This document discusses how partnerships and planning can help expand broadband access. It recommends having a plan rather than just a report card, and emphasizes collaboration between public and private partners. The document provides examples of broadband programs in other cities and countries that have achieved high speeds through municipal networks or partnerships. It argues Minnesota should aim high in its goals, use data and metrics, leverage existing industry clusters, and clarify the role of government in expanding broadband access.

1. How partnerships and planning
can lead the way on broadband

2. Tom Garrison
Communications Dir.
City of Eagan
tgarrison@cityofeagan.com
(651) 675-5000
accesseagan.com
Liaison to Eagan Tech Working
Group
Chair, LMC Telecomm Task
Force, 2013 Member 2008-2009 State Task Force
Member of Gig Group, 2006-07

3. Our recommendations “are only as
good as their implementation.” P. 97

4. We need not just a report
card,
but a plan

5. •Recognizes “one size-does not
fit all” circumstances, p. 68
•Focuses on collaboration and
action, p. 70
•Encourages public/private
partnerships (p. 68) and
recognizes local role (pp. 58-68

6. •Flexible on tactics, firm on
goals
•Positions MN as laboratory for
best practices
•Clarifies rules and solves
problems
•Recognizes role of government

7. AccessEagan
•16.2 mile
wholesale fiber
network
•Open to any
carrier that wants
to serve Eagan
businesses
•Carrier-class
•Cost about $2
million paid from
non-tax revenues.
•Network
Availability
Guarantee

9. Bonding authority to extend length of ROI
Test bed for new ideas & technologies
Convene community conversations
Grow MN’s talent economy
“Harden” MN against cyber threats and single
points of failure, pages 67, 82-89.
“Cyber attacks are every bit as real as the more well-known threats like
terrorism [and] nuclear weapons . . . . The collective result of these kinds of
attacks could be a cyber Pearl Harbor; an attack that would . . . paralyze and
shock the nation.” ` Leon Panetta, U.S, Defense Secretary, 2012

10. What Else Should We Do?
•Cannot focus just on rural/unserved.
•Keep regional job centers competitive
•Focus on affordability
•Focus on duties for Broadband Office
•Identify best practices
•Drill down in the data

11. Examples
•What’s the
connection between
employment density &
connectivity?
•How do we leverage
our clusters?

12. In God we trust; all others
please use data
•Scientific, technical and professional
jobs in the Twin Cities exceed
Denver, Phoenix, Austin, TX, Portland,
and . . . for now Kansas City
•A new 2013 report shows “that the
most affordable and fast connections
are available in markets where
consumers can choose between at least
three competitive service providers.”
•Yet, only nine percent of Americans
have access to three or more providers;
the majority are limited to one or two
incumbents
Sources: 1. Greater
MSP, 2. New
America
Foundation—
The Cost of
Connectivity
2013, 3. 2010
National
Broadband Plan

13. Speed Leaders
Location
Download/Upload
Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong
1000/1000 Mbps
Kansas City, Google Fiber
Lafayette, LA
1000/1000
1000/1000
Chattanooga, TN
Bristol, VA
1000/50
1000/50
New York, D.C., LA - Verizon
San Francisco – Comcast
500/100 0r 300/65
105/20
Source: New
America
Foundation—
The Cost of
Connectivity 2013

14. In God we trust; all others
please use data
•Four of the top 24 speed
leaders in the world are either
municipal projects in the U.S.
or private/public
partnerships like Google in
Kansas City
Source: New
America
Foundation—
The Cost of
Connectivity 2013.

15. Cost
Location
Download/Upload
Cost
Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong
1000/1000 Mbps
$31-65
Kansas City, Google Fiber
Lafayette, LA municipal
1000/1000
1000/1000
$70
San Francisco – Comcast
New York, D.C., LA - Verizon
105/20
500/100 0r 300/65
$115
$209-300
Source: New America Foundation—
The Cost of Connectivity 2013; prices rounded

16. Latency – Speed to market
Source: Greater MSP. Study by NEF, 2013

17. Need a plan
Aim high
Use metrics
Know our strengths/weaknesses
Collaborate & partner
Cities/Counties have a role

18. Question: “How did you know that?”
Answer:
“The same way I knew
fiber optics was going to replace
coaxial cable.”
Harrison Ford in the role of tycoon Linus
Larrabee in Sabrina~ 1995