Successful Public Sector Initiatives, Christopher Mitchell, Inst. for Local Self Reliance
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Local governments are expanding broadband access by investing in and partnering on broadband infrastructure. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance focuses on issues like local banking, decentralized energy, recycling, and telecommunications as a commons. Many approaches to expanding broadband access are already happening in Minnesota, including partnerships with cooperatives, multi-town joint efforts, wireless networks, and full fiber networks to homes and businesses.
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- 1. Local Governments Expand Broadband by Investing and Partnering Christopher Mitchell Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative Institute for Local Self-Reliance February 5, 2014 @communitynets www.MuniNetworks.org
- 2. Institute for Local Self-Reliance Formed in 1974 Focuses Local Banking Decentralized Energy Main Street Businesses Recycling – Waste to Wealth Telecommunications as Commons Initiative MuniNetworks.org
- 3. … 1 Gigabit Networks …
- 10. Approaches Already in Minnesota Partnerships with Coops Multi-town and Townships Joint Efforts Rings and Backbones Schools and Community Anchors Multiple Wireless Approaches Fiber to Businesses Full Fiber to the Home
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Editor's Notes
- We need better networks, but don’t expect help from the feds. Private companies aren’t investing.
- Some context.This is NOT pie in the sky.Take comfort from history – we ran a wire to every last person in the country during Great Depression and World War II.DOES ANYONE KNOW where the largest FTTH network in the world is? The Dakotas. Over 10K sq miWe can connect everyone. The question is how.
- Reasonable rates
- And yet hundreds have made investments to serve others aside from themselves150 offering citywide triple play, another 200 making some partial investmentSome just connect a business district or offer dark fiber
- 2012 report from the State Educational Technology Directors Association recommends 1 Gbps connections between school district facilities by 2014-15 and 10 Gbps by 2017-18Leasing these connections from some providers could bankrupt local budgets
- Conduit
- For the most part, local governments expect networks to pay for themselves entirely. Most networks funded with revenue bonds purchased by private investors
- We should stick with what works. Embracing public and private sector investmentWe’ll have private companies, coops, and munis investing in networks for a long time.Communities should decide locally which strategies make sense for their situation.