Telehealth: The Next Generation of Healthcare

TeleHealth: The Next Generation of Healthcare…No Limits Ritz Carlton, Reynolds Plantation – Lake Oconee, GA Rich Calhoun, Director State of Georgia Broadband Georgia Technology Authority March 26, 2010 State Initiatives Panel

Broadband Lessons Learned
Context:
Broadband is critical infrastructure for economic development
Data tells conflicting stories about Georgia’s broadband status – (Georgia 4 th slowest state, Akamai “State of the Internet Q1, 2008”)

ARRA Broadband Programs Overview $7.2B
US Department of Commerce
NTIA BTOP – Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (Middle Mile Infrastructure, Mapping and National Broadband Plan) - $4.7B
US Department of Agriculture
RUS BIP - Broadband Initiatives Program (Last Mile Infrastructure , Rural Broadband, Telemedicine, Distance Learning) - $2.5B
Scale: In Millions

Georgia ARRA RD 1 Broadband Wins RUS BTOP BTOP BTOP BTOP As of Mar 26, 2010 $58,786,377 Total Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) network $4,095,913 – Grant $4,095,913 – Loan Flint Cable TV State-wide Broadband Data collection and analysis program $2,193,700 GTA - State of Georgia Broadband Mapping Program 220-mile county-wide fiber network $13,483,004 Columbia County Community Broadband Network Four new access points on Level 3’s existing broadband network $ 1,427,310 Level 3 EON, LLC 260-mile regional fiber-optic ring $33,490,537 North Georgia Network Cooperative, Inc. (NGN)

Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) Round 2
Second NOFA released January 15, 2010
Applications accepted February 16, 2010 – March 15, 2010 (Sustainable Broadband Adoption, Public Computer Center applications) and March 25, 2010 (Comprehensive Community Infrastructure applications)
Approximately $2.6 billion available under this NOFA
Approximately $2.35 billion for Comprehensive Community
Infrastructure projects (middle mile)
At least $150 million for Public Computer Center projects
At least $100 million for Sustainable Broadband Adoption
projects

Georgia Broadband Mapping Activities I
GTA awarded by NTIA in Cooperative Agreement $2.2M for statewide mapping on December 28, 2009
Sanborn mapping firm selected from competitive bid process and qualified vendor pool on February 1, 2010
Non-disclosure agreements to Georgia Telecommunication firms underway
Validation of data will be critical in determining unserved and underserved area
FCC nationwide available map expected in early 2011

Contact Information
Rich Calhoun
Georgia Technology Authority
Director – Broadband
47 Trinity Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30334
404-463-5906
[email_address]
www.georgiabroadband.net

Telehealth: The Next Generation of Healthcare

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