1.Moving Towards A Gigabit State
May 4, 2015
Broadband Inventories
2.Expanding Broadband Services Results: Jobs, Innovation and Economic Development
It’s not just about technology companies or big business:
Small businesses comprise 99% of establishments and 80% of total employment in inner cities and economically challenged areas.
Small businesses are particularly important in high-tech industries. They currently hire roughly 40% of all high-tech workers, and account for a majority of the more than 1.2 million new jobs generated by the growth of the Internet during the last 10–15 years.*
*Maija Renko & Paul Reynolds, Profiling the Growth Oriented Nascent Entrepreneur in the US —Evidence from Representative Samples, pg.12 (2006)
3.Long-Term Impacts of Broadband on Economic Development
Increased Economic Output- Yearly increase in GDP in the areas served by new high speed broadband infrastructure, is the largest long-term social or economic impact due to broadband infrastructure spending.
The additional broadband infrastructure provided by BTOP can be expected to create more than 22,000 long-term jobs and generate more than $1 billion in additional household income each year.*
Broadband Speed and Price
Institutions served by BTOP infrastructure grantees experienced significantly increased speeds and lower costs.
*ASR Analytics Final Report, pg. 33, available at: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/asr_final_report.pdf
4.Broadband Inventories
Community Assets to be Leveraged
Service Sectors and Geographic Areas In The Community
5.Meeting people in the inventory process is an opportunity to make the contacts you will need in the future.
Information Sources
Municipal Utility Providers (Electric, Water)
Emergency Management Agency
Traffic Engineering
City Engineers
IT Department
Public Works
Tax Assessor
More important contacts
National Broadband Map
State Broadband Map
Zoning Department
Public Safety Agencies
Permit Department
GIS
Property Acquisition
6.1. Community Assets Inventory
Existing Private or Public Sector Conduits
Abandoned Gas-Lines
Electric Plant Trench with extra conduit
Telephone poles (if you have rights to use them)
Telecommunications routes with extra conduit
Railroad Routes
Abandoned water mains
Abandoned sewers or storm drains
7. 1. Community Assets Inventory: Existing Fiber Conduits / Counts
Traffic signal fiber
SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems for water, pumps lift, etc…
Street light conduit
Shared conduit with telecommunication providers
Institutional network
8. 1. Community Assets Inventory: Wireless Assets
Water towers owned by the city or other entity
Buildings with roof top space for antennas
Existing cell towers
Street light poles may be of use for small cell placement
Use of easement for new placement of small poles for small cell use
9. 1. Community Assets Inventory: Land
Plots of local land suitable for node or NOC locations
Inside space of government buildings for hub locations
NOC or Data Center space
Wireless sites
Space for Wi-Fi access point (AP)
10. Other Infrastructure Projects and Processes Facilitating Lower Cost Broadband Deployment
Is a dig once policy in effect?
Align broadband planning with the schedule and location of other public works projects
Streamline permitting process
Understand the processes of other ROW providers (e.g. rail roads) or pole owners
11.2. Service Sectors and Geographic Areas Inventory
Business license data by industry code
Land use plan and circulation element
City, State, Federal facilities
Education buildings and campuses
Medical facilities
Business Improvement Districts
Tax Increment Finance Districts (TIFs)
Industrial Parks