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

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 Long Prairie 1\" = 300' Swa nville 1\" = 300' Onamia 1\" = 300' Isle 1\" = 300' resources S BD7 L EG END I L TA R NE LI S OO CTY 15 BD7 36 S S 50 1 S 71  S S EE INSET S EE IN T SE S EE I N ET S S EE SEE I N S EE INSET SET INSET S EE INSET Royalton 1\" = 300' Holdingford 1\" = 300' D L A R E P M I T S H C R I B S EE T S O L I W SEE INSET T S E L P A M INSET S EE H T 5 S INSET S H T 4 I T S H C R B S D T R 3 D T S N 2 S CTY 26 BD 7 M E S T L W O C H R R C D D R B S A S E S T T F T I I 1 T S S C / D E R U T N A 6 2 H / 6 2 H A S D R T N E C 1 T S S N 2 T S D Upsala 1\" = 300' D R 3 S T S O W T F I R D 4 T S H S EE INSET T S H 5 L ittle Falls 1\" = 300' Pie rz 1\" = 300' Grey Eagle 1\" = 300' CTY 43 S E T 4 V A H MSET N R K E S P A T V E A D R 3 5 1 C N S V E T I A E V H T 4 S S S W D R S A E T M R U E S T T E V A S 1 M SET V A T E P R O R S E B T R E K V A P - R D F L O G A E K S T I O - K S A T E V A D R 3 BD7 IC T S NM A K  1 \" = 2750' V A H 4 T E ALL 3 -3-06  M SET NETWORK

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 – 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

Slide 15: 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

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 post- surgical and long-term patients in their homes

Slide 28: Questions and Discussion