and greenfield development primarily by i ndependents and Fr onti er Comm uni catio ns
• Developer
– FTT H in Rosemount, Hugo and other suburban locations. These franchises are in the midst of an ownership change.
• Nationally
– Veri zon is the nation’s leading deployer of FTTP networks – Qwest is committed to a FTTN strategy in states with statewide video franchising
Slide 16: Open Access Networks: One Network, Many Providers
• Open Access Networks
– Utilize one wholesale provider to own, maintain and operate the network – Opportunity for multiple providers to provide retail services, whether voice, video and/or data as well as niche services
• A portion of the 700 Mhz spectrum up for auction may be utilized as open access wireless
Slide 17: Making Full Use of Fiber
• Even with FTTP, some providers are not offering “big bandwidth” services
– – – – Windom – 5 Mbps Cross Lake – 1 Mbps Verizon - 5, 15 or 30 Mbps International – 40 Mbps or more
• Local users have not changed their practices to take full advantage of the services
Slide 18: Wireless
Increasing Mobility, Increasing Capabilities, Increasing Value
Slide 19: Wireless Types
• • • • Wi-Fi Wi-Max Fixed Wireless Cellular
• Devices are increasingly made to use multiple services
– IPhone can use wi-fi for calling – Cellular data can be used to connect laptops and home networks
Slide 20: Wi-Fi
• Short range, moderate speed service • Unlicensed frequencies • Offered for free in coffee shops, campuses, hotels and tourist areas • Significant use within homes and businesses for networking • Municipal deployments are increasing – Minneapolis - Moorhead – St. Louis Park - Chaska • Frontier Communications in Burnsville
Slide 21: Wi-Max
• Longer range, medium speed (3-5 Mb) • Licensed frequencies • Offers promise of mobility and roaming • Wi-Max can be used for wireless backbone • Major corporate backing
– Sprint – Clearwire partnership – Intel and other vendor backing
• Alternative to DSL and cable modems for home and business
Slide 22: Fixed Wireless
• Longer range, medium speed • Generally unlicensed frequencies • Generally deployed on city water towers to serve community and surrounding area • External antennas required • Line of sight generally required
Slide 23: Cellular Data
• Offered by national providers
– Sprint, Verizon, ATT, others
• Increasing speed
– 1 Mb now, soon up to 3 Mb
• Proliferation of mobile devices and applications
– GPS – Smart phone/Blackberries/PDAs
Slide 24: Applications
Driving Demand for Bandwidth
Slide 25: Blandin Light Speed Grant Program
• Designed to overcome barriers to application development
– Equipment – Software – Training
• Four projects recently funded
Slide 26: Education Applications
• Windom
– Empower and train students to create local video content and make this content available online and over cable – Encourage local teachers to create content for distribution over the regional and state education network
• Little Crow
– Purchase equipment to enable store and forward of online and video conference curriculum – Increase availability of local content, including cultural and sporting events, for online viewing
Slide 27: Health Care Applications
• Home and Community Options – Winona
– Group home operator will use HBC fiber network to monitor facilities and residents via sensor and video – Use high speed networking for network operations, including back-up, file sharing and training
• Lakewood Health System – Staples
– Use remote monitoring, both video and instruments, to maintain contact with and improve monitoring of postsurgical and long-term patients in their homes
Slide 28: Questions and Discussion
