This presentation was developed for NIACC to summarize the ~$17M BTOP stimulus grant award to the CINC community area network that CVTC is a member of and illustrate how NIACC might pursue similar grants. Several slides containing map images are intended to be shown directly from Google Earth KMZ recordings which can be requested.

1. Community Area NetworksABIGThoughtforNorth Iowa Area Community College Jerry Bishop – SunGard Higher Education CIO Chippewa Valley Technical College October 12, 2010

2. CINC WHY WE GOT FUNDED BROADBAND BACKGROUND THE GRANT NIACC

3. There’s two sides to every pancake.Dr. Phil

4. Chippewa Valley Inter- Networking Consortium

5. Origins Needed high speed network capacity Commercial options NOTavailable, or limited & COSTLY Standardized & shared technology Infrastructure systems Economies of scale Shared services – people TRUST& collaboration

7. Governance Started informal w/ trust – now formal Intergovernmental Agreement Memoranda of Understanding Bylaws– formalized decision making Purpose & boundaries Ownership Decision Making Cost Sharing Services – moving beyond fiber

8. Whywe gotfunded?

9. Decade of Experience STRUCTURE FOR RESULTS CAN = Community Area Network Largest CAN in region Leadership Active in CAN Movement Mature Network 72 miles of fiber 150 locations connected History of SUCCESS

10. 19 Members Higher Education Chippewa Valley Technical College (Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire & Menomonie) University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire K-12 CESA 10 Chippewa Falls School District Eau Claire Area School District Elk Mound School District Osseo - Fairchild School District Libraries Eau Claire Public Library Indianhead Federated Library System Municipalities Chippewa County City of Chippewa Falls City of Eau Claire Eau Claire County Wisconsin DOT Healthcare Dove Healthcare Luther Midelfort Mayo Health System Sacred Heart Hospital (Eau Claire) St. Joseph’s Hospital (Chippewa Falls) UW Health (Eau Claire & Augusta)

12. 72 miles of fiber

15. Politics CINC Model – JOBSfactor Public Infrastructure Roads vs. Toll Roads Cooperative utility – electricity & gas Elected Boards and other officials Boundaries of members CAN Funding Public and Private funds Grant – JOBSand Money ARRA – economic stimulus Telco’s now want in

16. BACKGROUND

17. ARRA BTOP & BIP www.broadbandusa.gov

18. Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) US Dept of Commerce National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) Comprehensive Community Infrastructure($2.35B) Public Computer Center ($150M) Sustainable Broadband Adoption ($100M)

19. Broadband incentive Program (Bip) US Dept of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Last Mile & Middle Mile SatelliteBroadband (Up to $100M Grants) Rural Libraries (Up to $5M Grants) Technical Assistance (Up to $3M Grants)

20. ARRA & Broadband are about JOBS Economic development Citizen access CommunityCollegesCRITICAL role Partner with TELCO’s Most awards to phone companies Assess the POLITICS

21. TheGrant

22. Wisconsin Approach Go-GigInitiative UW-Extension & Wisconsin Educational Communications Board & WiscNet & CAN’s Focus on WiscNet Governor decides only one application Focus on DOA’s BadgerNet(state budget) Many other small projects

23. Milestones UWEX Invites CINC to participate – NOV 09 Writing begins on 3 parts – DEC 09 Completed writing – MAR 10 Emphasizing Infrastructure Met with Officials – AUG 10

24. Broadband “Stimulus” Grant: BTOP grant led by UW-Extension 204 miles of new fiber 1,305 sq. mi. WiMax CINC mentoring other CAN’s Total Budgets: Comprehensive Community Infrastructure $42.7M Sustainable Broadband Adoption $3.2M CINC portion is $17M

25. CINC Projects

26. Nurturing Economic Recovery & Agility

27. LinkWisconsin

31. Weaknesses Too focused on technology No Telco Alliances Neglected the politics Expanding where not needed Wireless duplicates existing Undue influence of healthcare

32. Grant ApprovedNOTFunded

35. NIACC’sOPPORTUNITY?

36. Iowa BTOP Grants

37. Iowa BIP Grants (partial list)

38. www.CONNECTIOWA.org

39. PARTNERSHIPS

40. Questions?