MBI Municipal Workshop
April 2015
Becket
Ashfield
New Salem
Workshop Agenda
Workshop Goal: Engage in productive dialogue over Last Mile initiative
and town objectives, questions, concerns.
Program Overview
Roles & Responsibilities
MBI
Municipalities/MLPs
Private Sector
Anticipated Project Types
Regional FTTP Network through a municipal cooperative (e.g. WiredWest)
Regional FTTP Network with municipal RFP for operator/enterprise partner
Independent municipal build with enterprise partner
Design, Construction & Program Management
Grant Application Process & Planning Grants
Open Conversation & Next Steps2
Last Mile Program Overview
Last Mile Program Goal:
Partner with towns to extend broadband service in every unserved
community.
Build a sustainable, state-of-the-art network cost-efficiently and
professionally.
Extend broadband service in high-cost towns with existing cable providers.
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Last Mile Program Overview
Progress To-Date:
$50 million secured from Legislature and Governor Baker.
Cable/Broadband Workshop held 3/5/15.
Construction model of 44 town pure fiber network.
Premise counts/mapping of all unserved and cable towns.
Municipal assistance program with FRCOG on borrowing, warrants.
MBI ready to launch grant process & next steps.
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Roles & Responsibilities: MBI
MBI’s role is to provide state support (financial and otherwise) for
municipal projects extending broadband service to town residents.
Grant administration and management of state funds.
MBI expertise to assist towns selecting broadband options.
Transparency to the public and municipalities.
No MBI ownership of Last Mile network.
MBI Services & Support to Towns can Include:
Technical assistance, legal advice & consultation.
Project management, design & construction for regional network.
RFQ/RFPs for design & engineering, construction, operators & ISPs.
State grants to reduce town costs for Last Mile construction.
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Roles & Responsibilities: Towns & MLPs
Decide what, if any, Last Mile solution is right for its residents.
Make decisions regarding network build, and issues of costs, ownership,
and operations.
Commit to town share of project costs.
Towns have through June 2016 to vote – MBI will maintain each town’s
share of state funding for qualifying projects.
Towns May Choose To:
Partner through a municipal cooperative (e.g WiredWest) to develop &
operate a regional network.
Seek private sector partners for its network build or for an operator or
ISP.
Seek alternative technologies (to fiber) for service in its town.
Request assistance from MBI.6
Roles & Responsibilities: Private Sector
Private vendors and contractors can be involved in the Last Mile, from design,
construction and project management, to potentially including the network
operator and ISP.
Towns need to:
Following legal and prudential requirements for procurement (RFPs).
Review legal agreements for enterprise partners.
Protect themselves on issues of network solvency, ownership, operational
costs and other issues.
MBI can help.
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Program Assumptions
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Estimated cost $112-119M.
Desktop modeling performed for all cost estimates.
Modeled costs are based on a GPON-FTTP build across 44 towns.
Residential services can include Data-Internet, Voice & Video-TV.
Alternatives to fiber-only based on town request.
Project complexity requires strong program management.
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GPON-FTTP Model: Network Architecture
For our network model we applied an architecture consistent with Fiber-To-
The-Premise best practice deployments.
POI: • Connect Cost• Backhaul and
redundancyFiber: • 12F Cable• Core Network
Labor
Distribution Network
Hut
OLT
Local Network Drop
VaultUnderground
Cable (Armored)
Core Network
Optical Line Termination
POI
Aerial Cable (Unarmored) NAP
Multiport
Manhole
Optical Network Terminal
12F-144F Fiber
Net
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rk C
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po
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ts
Optical Network Terminal
Fiber: • 2F Drop Cable • Drop Installation Labor
Broadband ModemVideo CPEDriveway Length
Cabinet:• 144F (w/ components)
Fiber: • 12F-144F Armored Cable• 12F-144F Unarmored Cable
NAP: • 4-port Multiport• 8-port Multiport• 16-port MultiportOverLashing to MBI123 Network
Hut: • Construction (w/
components)• Environmental • Permitting
Fiber: • 12F Armored Cable• 12F Unarmored Cable
OverLashing to MBI123 Network
Distribution Network Local Network DropCore Network
144FCabinet
Work Breakdown: “Pure Fiber”
Executing the Project:
Utilize Design-Bid-Build Process
Stakeholders: State, Towns, WW, Private Sector, & Utilities
Functional areas and procurements; OPM, Design-Engineer, Construction
Firm(s) & Systems Integrator
Tight controls on the Pole Application & Make Ready process
Create logical & geographic areas : “Zones & Clusters”
Sc
op
eItems/Tasks Last Mile
Pole Count 62,000
Fiber Miles 2000
POI / Network Hut 44
Customer Premises 26000
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Alford
Ashfield
Becket
Blandford
Charlemont
Chesterfield
Colrain
Cummington
Egremont
Florida
Goshen
Hancock
Hawley
Heath
Hinsdale
Lanesborough
Leyden
Middlefield
Monroe
MontereyMontgomery
Mount Washington
New Ashford
New Braintree
New Marlborough
New Salem
Otis
Peru
Petersham
Plainfield
Princeton
RoweRoyalston
Sandisfield
Savoy
Shutesbury
Tolland
Tyringham
Warwick
Washington
Wendell
West Stockbridg
e
Windsor
Worthington
Springfield
Worcester
Leverett*
Construction Zones & Clusters
Benefits:
Drives down cost of mobilization.
Develops logical work groups for Make Ready work activities.
Run parallel projects with multiple construction companies.
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Scope of Work for Major Procurements
Design and
Engineering
Construction Firm(s) Systems Integrator
Preliminary Design of
Network Architecture Installation of all Fiber Huts
Commissions Network
into Service
Conduct Detailed
Engineering Study to
confirm project costs
Integration of Fiber into
Middle Mile and Backhaul
connectivity
QA/QC all Construction
work
Equipment Manufacturer
Selection (via RFP) and
Product Compliance
Installation of all Strand and
Fiber and Equipment (OSP)
Commission End User
Services
Project Management
Vendor management and third party rights
License applications
PermittingCost
accounting
Construction management
Acceptance process
Construction
Bid packages
Field supervision
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Design Considerations
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Town Participation & Premise Count
Network Architecture
GPON, XPON Versus Active Ethernet
100% Premise Coverage Versus Pre-Subscription
IPVideo - TV Versus Other-the-Top (OTT)-Streaming
Designing by Adjacent Town Population Centers
Pole Licensing & Asset Ownership
Agent Relationship with Multiple Attachment Agreements
Overlashing & Leasing Rights
Transferring Ownership
Construction Timeline: “Cluster Example”
Initial Town
Approval
Make Ready
Final Design &
Procurement
Construction
Systems Integration
and Commissioning
Month 1
Month 28
Month 16
Month 30
Month 29
Ready for Service
Month 14
Construction Timeline Factors:
•A 30-month duration to complete
each 10,000~ pole construction
cluster.
•6 – 9 towns per construction cluster.
•The initial town approval date, which
determines cluster assignment.
Timeline Assumptions:
• Clusters will be staggered to
minimize gridlock (90 days).
• Cluster scheduling takes into
account: geography, population,
utility capacity, and preliminary
design completion.
• Avg. pole span is 180’.14
Last Mile Construction Timeline
State Allocates $50M
20192018201720162015
OPM RFP
Community Outreach:Establishing Priorities
OPM Selected
Design Firm Selected
Pole Survey Apps &Make Ready for Clusters 1 & 2 (10-18 towns)
Construction Cluster 1
Construction Cluster 2
Pole Survey Apps &Make Ready for Clusters 2 -3-4 (10-25 towns)
Pole Survey Apps &Make Ready for Clusters 4 & 5 (20-44 towns)
Construction Cluster 3
Construction Cluster 4
Construction Cluster 5
2014
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Major Milestones
Milestones Dates
Select Board Resolution By December 31, 2014
Town Meeting Approves Bond Debt Rolling basis: Spring 2015 through Summer 2016
Owners Project Manager Selection Summer 2015
Engineer Firm Selection Summer 2015
Preliminary Design and Pole Survey Rolling basis: Fall 2015 through Winter 2016
Make Ready Process Rolling basis: Winter 2015 through Winter 2017
Construction Period Rolling basis: Fall 2016 - on
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Grant Process: Why & Who
Process Transparency
Consistency & Equity Across Towns
Fiduciary Responsibility
Eligible Applicant(s)
Town(s)
MLP(s)
MLP Cooperative
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Grant Process: Allocation
Allocation Model – $40 Million
18M Professional Services, Engineering & Legal
22M Make Ready & Construction Costs
Initiative Types
Scenario 1: Regional Network Project
Scenario 2 : Independent Town Project
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Grant Process: Eligibility Criteria
Be one or more of the “unserved” towns.
Propose a Last Mile deployment project to provide
affordable, high-speed broadband access.
Demonstrate capacity to operate, maintain and provide
services or describe plan to obtain services.
Demonstrate a commitment to fund town costs of the
project (beyond state grant amounts or enterprise
investments).
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Last Mile Broadband Services Grant Solicitation
Solicitation Description
Application
Introduction
Approach to Project Implementation
Approach to Operations and Service Provider
Legal Compliance and Authority
Agreement(s)
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Broadband Planning Assistance Grant Solicitation
Eligible Applicant(s)
Town(s)
MLP(s)
MLP Cooperative
Amount - $5,000 per Town
Uses
Planning
Preliminary Marketing
Feasibility
Legal & Financial 21
Grant Timing
Last Mile Broadband Services Grant Solicitation:
Release of final Grant Solicitation mid-May 2015
See released Grant Solicitation for final dates (rolling basis)
Last Mile Broadband Planning Assistance Grant
Solicitation:
Release of final Grant Solicitation mid-May 2015
See released Grant Solicitation for final dates (rolling basis)
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Questions &
Discussion