Trends In Broadband By Bill Coleman

Trends in Broadband Minnesota’s Place in the Global Broadband Network

Key Considerations in Broadband
High Capacity Fiber-Based Networks
Mobility Enabled by Wireless
Applications

Moving Towards Fiber Ubiquity
Connecting Cities and Research Institutions
Connecting Large Businesses, Schools and Governments
Connecting Homes and Small Businesses
Telecommunications Networks, Multi-national businesses
Institutional Networks
FTTP!
Then Now!

Internet II

Combined Fiber Network of MN Independent Telephone Companies Source:www.mnart.org

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

Regional MSET Network in Central Minnesota

Eagan Fiber Map

Getting Fiber Deployed

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

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?

Minnesota Fiber Deployments

MN FTTP Deployment
Existing Municipal
Windom
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
Monticello
Has passed referendum and is preparing to sell bonds for municipal utility
Red Wing
Is considering options
Iron Range FiberNet
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

More FTTP Projects
CLEC Fiber Projects
Cohasset/Grand Rapids by Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative financed through RUS
Brainerd/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 independents and Frontier Communications
Developer
FTTH in Rosemount, Hugo and other suburban locations. These franchises are in the midst of an ownership change.
Nationally
Verizon is the nation’s leading deployer of FTTP networks
Qwest is committed to a FTTN strategy in states with statewide video franchising

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

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

Wireless Increasing Mobility, Increasing Capabilities, Increasing Value

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

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

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

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

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

Applications Driving Demand for Bandwidth

Blandin Light Speed Grant Program
Designed to overcome barriers to application development
Equipment
Software
Training
Four projects recently funded

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

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 post-surgical and long-term patients in their homes

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