Rural Broadband Abstract Case Study: at WISPA/FISPA 2011 Event in Orlando, FL Dustin Jurman, CEO Tampa, FL

1. Rural Broadband
A Case Study Abstract
By Rapid Systems Inc.
Tampa, Fl

2. Did you know?
What started it all was a short educational video clip.
The impact it had on Florida’s Rural Counties…
Forever changed the way they saw things…
Right Here…
Right Now…

3. Shift Happens…
Did you know?
It is not just about Rural Broadband.
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4. So What Does It all Mean?
Generational
Change

5. Hardee County Florida
A case for Rural Broadband…
The kids are moving away …
Factor 1 Reluctantly, young adults are leaving for other places that
offer a better opportunity.
A stall in both Economic and Industrial
Factor 2
Development
The second highest High School drop out rate in the
Factor 3 state of Florida
Three back to back Hurricanes
Factor 4 hit Hardee County Florida
FEMA’s recovery plan for the area depicted a
Factor 5 need for advanced communications (This is the
case for all recovery plans)

6. What makes a good
public-private Stage 1
partnership? Equality
We all know in this industry that the Both of the partners share Risk
concept of a public private partnership
and Gain
is not new.
Stage 2
We also know that it has manifested
itself in many ways throughout the Real Requirements, Real Goals,
years. and Real Expectations
• The Earthlink and MetroFi model
does not work. Stage 3
• FREE is not FREE Commitment to Execution and a
Rapid Deployment
Stage 4
Public Exit Strategy

7. Hardee County Broadband
A Public/Private Partnership Public Safety
Support
Local Business Economic
Development
Support
Local Media County
Support Support
Community
Support

8. EDC’s / IDA’s and Mentoring
What is an EDC? An IDA? What do they do?
An Economic Development Council provides advocacy,
EDC education, research and training to its community. An
incubator.
The primary role of an Industrial Development Authority is the
IDA
implementation and management of federally legislated bond
financing programs serving as fixed asset investment incentives
for private sector industry expansion and location. Programs
implemented will be consistent with the Authority’s legal status
and compatible with the economic development goals
established by the Board of County Commissioners and other
economic development organizations operating in the County or
Community.
An EDC and IDA provide the intimate mentoring which
Mentoring translates to “advocacy, education, research and training to
its community.”

9. It may take a lot
of steps to get
there…
• Execution
• Fiscal Responsibility
• Equally Shared Risks
• Full Involvement of the
community…
1. The possibilities are
endless.
2. The results are priceless

10. It started with Municipal involvement…

11. The Hardee County IDA – The Pole Legacy

12. Hardee Pole Party Kick-Off

13. 15-140’ Concrete Hurricane Rated Monopoles

14. Local Contractors, local manufacturers, local public
safety, local workforce…Economic Development

15. Local Contractors, local manufacturers, local public
safety, local workforce…Economic Development

16. “GREEN “ Environmentally Safe and Fast Track
methodologies were utilized for a Rapid
Deployment with zero impact to the rural
landscape.
No concrete mix, no chemicals, no steel
sleeve, biodegradable slurry mix, and respect
for rural landscapes solidified the method with
the local incumbents. Community Support…

17. Some Assembly Required

18. Hard at Work

19. Professional Installation

20. Tower Tops

21. Motorola WiMax 320

22. 15 Monopoles
2 Water Tanks

23. RF Network
QUICK FACT
• Rapid Systems / Hardee County IDA partnered with
QUICK FACT Motorola to evolve the WiMax 320 platform
• Rapid Systems designed the Hardee County • This is currently the largest deployment of its type in
Rural Broadband Network utilizing the latest the United States
in licensed wireless backhaul technology from
Motorola. The PTP800 was utilized in 11GHz • The Motorola WiMax 320 platform allowed Rapid and
Hardee to quickly deploy a *licensed last mile that is
• The backhaul middle mile is interconnected state of the art.
by OCCAM EPS switches which enhances the
performance of the RF Network by offloading • Hardee County currently has about 800 subscribers and
the traffic and handing it off within over 1000 new customers in Queue for service.
microseconds
• The service level and overall quality of the
middle mile has been validated by an IPTV
integrator, and passes an RFC2544 test from
end-to-end

24. Hardee County Today

25. Speed Test – Motorola PtP800

26. MSAP – EPS/RPR
&
Core Aggregation Routing
QUICK FACT
• Cisco ASR platform was selected by Rapid Systems
for this type of flattened network topological
QUICK FACT
approach to a hybrid rural “MetroE” deployment.
• Rapid Systems designed the Hardee County
• The ASR also has a 10 Gigabyte architecture which
Rural Broadband Network utilizing our
together with the MSAP creates a 10 Gigabyte
Methodology of Wireless Today, ?
“Fabric”
Tomorrow
• Core aggregation , MSAP, super bad crazy server….
• 10 Gigabyte switching fabric at all tower
PoP locations • 64 Processors and 192 Gigs of RAM
• Cloud Fabric…exciting stuff…
• A superior egress and ingress fabric that has
dual counter rotating ring design.
• This design is resilient, redundant, and
extremely freakin COOL!! (later slide)

27. It Takes Two…
All the pieces really need to be defined up
front.
This method ensures clearly defined goals
and milestones that are achievable.
Both from an engineering
perspective and a community perspective
Public and Private sectors need
synergistic relationships that yield
benefits equal to both parties.
A real relationship…not just a
contractual agreement.

28. Questions?
We are happy to help you!
Dustin Jurman - CEO
Rapid Systems Inc.
1211 N. Westshore
Blvd. Suite 711
Tampa, Fl 33607