Karen Jackson Deputy Secretary of Technology Sandie Terry – CIT sandie.terry@cit.org
Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance Established by EO 35, 2006 (codified 2008) Commonwealth Broadband Roundtable (launched September 2007) › Co-Chaired by (then) Secretary of Technology, Aneesh Chopra and Senator Mark Warner › Comprised of experts from academia and industry, state/local/regional leaders, legislators, state agency representatives › Five sub-committees formed to address specific elements of the broadband equation – adoption/availability, technology, applications, business models and outreach › Finalized Activities, September 2008 Broadband Advisory Council (recommendation from Roundtable) enacted July 1, 2009
Toolkit can be accessed through wired.virginia.gov . Designed to help communities achieve last-mile broadband services.
Is your community “house” in order? › Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Documents › Broadband friendly zoning › Expedited permitting processes › Fees/Charges What are you trying to do? › Who are you trying to connect? › What applications are of interest ? › Who will lead the initiative? How do you do it? › Assessing assets and demand for services › Determine desired technology › Evaluate deal structure options Business Case Analysis and Funding › Reallocate existing telecom spend and “in - kind” contributions › Evaluate and leverage grant opportunities (existing and future) › Leverage VRA funding mechanisms Available at wired.virginia.gov
Putting it into Practice: Franklin County Buying Down Deployment Costs State Role Capital Investment Capital Investment Advocate – Private Partner, $000s Private Partner, $000s Resource/ “Coach” – County Spend – 14% $500 Documenter of Best Practices – Waived Lease Revenue – 18% Developer of tools – $83 Access to Enactor of policies that can have broad – Public impact – removing barriers/implementing Infrastructure Build-out Actual enablers (Non-Cash) - Estimate 69% Use of state owned assets • Agency leverage Capital spend • covers 70% of Keeper of “focus” on the overall goal of – geographic region Publicly-owned towers ubiquitous affordable broadband support many of the infrastructure locations Community Role Front line for broadband initiatives – Leader – Partner – Decision/Deal Maker –
Virginia Mapping Initiative in Brief Goal: Establish a baseline of broadband service availability across the Commonwealth Voluntary Reporting: Carriers voluntarily agreed to participate in the process with broad stakeholder support – at no cost to the taxpayer Respecting Market Privacy: Through Virginia’s CIT, carriers protected against risk of competitive disadvantage due to data loss Technical Advantages: Virginia now recognizes the “new” FCC definition of at least 768Kbps download speed and at least 200Kbps upload speed as the minimum definition of broadband service Address-Level Data: Virginia has a process in place to collect and map geo-coded address- level broadband availability data and geo-spatial and demographic information displayed at the County level - at no additional cost
Awarded : Center for Innovative Technology – VA state designee for mapping initiatives with NTIA in conjunction with the Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance and the Secretary of Technology’s Office CIT awarded $1.8 million for broadband mapping by NTIA (March 2010). Partners include the Virginia Geographic Information Network and Virginia Tech. Purpose: to build on the initial map published in 2009, provide additional verification and validation, and align VA data with requirements for National Broadband Map (2011). CIT awarded $500,000 for broadband planning to include health IT and e-commerce usage mapping Second Round of Funding from NTIA (approx $5.8 million) Expanded Broadband mapping $2,123,964 Capacity Building (expansion of health/e-commerce planning initiatives and staff) $1,435,887 Technical Assistance (Education and training) $943,141 Technical Assistance (Broadband mapping for tribal lands) $1,297,018
Currently have 67 providers participating (average for other states is around 35).
Search by Address • Access the online map: http://mapping.vita.virginia.gov/broadband
Ecommerce and Health IT: Broadband Utilization and Adoption
Virginia contracted with Strategic Network Groups (SNG) to collect data on e-commerce activities and broadband availability in the Commonwealth. Collected results from 2,014 businesses and organizations and 738 households. Collected information on access technology, speed of service, cost, satisfaction with services, and information on how high-speed internet is used. Data condensed into six static maps.
Digital Economy Analytics Online Platform Developed by SNG Allows users to access information and develop intelligence from data collected from businesses, organizations, and households and separate data based on regions in Virginia Graphs and figures from this presentation extracted from Platform
Interactive, online map Can be found at mapping.vita.virginia.gov/healthbroadband/ Created using data from Broadaxe’s survey of healthcare institutions across the state
CIT and Broad Axe Technology Partners are examining how hospitals and other health care institutions around the Commonwealth use healthcare technologies. The assessment is done through a survey and performed on an annual basis. CIT developed an interactive Health IT map using the information from the assessment . The map allows the user to see the relationship between the availability of broadband and the use of health information technologies. CIT was asked to display the Health IT map at Broadband Communities Summit and was highlighted in Lawrence Strickling’s keynote address
Education and Training & Indian County Broadband
SNG is developing a Commonwealth-specific Broadband Awareness and Adoption Plan which will outline potential demand for broadband in “unserved” and “underserved” areas. SNG will then work with broadband providers on approaches that provide new investments in broadband infrastructure. Broad Axe is researching existing broadband/digital literacy training programs in the Commonwealth in order to develop an inventory of resources. Based on the Broadband Awareness and Adoption Plan and the inventory of resources, CIT will develop and conduct six workshops that will provide education and outreach regarding programs, mapping, and digital literacy training opportunities.
Virginia was selected by NTIA to reach out to Native American tribes throughout the country and provide assistance in collecting and submitting broadband availability data. CIT has submitted a feasibility study and has agreed to move forward with the project upon approval of the proposal. CIT will work with partners, VGIN, VT and Native American Capital, to establish relationships with tribes and format the data for inclusion in the National Broadband Map.
Virginia Tech e-Corridors Center for Geospatial Information Technology Institute for Policy and Governance
• The Vertical Assets Inventory Toolkit is a repository of location information for structures that have the potential to serve as wireless transmission sites. • Aims to bring owners and managers of these sites together with wireless Internet service providers • The assumption is that readily available vertical asset data can shorten the investment decision timeframe and lower initial costs of investment and system development. http://ecorridors.vt.edu/verticalassets
Cable Coverage, DSL Coverage & Vertical Assets
Virginia Tech’s Internet speed testing and mapping program A usage and performance map to accompany the availability map Campaigns are initiated at the local level
Schools Libraries
Wireless Mapping 2012-2014 http://vmdev.cgit.vt.edu/Viewsheds/ • Leverage and enhance Virginia's State Broadband Data and Development (SBDD) Program • Provide analytical components and a basis for a vertical assets planning tool for use at state to local scales. Vertical Assets Inventory 3D Viewer Digital Surface Models / DTM RF Propagation Models Spectrum Mapping Consensus Building Validation and analysis of broadband data, RF model, dead zones, speed tests, opensignalmaps, field measurements, etc Planning / development tools
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