Moving Towards A Gigabit StateMay 4, 2015

Broadband Inventories

Expanding Broadband Services Results: Jobs, Innovation and Economic Development

It’s not just about technology companies or big business: Small businesses comprise 99% of establishments and 80% of total employment in

inner cities and economically challenged areas. Small businesses are particularly important in high-tech industries. They currently

hire roughly 40% of all high-tech workers, and account for a majority of the more than 1.2 million new jobs generated by the growth of the Internet during the last 10–15 years.*

*Maija Renko & Paul Reynolds, Profiling the Growth Oriented Nascent Entrepreneur in the US —Evidence from Representative Samples, pg.12 (2006)

Long-Term Impacts of Broadband on Economic Development

Increased Economic Output- Yearly increase in GDP in the areas served by new high speed broadband infrastructure, is the largest long-term social or economic impact due to broadband infrastructure spending.

The additional broadband infrastructure provided by BTOP can be expected to create more than 22,000 long-term jobs and generate more than $1 billion in additional household income each year.*

Broadband Speed and Price

Institutions served by BTOP infrastructure grantees experienced significantly increased speeds and lower costs.

*ASR Analytics Final Report, pg. 33, available at: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/asr_final_report.pdf

Broadband Inventories

1) Community Assets to be Leveraged2) Service Sectors and Geographic Areas In The Community

Meeting people in the inventory process is an opportunity to make the contacts you will need in the future.

Information Sources

Municipal Utility Providers (Electric, Water)

Emergency Management Agency Traffic Engineering City Engineers IT Department Public Works Tax Assessor

More important contacts

National Broadband Map State Broadband Map Zoning Department Public Safety Agencies Permit Department GIS Property Acquisition

1. Community Assets Inventory

Existing Private or Public Sector Conduits

Abandoned Gas-Lines

Electric Plant Trench with extra conduit

Telephone poles (if you have rights to use them)

Telecommunications routes with extra conduit

Railroad Routes

Abandoned water mains

Abandoned sewers or storm drains

1. Community Assets Inventory: Existing Fiber Conduits / Counts

Traffic signal fiber

SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems for water, pumps lift, etc…

Street light conduit

Shared conduit with telecommunication providers

Institutional network

1. Community Assets Inventory: Wireless Assets

Water towers owned by the city or other entity

Buildings with roof top space for antennas

Existing cell towers

Street light poles may be of use for small cell placement

Use of easement for new placement of small poles for small cell use

1. Community Assets Inventory: Land

Plots of local land suitable for node or NOC locations

Inside space of government buildings for hub locations

NOC or Data Center space

Wireless sites

Space for Wi-Fi access point (AP)

Other Infrastructure Projects and Processes Facilitating Lower Cost Broadband Deployment

Is a dig once policy in effect?

Align broadband planning with the schedule and location of other public works projects

Streamline permitting process

Understand the processes of other ROW providers (e.g. rail roads) or pole owners

2. Service Sectors and Geographic Areas Inventory

Business license data by industry code

Land use plan and circulation element

City, State, Federal facilities

Education buildings and campuses

Medical facilities

Business Improvement Districts

Tax Increment Finance Districts (TIFs)

Industrial Parks