Georgia Broadband Investments Perspective
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Presentation to House and Senate Rural Broadband Committee 2016: Major investments from private sector, federal and state for broadband
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Georgia Broadband Investments Perspective
- 1. Broadband Investment Georgia Technology Authority August 31, 2016 1
- 2. Broadband Data Analysis and Mapping: http://digital.georgia.gov/map/ Eric McRae, Associate Director mcrae@itos.uga.edu 706.542.3442 Broadband Center • Partners: 200 broadband service providers • Users: State, Fed and Local Government, Universities, providers, developers, utility companies 2 Georgia Technology Authority
- 3. Private Sector Broadband Investment 200+ facility based broadband providers- $Billions annually- 10s of thousands employees- Investment priorities follow demand and revenue- Business and residential demand is in metro/urban- Wireless is key driver and drives fiber expansion- 3 *Colors represent wireline providers Georgia Technology Authority
- 4. Broadband Speed Availability 10Mbps Minimum SERVED UNPOPULATEDUNSERVED Broadband Speed Availability 3Mbps Minimum Unserved Households: 262,000 6% of total Broadband Speed Availability 25Mbps Minimum Unserved Households 638,000 or 16% 4 Georgia Technology Authority
- 5. Wireless Broadband 4G LTE coverage (All Providers)- Speed varies by location and provider- National average: 10Mbps down- Ranges from 5-12Mbps down, 2-5Mbps up- Monthly costs barrier- 5 Georgia Technology Authority
- 6. Funds upgrades and service to: 134,005 Rural Georgia high cost to serve locations. Funding of $305,151,306 over 6 years to: Windstream, ATT, Frontier, CenturyLink Provider Locations Annual Amount ATT 67,402 $25,345,199 Windstream 64,721 $24,867,807 Frontier 1,105 $375,826 Centurylink 777 $269,719 Total 134,005 $50,858,551 6 FCC Funds up to $10B Broadband Upgrades NationallyConnect America Fund Georgia Technology Authority
- 7. Connect America Fund: Phase I $30 Million for 55,723 Homes 7 CAF Phase I New Served Unserved Uninhabited Served Georgia Technology Authority
- 8. FCC CAF II New Served and Upgrades to 10Mbps AT&T CenturyLink Frontier Windstream -$305,151,306 over 6 years -134,005 households Connect America Fund Phase II 8 -22,000 locations -$12M annual subsidy -$72M over 6 years FCC CAF II: Not taken by Incumbents
- 9. 9 Served Served after CAF CAF auction Unserved after CAF Connect America Fund before and after Georgia Technology Authority
- 10. 10 Company Grant Loan Appalachian Valley Fiber Net $21,286,914 Blue Ridge Telephone $853,768 Bulldog Cable Ga. $11,300,000 Columbia County $13,483,004 Darien Telephone $233,997 Darien Telephone $233,996 Flint Cable $4,095,913 Flint Cable $4,095,913 Level 3 $1,427,310 North Ga. Network (NGN) $33,490,537 Quincy Telephone $218,167 SGRITA $6,663,515 SGRITA $6,663,515 UCAID $1,954,380 Wilkes Tel $33,678,779 Wilkes Tel $14,433,762 Windstream $5,129,575 Windstream $4,665,116 Total $152,914,737 $10,993,424 ARRA Stimulus Grants/Loans 2011 Georgia Technology Authority
- 11. i. Estimated annual Lifeline dollars - $137,785,620.90 ii. Estimated annual Lifeline dollars used – $55,981,740 iii.Estimated annual Lifeline dollars left – $81,803,880.90 FCC USF Lifeline Program $2.5B annual program to subsidize phone, +broadband (Dec. 2016) $9.25 monthly funding to qualified people Ga. has approximately 1.2M who qualify and averages 40% participate statewide Three providers offer $10.00 month option to qualified Comcast, Cox and AT&T 11 Georgia Technology Authority
- 12. 12 Broadband Requirements for Georgia Schools Georgia Technology Authority
- 13. FCC: USF E-Rate Program $3.9B Annual funding program since 1998 Ga. average is 80% in support for broadband network costs to schools and libraries Funding goes to providers of services Year Ga E-Rate Funding 2015 $123,476,542.16 2014 $76,990,346.10 2013 $75,733,782.54 2012 $102,861,668.42 2011 $94,313,943.43 2010 $100,826,964.53 2009 $106,937,641.46 2008 $86,756,050.73 2007 $79,395,801.59 2006 $60,634,324.13 2005 $68,993,517.27 2004 $70,675,527.51 2003 $77,274,609.72 2002 $57,894,945.99 2001 $62,474,648.64 2000 $50,710,873.23 1999 $94,997,019.46 1998 $49,498,942.02 Total $1,440,447,148.93 13 Georgia Technology Authority
- 14. State Funding: ‘Connections for Classrooms’ Infrastructure Upgrades to support at least 100Mbps to each School (2300) Annual appropriations to district grant funds Managed by GOSA: 2014-2016 Total: $82,609,591 to 159 Districts 2014: $198M requested, 146 Districts $37M funded, 104 Districts 2015/16: $40,609,591 E-Rate matching funds 2016: $5M mobile devices; laptops, tablets Equipment upgrades To support higher speed Equipment upgrades To support higher speed Equipment upgrades To support higher speed & Devices Devices 2,209 of 2,300 K-12 schools have fiber 14 Georgia Technology Authority