Driving Business Development and Innovation

Driving Business Development and Innovation

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  Middle and LastMile Networks: Connecting the Northland to Each Other and to the World Bill Coleman Community Technology Advisors [email_address] 651-491-2551
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  MIDDLE MILE NETWORKSConnecting the Region to the World
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  Middle Mile Networks– Connecting national backbone networks to retail broadband providers Wholesale function Types of Middle Mile Services Bandwidth Ethernet Connections Internet Access Virtual Private Networks Dark Fiber lease Remote Servers, Data Storage, Disaster Recovery Cloud Computing
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  ARRA Funded MiddleMile Projects Funded through Department of Commerce NTIA via grants and local match (either public, private or combination) Constructed to serve public sector community institutions Built with the capacity to serve public and private sectors Must be “open access” All users will have access to all lawful internet content Providers must post all network management policies online Providers must provide settlement-free peering arrangements Providers must create interconnections at both a physical and electronic layer
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  ARRA Funded MiddleMile Networks Northeast Service Coop – NE MN Middle Mile Fiber Project Serves public and non-profit entities in eight counties of St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Koochiching, Carlton, Pine, Itasca, and Aitkin. Open access for private sector ISP use. $43 Million dollar project, 50% grant, 50% loan Enventis - Greater Minnesota Broadband Collaborative Project Construction of fiber from Duluth-Superior to the Twin Cities and Brainerd to Moorhead serving 36 rural communities in 23 counties.
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  ARRA Funded MiddleMile Networks Merit Network 3MC Project Connecting Duluth-Superior to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Detroit and Chicago University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development Internet II
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  Existing Middle MileFiber Networks Charter Duluth/Superior, Twin Cities, Brainerd, Michigan UP Enventis Duluth, Twin Cities, Mankato, Rochester Paul Bunyan Telephone Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Duluth, International Falls, connections to Zayo Mediacom (no map) Range Cities, Carlton County Frontier Communications (no map) East Range Cities, Carlton County, Twin Cities Qwest/CenturyLink (no map) Duluth, Range Cities, Cloquet, Twin Cities
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  LAST MILE NETWORKSConnecting Us to Each Other, Gateway to the World
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  ARRA Last MileProjects Projects Funded through USDA Rural Utility Service via various combinations of loans and grants Predominantly Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) Projects with some Fiber to the Node (FTTN) and Wireless Projects Must also be open access
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  Funded ARRA LastMile Projects Cook County via Arrowhead Electric Association Coverage – all of Cook County where electric service is provided Finance - $11.3 million loan, $4.8 million grant Lake County Coverage – All of Lake County, eastern St. Louis County Finance - $56 million loan, $10 million grant
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  Regional Broadband Coverage– Minnesota 3 Mb or better Blue is mobile wireless Pale green has no service
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  Density of UnservedAreas
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  Unserved Areas –Douglas County (in brown)
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  Prospective Paths Forwardon Last Mile Incremental improvements from existing providers In NE MN, CenturyLink and Frontier In NW WI, primarily CenturyLink CLEC investments from expanding providers Community broadband planning efforts Cloquet River Valley – St. Louis County Trout Lake Township – Itasca County NESC/Blandin Foundation USDA RUS Planning Grant City of Cloquet Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe City of Cook Balkan Township Prospective state strategies Prospective revisions in federal policy Universal Service Funds Access Charges Wireless