Maximizing BEAD: The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion and Internet for All
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In the digital transformation era, internet access is no longer a “nice-to-have” bonus – it’s ingrained in our daily lives. The path toward digital inclusion starts with digital accessibility – extending reliable, affordable access to high-speed internet opportunities and bridging the digital divide. The recently introduced federal funding – Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment program(BEAD) - represents a historic step toward providing broadband access to the entire country. Reliable broadband services, virtual schooling, telemedicine, and government services can all be at our fingertips, but connectivity barriers still persist and can hinder this much-needed relief. Join us to learn the best practices that state and local governments can implement to knock down these barriers and truly connect their communities while satisfying compliance and reporting criteria to maximize long-term adoption.
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Maximizing BEAD: The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion and Internet for All
- 1. The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion and Internet for All How to Maximize BEAD Funding Julia Rosa | Solutions Engineer Mike Ortmann | Senior Solutions Engineer
- 2. Housekeeping Webinar Audio • Today’s webcast audio is streamed through your computer speakers • If you need technical assistance with the web interface or audio, please reach out to us using the Q&A box Questions Welcome • Submit your questions at any time during the presentation using the Q&A box. If we don't get to your question, we will follow-up via email Recording and slides • This webinar is being recorded. You will receive an email following the webinar with a link to the recording and slides
- 3. In the era of digital transformation, Internet access is no longer a “nice-to-have” bonus – it’s ingrained in our daily lives Bridge the digital divide Provide access to critical citizen services, work from home, virtual schooling, enable online homework
- 4. Today’s speakers Mike Ortmann Senior Solutions Engineer, Precisely Julia Rosa Solutions Engineer, Precisely
- 5. Topics 1 BEAD Requirements Local Coordination 2 Broadband Deployment Efficiency and coverage 3 Program Adoption Understanding your audience 4 Precisely Solutions How can we help
- 7. BEAD Timeline Letter of Intent July 18th Request for Initial Funding August 15 Coverage maps due to the FCC September 1st Initial Proposal due 180 Days Final proposal due 1 Year Notice of Available Amounts The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 8. BEAD Requirements for Local Coordination: 1. Full geographic coverage 2. Meaningful engagement and outreach 3. Utilization of multiple awareness and participation methods 4. Transparency of processes 5. Outreach to and direct engagement of unserved and underserved communities The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 9. A broadband-serviceable location that the Broadband DATA Maps show as: A. having no access to broadband service, or B. lacking access to Reliable Broadband Service offered with – i. a speed of not less than 25 Mbps for downloads; and ii. a speed of not less than 3 Mbps for uploads; and iii. latency less than or equal to 100 milliseconds What is an “unserved” location? The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 10. What is an “underserved” location? A broadband-serviceable location that is: A. not an unserved location B. shown as lacking access to Reliable Broadband Service offered with i. a speed of not less than 100 Mbps for downloads ii. a speed of not less than 20 Mbps for uploads iii. latency less than or equal to 100 milliseconds The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 11. Deployment
- 12. Broadband Deployment Fiber Optic Cable Technology that converts signals carrying data through glass fibers. DSL Digital Subscriber Line: Transmitting data over already installed copper telephone lines Cable modem: TV cables are utilized to transmit data. Wireless Connects devices to a local internet service "over the air" via electromagnetic waves. Satellite Transfers data through a 2-3' dish, modem and clear line of sight to a satellite. The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 13. The Last Mile The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 14. The Last Mile The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 15. Street Interpolation isn’t enough. When budgeting for physical deployments of copper or fiber lines, accuracy pays. Location, Location, Location… The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 16. Program Adoption
- 17. Know your audience • 24% of rural Americans were people of color in 2020 • 19% of the U.S. rural (nonmetro) population is 65 years or older • There are 324 federally recognized American Indian reservations in the US • 26.7% primarily don’t speak English at home • 20.3% live at or below the poverty level The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 18. Tablet Ownership 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 MAY-10 MAY-11 APR-12 MAY-13 APR-15 APR-16 JAN-18 FEB-19 CURRENT Rural Ownership No Tablets Tablet Owners 53% Yes 47% No The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 19. Considerations Language Tech Literacy To ensure reliable and cost-effective adoption, there are many aspects of a community to consider Internet Access Financials The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 20. How can we help?
- 21. In-depth view of consumers $£€ Household Number of people, marital status Ages, genders, ethnicities Health Education Home Housing type and tenure Location Mortgage and insurance Neighborhood Natural hazards Telco coverage Corporate Customer Sales and costs Contacts Preferences Pre-defined segmentation Geodemographic based Affluence Lifestyle Socioeconomic Economics Income, disposable income Purchasing power Spend by category Employment, unemployment The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 22. Identifying Serviceable Addresses Identify serviceable addresses faster and easier with information about: • Mail delivery indicators • Detailed land use • Building designations 819 N Cooper St Arlington, TX 76011 PreciselyID Residential Garden Home Serviceable MDU The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 23. The Last Mile Vacant P.O. Box General Store P.O. Box Apartment The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 24. The PreciselyID is a unique and persistent 12-digit identifier for all addressable locations throughout the US, Canada, and Australia The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 25. Interoperability and Geoenrichment • A guaranteed synchronization of data products • Unique and Persistent feature IDs for fast and easy enrichment • Unique key at unit level for 190M+ addresses ZIP Codes School Boundaries PlaceIQ Data 3rd Party Data Building Footprints Admin Boundaries Demographics Points of Interest Crime Index Congressional Districts Property Information Neighborhoods The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 26. Extreme level of context is essential to empower citizen services. Government, telecommunications, and technology leaders are working together to bring access to life-changing opportunities for every constituent.
- 27. The critical role of data governance in connectivity initiatives
- 28. Why Govern Your Spatial Data • Centralized Spatial and Non-Spatial Data Repository - Alleviates Data Silos • Democratizing Spatial Data for All Types of User Personas • Proactive Management of Data- Location Intelligent Stewardship • Visualize Changes in Data Assets (3D Lineage and Mapping) Precisely is pioneering the governance of location intelligence data The Roadmap to Digital Inclusion
- 29. Data governance Provide ownership and accountability of data assets via roles and responsibilities Data stewardship Obtain general statistics to learn more about a field Visualization Visually connect impact analysis, data lineage and business processes with related data assets 3D data lineage Utilize AI techniques to automatically tag data for categorization or to relate data together Machine learning Aggregate data quality results and present data governance scores by asset Metrics & scoring Understand your data with definitions, context and crowdsource updates Business glossary Customize your operating model for reporting issues, questions or approvals Workflow Harvest metadata and allow business and technical metadata to be searchable Data catalog Document policies and standards and their relationships to data Data policy management
- 30. Precisely Data Integrity Analyze • Easy data acquisition • Broad and flexible connectors • Data discovery and profiling • Cleansing and blending • Data transformation • Visual application designer • Advanced analytics integration • Data-driven authoring • Agile ETL and data integration • Automation Data Quality • Data quality & profiling • Balancing & reconciliation • Statistical controls • Streaming DQ (Apache Kafka) • Machine learning DQ+ • Visualization • Case management • Collaboration • Automation Governance • Data policy management • Data catalog • Business glossary • Stewardship • Metrics & scoring • Workflow • Data profiling • Data detection & tagging
- 31. • Data observability dashboard • Data collection • Cloud-native execution • Data profiling • Self-service discovery • Intelligent data observations • Automated alerts K E Y F E A T U R E S • Understand the health of your data with continuous measuring and monitoring • Obtain visibility into your data landscape and dependencies with intuitive self- discovery capabilities • Receive alerts when outliers and anomalies are identified using artificial intelligence • Resolve data drift and shift when identified by intelligent analysis • Enable quick remediation when issues occur by understanding the cause of the issue B E N E F I T S Data Observability Proactively uncover data anomalies and take action before they become costly downstream issues
- 32. Precisely is committed to supporting government and industry leaders in their journey to provide equitable internet access for all
- 33. Q&A
Editor's Notes
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- I wanted to start with a basic overview on some aspects of the BEAD initiative. What the timeline looks like, what are some of the requirements for states, and what are the definitions of certain terms around digital inclusion.
- States will have 180 days from receipt of the Notice of Available Amounts to develop and submit an Initial Proposal. They will have up to one year after the initial proposal is approved to conduct additional local coordination, complete the selection process, and submit a Final Proposal to NTIA.
- Local coordination and stakeholder engagement is critical to the BEAD Program’s success, to eliminating barriers to broadband access and adoption, and to rapidly and economically building out new broadband networks. Local coordination promotes alignment of priorities between the Eligible Entity and local officials and helps ensure visibility of local needs and preferences. Robust engagement efforts increase initial adoption rates once the broadband is deployed and stimulate awareness about the programs that can support the local community. Roughly seven-in-ten rural Americans (72%) say they have a broadband internet connection at home
- The initial proposal must already have identified each unserved and underserved location within the states jurisdiction.
- The initial proposal must already have identified each unserved and underserved location within the states jurisdiction.
- Most customers using DSL, fixed wireless, or geostationary satellites don’t get internet speeds that meet the FCC definition of broadband at 25/3 Mbps. While these technologies are constantly improving, the requirements set forth for the immediate future
- Low housing density translates into high cost for any land-based broadband technology. The key characteristic of 5G is to take advantage of multiple, closely placed cell sites, something not likely to be cost-effective in areas with low housing density.
- Low housing density translates into high cost for any land-based broadband technology. The key characteristic of 5G is to take advantage of multiple, closely placed cell sites, something not likely to be cost-effective in areas with low housing density.
- When dealing with these areas that can have hundreds of meters from one address to the next, standard address interpolation isn’t enough.
- With rural communities generally having a smaller potential client-base than your typical urban setting, ensuring adoption of the newly built broadband solutions is a key aspect of this initiative. Without engagement, the telco companies involved won’t be as incentivized to continue regular upgrades and maintenance. Leaving these communities to fall behind again.
- The median rural county saw its population of color increase by 3.5 percentage points between 2010 and 2020. Our understanding of who lives in these remote locations is evolving year over year as the pandemic and societal changes see more variation in the way people are choosing to live their lives. https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2018/12/20/rural-aging-occurs-different-places-very-different-reasons#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%2019%20percent%20of,population%20age%2065%20or%20older. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/09/28/mapping-rural-americas-diversity-and-demographic-change/ https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=3&lvlid=62
- With rural communities generally having a smaller potential client-base than your typical urban setting, ensuring adoption of the newly built broadband solutions is a key aspect of this initiative. Without engagement, the telco companies involved won’t be as incentivized to continue regular upgrades and maintenance. Leaving these communities to fall behind again.
- All of these data products work together to give you an in-depth view of potential customers around the globe.
- The BEAD initiative is all about upgrading the nation’s internet infrastructure and providing service to communities that are currently under served. In order to make that happen, telecommunications companies need more than just lists of address, they need the ability to identify which of those addresses are serviceable, how many are deliverable, and how many are potentially neither.
- This is done through the Precisely ID. A unique and persistent identifier for all addressable locations within the US, Canada, and Australia.
- Now, bringing it back around to Geoenrichment. Using the rules we outlined, we are able to connect all of the datasets listed here while avoiding the pitfalls of geospatial dependencies. Many of these products are created for specific commercial needs with an effort towards standardization. Linking up postal or administrative boundaries with address-based information is complicated using street addresses or lat/long coordinates only. Interoperability allows us to deliver a better customer experience, adds consistency and standardization to our products and simplifies the expansion from one use case to many through key joins throughout the portfolio
- Ruslan
- Ruslan
- The Precisely Data Integrity Suite is a set of seven interoperable modules that enable your business to build trust in your data. No matter the source, you need data with accuracy, consistency, and context flowing into your enterprise business systems and analytics. At Trust 22 we are announcing the launch of our Data Integration, Data Observabilty and Data Governance modules. With DQ, GeoAddressing, Spatial Analytics and Data Enrichment following closely. Our messaging drives home the point that customers can start WHEREVER they are in their Data Integrity Journey, and add on capabilities that make sense when they need them.
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- Seed questions: 1. Our address data is solid – do we really need enrichment? - Julia 2. In what way is governance a value to my agency beyond BEAD activities? - Mike 3. Is having equitable data key in reporting and securing future funding? – Julia