1. Utah Broadband Advisory
Council Meeting
April 19, 2012

2. April 19, 2012
Steve Proctor

3.  First Responder Network Authority (First NET).
 Nationwide PS Network based on a single Architecture.
 Reallocates 700 MHz D Block to PS.
 Interoperability Board in the FCC.
-Establish minimum Technical Requirements to insure
interoperability.
-Submit to the FCC for review of the recommendations.
 No later than 30 days FCC shall approve with revisions the
technical recommendations.

4.  Independent Authority: Exempt from Paperwork
reduction, Administrative Procedures, Regulatory Flexibility
 15 Member Board
 Holds the Single PS License (10 MHz x 10 MHz)
 Ensure the design, implementation, construction, deployment in
consultation with state, federal, local and tribal entities.
 Ensures deployment phases with substantial rural coverage
 Board: Sec of Homeland Security, Att. General of US, Manager office and
budget, 12 individuals to be appointed by the Sec of Commerce: 3 with
states, locals, tribes, territories. 3 who have served as PS professionals
 Geographical and regional representation
 Urban and Rural reorientation

5.  Public Safety Experience
 Technical Expertise
 Network Expertise
 Financial expertise
 Standing Public safety Advisory Committee
 Additional standing Ad hoc committees

6.  Consult with regional, state, tribal and local jurisdictions regarding the
distribution and expenditures of any amounts to carry out its
responsibilities including:
 Construction or access to the core network and build out
 Placement of towers
 Coverage areas of the network
 Adequacy of hardening, security, reliability and resiliency
 Assignment of priority to local users
 Training of local users
• Consultation must occur thru the designated single officer or
governmental body designated by each state

7.  NTIA shall establish a grant program to states
 Shall assist state, regional, tribal and local jurisdictions to plan to
integrate the infrastructure in association with the NPSBN
 6 months: NTIA must establish a grant program: Defining eligible
costs, scope of activities, prioritizing grants to insure rural and urban
coverage
 Each state: shall certify a single officer or governmental body to serve as
coordinator
 First NET must complete RFP
 First NET will notify the GOVERNOR of each state: Completion of the
process
 No later than 90 days: Governor must opt in or opt out: be part of the
national or build its own….to the national standard State will have 180
days to do the RFP Process for state operations..FCC Shall review and
approve or disapprove

8.  IF plan is not approved—state will be a partner in the
national network
 State builds its own network—they pay the national user fees
for use of the NPSBN elements
 State will incur a 20% match on construction grants
 Network will be a cost recovery network and will have to pay
back the funding it borrows and eventually support itself

9.  2-22-12 Enactment of the Statute
 3-22-12 FCC Appoints Interoperability Board
 5-22-12 90 Days Interoperability Board submits Technical
Requirements
 6-21-12 + 30 days FCC Approves Technical Plan
 8-20-12 180 Days Sec of Commerce appoints First NET
board
 8-22-12 6 months: NTIA Established requirements for State
and Local Planning Grants
 TBD First net established itself with resources, RFP, consults
with states, completes RFP and releases notice
 TBD states have 90 days after that to opt in or out

10. Utah Education Network - Interactive Video
Conferencing (IVC)
Utah Broadband Advisory Council Meeting
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Jeff Egly, Associate Director, UEN
Email: jegly@uen.org

11. The Utah Education Network within the Utah
Education and Government Sector
 UEN is an educational technology partnership of
public and higher education, providing educational
technology services statewide.
 Established by statute, and reports directly to the
Legislature and the Governor.
 As of the 2012 Legislative Session UEN is now
governed by an 11 member Governing Board
whose members represent higher education,
public education, libraries and state government.

12. UEN’s Core Responsibility
To provide a  The network is a public-
statewide wide area private partnership
between UEN and Utah
network with robust telecommunications
and reliable providers.
connectivity to the  UEN does not own the
Internet for every network. We lease circuits
public school and from telecommunications
companies using multi-
college, and most year contracts.
public libraries.

14. County-level Example of the UEN Network

15. What is video conferencing?
 Two-way or multi-way interactive video and audio
conferencing.
 Standards based solutions vs. proprietary solutions
 Standards based – H.323, SIP, MPEG 264.
 Interoperability – vendor agnostic. (for the most part)
 Cisco (formerly Tandberg), Polycom, LifeSize, RADVision
 High quality video, content, encryption.
 Point-to-point and multi-way (bridged)
 Often used in business, government, and education
 Proprietary – Skype, Google+ video, FaceTime.
 Less expensive or free. Works only with other users of
the same application. Limited features.
 Bridging is available with some applications

16. Classes & Events supported on UEN’s
IVC Network
 Higher Education to Public Education
 Concurrent Enrollment
 Public Education
 Inter-District and Intra-District events provide
access to quality teachers and classes
 Higher Education
 Classes offered statewide by the larger
universities and regionally by state colleges
 Ad-Hoc – Access to video network for
meetings and ad-hoc events
 Medical – Extend operating/procedure room

17. Examples of class offerings
 Health Science
 American Sign Language
 Political Science
 Mandarin Chinese
 Medical Coding
 World Civilization
 Theater
 Nursing
 Calculus
 Special Education – Teacher certifications

18. Snake Valley Water meetings

19. Thank You!

20. Utah cities and businesses
need to get online.
Tara Thue

21. What we know…
• Utah is the national leader in home
broadband adoption, with 80% of households
in Utah using broadband at home.
• We have the youngest population in the
United States.
• Schools are connected, most with a gigabit-
enabled speeds.
• Residential broadband is widely
available, even in rural areas.

22. What we don’t know…
• How are we leveraging these facts to our
advantage for economic development?
• Are businesses using broadband or
broadband-enabled technologies at the same
rate residential users?
• Do all cities, towns and counties in Utah have
a website, or some mechanism for their
constituents to communicate or connect with
them online?

23. Utah Cities and Towns
• According to the Utah Association of
Counties, all counties currently have a
website
– http://www.uacnet.org/about-counties/links-to-
cos-and-others/
• Gathered data from the Utah League of Cities
and Towns (ULCT) on whether or not a city
had a website…with unexpected results
– http://www.ulct.org/ulct/about/linkstocities.html

24. Utah Cities and Towns
Without a Website
Out of 245 Utah
cities or towns, only
166 had a website No
Website
32%
Have a
Website
68%

25. In the National Broadband Plan, the FCC states:
“Americans can check their bank accounts,
communicate with customer service
representatives and do their shopping anytime,
anywhere by using applications enabled by
broadband. Americans now expect this level of
service from their government and are often
disappointed with what they find.”

26. Utah Businesses
• Results based on a 2011 survey conducted by the Business Expansion and
Retention (BEAR) initiative
– BEAR, also known as “economic gardening”, focuses on taking direct action to
help local entrepreneurs successfully fast-track sustainable expansion of their
businesses. It identifies and targets viable existing businesspeople or
programs with the desire and capacity to grow and expand. It also provides
them with a package of professional business assistance.
– BEAR is based in GOED, and covers rural counties
• All counties except Davis, Salt Lake, Utah and Weber
• The Survey gathered data from about 5,000 small to medium-sized
businesses, including whether or not their business had a website
• 20 Counties surveyed (focused on rural):
– Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand,
Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sevier, Toole, Uintah, Wasatch,
Wayne
– 9 Counties not surveyed:
• Davis, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, San Pete, Summit, Utah, Washington, Weber

27. Utah Businesses
Without a Website
Out of 4,690 Utah
businesses
surveyed, only 1333
had a website Have a
No Website
Website 28%
72%

28. Utah Businesses Without Websites
by County
Have a Website No Website
0
38
44 18
1
126
16
32 196 64 49 105 24
17 3357
776 179 212 366 941
153
5
174
119 49
2
204
15
22 128 39 30 59 12
6 1333
191 35 36 65 134
8

29. utah cities and businesses
need to get online.