Community Forum Agenda Topic October 2012 Time Welcome – CEKC/WSUE 5 minutes LTPT Project Scope 20 minutes Forums Survey Data Results LTPT Next Steps Broadband 101/Map 20 minutes Q&A 15 minutes Websites 5 minutes Mapping Survey Complete Survey 20 minutes Close/Next Steps 5 minutes Please share the links below with your friends, neighbors, community organizations and local businesses so we can show the internet services available now as well as the community and business needs for more service and training! Do you have a business in Klickitat or Skamania counties? Then take the Business Broadband Access Survey: www.mcedd.org/ltpt/bsurvey.htm Do you live in Klickitat or Skamania counties? Take the Resident Broadband Access Survey: http://survey.libarts.wsu.edu/remark/rws5.pl?FORM=KSLTPTSURVEY Interested in finding out how fast your internet really is? Use this link to take a speed test. It will also help the LTPT document service gaps in our communities. wabroadbandmapping.org/SpeedTest.aspx Questions? Contact Brian Wanless (CEKC) ce4kc@me.com or Linda Williams (WSUE) lindaj@gorge.net Definitions
Advanced communications systems capable of providing high‐speed transmission of services such as data, voice & video over the Internet.
Transmission is provided by a wide
range of technologies, including digital subscriber line (DSL), fiber optic cable, coaxial cable,
wireless & satellite. Broadband Speeds
10 MPH
25 MPH
80 MPH
500 MPH
5,000 MPH
200 kbps
768 kbps
1.5 mbps
10 mbps
100 mbps
3‐hour movie ‐ download speeds
12.5 hrs 3.25 hrs 1.6 hrs
15 min
1.5 min
Reality Checkpoint – Klickitat County
2011 Annual Report on Broadband in Washington (WSBO, January 2012)
Over 16.9% of Klickitat County households are unserved
Fixed Broadband Deployment Map (FCC, August 2012)
Klickitat County Access:
−Fiber 0%
–Cable 35%
–DSL 59%
–Fixed Wireless 1%
Broadband–Three Critical Elements Awareness
Access
Adoption
Awareness–Reasons People Aren’t Online
Source: Pew Internet Project (May 2010) Adoption–Getting People Online
Source: Pew Home Broadband 2010 INTERNET
MIDDLE MILE
LAST MILE
aka Backbone
aka Backhaul or Transport
aka Broadband or High Speed
Websites
Information
Shopping
WIRELESS
aka Microwave or Point to Point
Speed: Up to 1 Gigabit per Second
WIRELESS
aka Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Fixed Wireless
Speed: Up to 20 Megabits per Second
(technology is capable of 100Mbps)
CELLULAR
aka 3G, 4G, LTE
Speed: Up to 20 Megabits per Second
(technology is capable of 100Mbps)
Telecommute
Education
Healthcare
Entertainment
Banking
Phone
Social
Movies
FIBER
Speed: Beyond 100 Gigabits per Second
(technically unlimited)
FIBER
Speed: Beyond 1 Gigabits per Second
(technically unlimited)
TV
Cloud
CABLE
Speed: 100 Megabits per Second
DSL (Phone)
Speed: 25 Megabits per Second
What Does Bandwidth Mean?
SPEED
TECH
USES
1 Gigabit
DSL
Wireless / Cellular
1 Megabit
Cable Internet
10 Megabits
Fiber to the Home
100 Megabits
Dial
Up
Under 1 Megabit
BROADBAND 101
The Unofficial Dictionary
Broadband: broadband comes from the words “broad bandwidth” and is used to
describe a high-speed connection to the Internet. A broadband connection lets
you instantly connect to the Internet or your corporate network at speeds many
times faster than a dial-up connection.
Bandwidth: bandwidth refers to how fast data flows through the path that it travels
to your computer; it’s usually measured in kilobits, megabits or gigabits per
second.
DSL: stands for digital subscriber line; it refers to the type of broadband
connection that brings information to homes and businesses over ordinary
copper telephone lines.
Cable modem: refers to the type of broadband connection that brings information
to homes and businesses over ordinary television cable lines.
Satellite: refers to the type of broadband connection where information is sent
from and arrives at a computer through satellite dishes.
Wireless: refers to the type of broadband connection where information is sent
from and arrives at a computer through transmission towers.
Fiber-Optic: refers to the newest broadband service, which is the fastest Internet
connection thus far. However, this type of Internet service is still in its infancy
as its service areas are quite limited.
Downstream speed: refers to the speed at which data flows from the information
server to your computer.
Upstream speed: refers to the speed at which data flows from your computer to
the information server.
Kbps: Stands for Kilobits per second, or thousands of bits per second. For
example, most analog modems transmit at 56 Kbps or 28.8 Kbps.
Mbps: Stands for Megabits per second, or millions of bits per second. This is a
measurement of how much data can be transmitted through a connection. For
example, 6.0 Mbps is 200 times faster than a 28.8 Kbps analog modem