SW WI Broadband Re-Boot
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
FENNIMORE, WI
SOUTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE
It’s not about getting “The Broadband”
It’s about getting more of the broadband and
that job will never be over.
Dial-up+ (56 Kbps):
 1 day, 10 hrs, 44 min
T1/DSL (1.54 Mbps):
 1 Hour, 15 min
Cable (10 Mbps ):
 11 min, 44 sec
Fiber (1 Gbps):
 7 sec
High Speed Broadband Boot Camp November 13-14 2013
Speed Matters…
Source: Broadband Communities magazine, December, 2013
Compaq “Portable” Computer
1997
Andy Say’s….
“I find it’s easier to predict the
future after it has happened”
What Do We Need?
- “What are you going to do with 20 Mbps? It’s like having
an Indy race car and you don’t have the racetrack to
drive it on. We are going to be offering 3 Meg….most
users won’t use that”
- SBC's Midwest Networking President, Kirk Brannock who
was talking to a city council in Illinois about the Pabst
Farm Development in Wisconsin, 2004
- “It's like buying a Jaguar when a Ford Focus would be
perfectly adequate”
- --Andrew Petersen, spokesman for TDS Telecom, about 1
Gbps Networks, Source: From Milwaukee to
Chattanooga, a sea of digital divide, Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel, Rick Barrett, 2-26-2012
Will it Play in Mayberry (1995)?
4/22/1995
 “The telecommunications industry promises to
redefine the way we do business in the state. But
again, rural areas are in jeopardy of being left with
a communications gravel road if special efforts
aren’t made to connect our small communities to
the Information Super Highway. I’m not sure our rural
resident fully understand the speed at which
change will take place. We need to build their
awareness.”
-Sustainable Design….will it play in Mayberry?, 4-221995, Andy Lewis
Why Does Any of this matter?
Former FCC Chairman Genachowski
"Winning The Global Bandwidth Race"
“We are in a global
bandwidth race. A nation’s
future economic security is
tied to frictionless and
speedy access to
information”
http://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-genachowski-winningglobal-bandwidth-race
IEDC Survey 2012
Fewer than
10% believe 4
Mbps is
sufficient for
advancing
their local
economies
Impact On Business…
•
Minnesota business establishments that use
broadband report median annual revenues that
are approximately $200,000 higher than
businesses that do not use broadband.
•
Nearly 60% of small businesses report that
broadband availability is an essential factor in
making a decision on their location.
Sources:
www.sngroup.com
www.connectmn.org/sites/default/files/learn-sidebar-docs/mn_biz_2012.pdf
Estimated Annual Cost of Digital Exclusion
(-) $55 Billion U.S.
www.econsult.com/articles/030810_costofexclusion.pdf
(-) $1 Billion Wisconsin
• Retail sales increased by 6.8% between 2006
& 2011
• E-commerce sales grew by 72% during this
same time period (2006-2011)
• E-commerce sales now account for 4.7% of
total retail sales, up from 2.9% in 2006
Source:
http://www.census.gov/econ/estats/2011/table4.xls
a) 13%
b) 25%
c) 49%
d) 88%
Source:
U.S. Census E-stats, May 23, 2013, http://www.census.gov/econ/estats/2011/table6.xls
High Speed Broadband Boot Camp November 13-14 2013
In 2011, U.S. manufacturing shipments totaled $5.4
trillion.
What percentage of the $5.4 trillion in
manufacturing shipments was attributable to ecommerce in 2011?
E-commerce generated $4.8 trillion in total sales
in 2011
What percentage of total internet sales was
between businesses (B2B)?
a) 27 percent
b) 38 percent
c) 62 percent
d) 89 percent
Minnesota Intelligent Rural Community Program
2012:
 <50% of businesses in rural Minnesota had a
website
 Fewer than 20% were using social media
 Less than 10% had claimed their Google
Place/maps page
Next Generation Networks (1 Gbps)
See:
http://broa
dband.uwe
x.edu/blog/
2014/01/mu
ch-gigcost/
BadgerNet Rates (DOA contract)
$11,652 per
month
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/Documents/DET/Services%20and%20Rates/FY14_0
3.pdf
Speed & Cost
The Internet without Network Neutrality?
Economic Snapshots, September, 2009
Link Wisconsin Broadband Coverage Maps
(WIPSC)
http://wi.linkamericadata.org/
Wisconsin Broadband Console (WIPSC)
http://wisconsindashboard.org/
Dual Map June 2010- Current (Wired)
http://wisconsindashboard.org/
Dual Map June 2010- Current (Wireless)
WI PSC Mobile Pulse Application
Colter J. Sikora
LinkWISCONSIN
Team
Public Service
Commission of
Wisconsin
610 N. Whitney
Way, Madison, WI
53707
p) 608-267-1204
http://psc.wi.gov/
colter.sikora@wisc
onsin.gov
http://wisconsindashboard.org/ (Data Console)
Broadband Expansion Grant Program
 PSC will be distributing an amount of $500,000
each year for the next 4 years
 Feb. 27 - last day for submitting questions and
requests for clarification
 March 21 - Applications Due
 May 15 – Notification of award(s)
 May 30 – Start date for grant award
See:
http://psc.wi.gov/utilityInfo/tele/broadband/gran
ts/bbGrantJan2014.htm
Broadband Expansion Grant Program
 Offset the construction costs of extending
broadband service in underserved areas of the
state
 Fewer than two broadband (3 Mbps/768 Kbps)
service providers
Points for:
 Matching funds
 Public-private partnerships
 No existing broadband service
 Project impact
“High Speed Bits”
Feb. 20, 2014
11:00 – 11:30 (Teleconference Call)
PSC Broadband Grant Program: What you need to know
Guest speaker: Dennis Klaila, PSC-W Program Analyst, 608-267-9780 or
dennis.klaila@wisconsin.gov
Format:
15 minutes of presentation
10 minutes Q&A (must email your question(s) before or during presentation)
5 minutes of headlines
Questions? Email them to wibroadband@uwex.edu
Coming up...
March 20: New economic impact data for broadband
April 24: Wisconsin K12 schools and broadband
May 15: Economic Impact of Broadband on Second Homes in rural Wisconsin
Grant Eligible Areas
FCC “Rural Broadband Experiment” (Connect
America Fund
Some highlights worth noting:
 •
This is the first opportunity for providers that are not
the incumbent local telephone company in a particular
area to receive connect America funding
 •
Services that are funded could exceed the current
standard of 4 Mbps/1Mbps broadband but would have
to be an area that does not have access to fixed
broadband at 3 Mbps d/768 k u (the same definition
that is being used by the PSC)
 •
Providers, communities, institutions, and publicprivate partnerships (also emphasized in the PSC grant
program), can “express an interest” with an idea, but
need to act quickly (March 7). An “expression of
interest” is non-binding.
FCC
For more information See:
http://broadband.uwex.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2014/02/Rural-BroadbandExperiments-Update-2-7-2014.pdf
Grant County Census Tracts: 9 out 12 tracts: 9604
(Patch Grove), 9605 (Cassville), 9607 (Lancaster)
do not appear to be eligible
Census Tract Maps:
http://www.census.gov/geo/mapsdata/maps/2010ref/st55_tract.html
Census Tract Maps:
http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/maps/2010ref/st55_tract.html
WIN
http://www.wins.net/
Professor Andy Lewis
660 West Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 890 - 4254
FAX: (608) 890 - 1357
Email: andy.lewis@uwex.edu
Web: http://broadband.uwex.edu/