Disruptive broadband

A Wireless End-‐Run

A Wireless End-‐Run Brough Turner netBlazr Inc.

Middle mile dispari=es •  Cost of “Internet transit,” i.e. 95th percen=le of 5 minute measurements of actual traﬃc •  WISP in rural Wisconson: $135/Mbps/month –  Working on P2P wireless link to obtain $65/Mbps •  WISP in mid-‐state Ohio: $40/Mbps •  WISP near Omaha, Nebraska: $1.85/Mbps •  Backbone data center: < $1/Mbps

“ Verizon Cogent $500/mo $700/mo 1.5/1.5 Mbps 100/100 Mbps

Internet Access – Uncompe==ve •  1 or 2 ver=cally integrated monopolies –  Telco –  Cableco •  US rela=ve global rank falling every year •  Public policy unable to improve situa=on

Internet Access – Uncompe==ve •  1 or 2 ver=cally integrated monopolies –  Telco –  Cableco •  US rela=ve global rank falling every year •  Public policy unable to improve situa=on   Change the commercial landscape !

netBlazr – Radical Change

5 GHz, not TV White Spaces Short range, high capacity point-‐to-‐point links •  5 GHz: Direc=onal antennas ﬁt in windows –  TVWS antennas are huge •  5 GHz: Ten 40 MHz channels available –  TVWS: just a few 6 MHz channels in urban areas

CAPEX per Subscriber Advantage Verizon FiOS Comcast BB Clearwire Verizon 4G LTE ATT DSL TowerStream netBlazr $-‐ $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $600 $700 $800

netBlazr Evolu=on

Stage 2: netBlazr Coopera=ve ISP

Head End Breakeven – just 11 subs Fiber back-‐haul (Cogent) $800 Equipment (amor=zed 24 mos) $100 Soiware and Hos=ng $100 TOTAL $1000 $5,000 Monthly OPEX $4,000 Monthly Revenue $3,000 11 Subs $2,000 $1,000 $-‐ S u b s c r i b e r s 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50

netBlazr Leader in new smaller market $10 B Transferred to Customers $12 B $2 B

Thank You ! Brough Turner brough@netBlazr.com netBlazr Conﬁden=al

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Disruptive broadband

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