Broadband in New York State. David Salway, Director NYS Broadband Program Office

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1 Broadband in New York State David Salway, Director NYS Broadband Program Office

2 NYS Broadband Program Office Single Point of Contact for NYS Broadband Supports Broadband Initiatives for 10 REDCS Recommends Broadband Programs and Policies Administers Broadband Grant Programs Partners with Local, State and Federal Agencies Conducts Outreach Public, Provider, and Other Stakeholder

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5 Our Partners Essential to New York s Success Federal Government FCC / USDA / RUS/ NTIA Partner to Explore Opportunities for Funding E-Rate Collaboration State Government Public Services Commission Streamline Regulations Department of Transportation/Thruway Authority Dig Once Policies Educations/Libraries State Education Department (100 Mbps Speed Threshold) School Districts / BOCES Education Superhighway NYS Legislature / Local Community Government Explore opportunities in Districts/ Municipalities Provider Community Public/Private Partnerships to Expand Networks

6 New York State Task Force Committees Chaired by State Broadband Director Broadband Availability Task Force Committee Examines Challenges/Identifies Solutions to Broadband Deployment Broadband Adoption Task Force Committee Examines Disparities/Identifies Solutions in Broadband Adoption

7 Working to Close the Digital Divide by Finding a Solution to 1. Connect Every Community 2. Provide Ultra-Fast Networks for Economic Development 3. Make Broadband Affordable and Provide Digital Literacy Training

8 Access Speed Adoption 1 1M New Yorkers Lack Access to Broadband Only 679,940 New Yorkers Can Access Speeds >100 Mbps (Upstate) 6.4M New Yorkers Do Not Use Broadband (30%)

9 Broadband Availability in New York 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 93% 95% 95% 82% 65%

10 1 Million or 4% of New Yorkers Lack Access to Speeds of 6 Mbps Download/ 1.5 Mbps Upload

11 Broadband Availability

12 Benefits of Broadband 1. Economic, including increased innovation and productivity in business 2. Social, including better access to services and improved healthcare 3. Environmental, including more efficient energy consumption

13 8.4M New Yorkers (3.7M Households) Living Upstate Only 679,940 New Yorkers Can Access Speeds >100 Mbps. 736,647 New Yorkers Have No Access to Broadband Number of People Without Broadband Access By Speed Tier Mbps 7,690, Mbps 5,645,487 Broadband Speeds Mbps 6-10 Mbps 794,957 5,417,087 < 6 Mbps 736,647 Number of People

14 Resources

15 Broadband Data Data Rich Mapping Program Fiber Data Collection Project Used to Attract and Retain Business Help Planning Efforts

16 Broadband Community Planning Toolkit Overview on how to help deploy broadband in your community Develop goals for building a broadband network Identify stakeholders/community champions Develop asset lists and collect data Identify potential partners Fund broadband projects

17 Our Communication Tools Broadband Flash Bulletin Easy to Subscribe New Web-Based Format Like Us on Facebook

18 Tell Us About Your Broadband Service Helps Supplement Mapping Efforts Tool for Expanding Internet to Unserved CrowdsourcingTo Demonstrate Demand

19 Partnerships

20 Partnerships: Who Should Own the Network? Government-Owned and Operated -County or municipality contracts, builds, pays for the capital and operating expenses Advantages: Full control over the network, including access, charges, use, bandwidth and more, and Earns revenue generated by the network Disadvantages: Responsible for network costs (build out, staff, maintenance, repair) and administration of network (customer billing, installation, maintenance)

21 Government-Owned and Operated Network Models Retail Service: Government builds network and offers retail services (phone, video, Internet) to businesses and residences. Riskiest model -upfront capital commitment, ongoing operating costs, high Competition Open Access: government builds, owns, and maintains the network, but leases access to private providers who offer services to public. Risks: Recovery of the initial capital investment, network revenues based on private provider s ability to market and sell services

22 Provider-Owned and Operated: The Broadband Provider owns and operates the broadband network. Advantages: Zero or minimal cost to local government, and the provider is responsible for all administrative costs (including customer billing and maintenance expenses) Disadvantages: Local government has no control over the network, and would likely have to pay for network use. Provider determines most profitable regions to deploy and expand networks

23 Government-Owned and Privately-Operated The county or municipality owns the network, but the broadband provider operates the network Advantages: Local government owns the network; has free use of the network; receives some generated revenue; and is not responsible for maintenance and repair fees, or network administration (i.e. billing and assistance) Disadvantages: Local government is responsible for infrastructure costs, and only receives a portion of the revenue generated by the network

24 Funding Opportunities

25 Regional Economic Council Funding Round 4 Broadband Applications UnderReview CFA Round 3 -$11M Awarded to 3 Project Sponsors and North Country Broadband Fund (Dec 2013) CFA Round 2 -$6M Awarded to 4 North Country Project Sponsors (Dec 2012) CFA Round 1 $2M Awarded to 4 Project Sponsors (Dec 2011) Broadband ApplicantsEncouraged to Apply

26 Connect NY Broadband Grant Program $70M $25M AwardedMarch 2013 The Total 18 Project Sponsors -Expand Last-Mile Access in Un/Underserved Communities Amount of Funding Awarded for Broadband Projects During Governor Cuomo s Administration Future Funding Rounds will Focus on Unserved Communities The Largest Statewide Broadband Funding Commitment in the Nation.

27 Connect NY Projects Will Build 6,000 Square Miles of Fiber Provide High-Speed Internet Service to: 153,000Households, 8,000 Businesses 400 Community Anchor Institutions Create 1,400New Jobs

28 Governor Cuomo s 2014 State of the State Address $2 billion Smart Schools Bond Referendum: A World-class Broadband Network Delivering High Speed Broadband to Meet The Needs Of Education, Public Safety, Healthcare, and Government Enable students access to state-of-the-art classrooms Enable Communities access to high-speed Internet Enhanced Economic Development and Job Creation, Furthering New York s National Leadership And International Competitiveness. The students get the skills they need to succeed within the 21 st century economy, they have access to advanced courses, parents and teachers can communicate and teachers can access the assistance and training that they need. Gov. Andrew Cuomo

29 Education Extends Outside Of The School Building Broadband Access At Home Mobile Access On School Buses Access To Text Books, Parent Portals, Global Content And Information, And Experts In order to effectively integrate technology into the classroom, there needs to be sufficient access to the Internet in both schools and communities. -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

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32 Federal Funding USDA/RUS Community Connect Program - Annual Grant to Serve Unserved Communities Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Program -Annual Grant to provide educational and healthcare opportunities in rural Communities Rural Broadband Loan -Funds costs of construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment through Direct loans (cost-of-money loan, a 4-percent loan, or a combination) -Technology-neutral Telecommunications Loan Program -Provides Investment Capital in Form of Loans, for deployment of rural telecommunications infrastructure through loans

33 Federal Funding FCC E-RATE -provides subsidies to schools and libraries, including funds to upgrade services under certain circumstances. Experimental Projects Deadline October 14 Up to $100 Million to support broadband build-out Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Targets economically distressed Counties in ARC region Awarded to local agencies and government entities

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