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Buddy Vaughan, Chief Strategy OfficerFCC/USDA Rural Broadband Workshop
Austin, TexasSeptember 18, 2008
OverviewCompany ProfileBroadband DeploymentsUSDA Rural DevelopmentSummary
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Company ProfileENMR Telephone Cooperative
Founded in 1949Plateau Telecommunications
Started subsidiary in 19821st company in NM to deploy FTTH2nd largest ISP in the state of NM
Plateau WirelessBegan in 1990
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What is Rural?ENMR
25,000 square miles1/2 member every sq.
mile!State avg. 16.1 per sq.
mileCan serve every
member with Broadband!
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Broadband DeploymentsDSLSatellite InternetFiber to the HomeWirelessWireless Internet
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DSLReach 95% of the membersADSL
Up to 7 MbpsGoDigital
Extend ADSL up to 15 milesADSL2+
Up to 24 MbpsDepending on plant conditions and distance108 Broadband Loop CarriersFiber Fed with 900 miles of new fiber
Currently providing 7 Mbps service to some very rural schools
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Fiber Network – After Phase III and IV
Proposed Fiber
Current Fiber
Service Area Boundary
Digital Loop Carrier
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Satellite InternetWildBlueEnables 100% Broadband coverageSupplements DSL coverage
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Fiber to the PremiseBegan in 2005Residential
Targeting greenfields in a competitive marketBusiness
Overbuilt business corridors in a competitive marketOffer Broadband speeds up to 40 Mbps
symmetricalBuilt fiber for two large school districtsDistance learning with local university and
community college to rural schools since 1990
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Distance Learning Sites
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Wireless (Cellular)Extensive coverage in rural areas850 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz75,000 sq. milesData usage continues to grow
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Wireless InternetBegan in 2004Licensed 2.5 GHz
BRS/EBSIn 7 markets
Clovis, Roswell, Dexter, Hagerman, Artesia, Carlsbad, and Tucumcari
LMDS radios for backhaulLicensed 28 and 31
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Wireless InternetNLOS (Non-line-of-sight)
Customer self-installOutdoor Units
Longer distance customersMobile Units
Public safetyService vehicles
Laptop cardsUltimate mobility
Roaming between markets
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USDA Rural DevelopmentRUS loans
Fiber to the BLC’sUSF support
Cooperative infrastructureWireless infrastructure
E•RateSupporting area schools and libraries
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SummaryWe’re delivering Broadband a multiple of
waysLicensed spectrum is very important to our
wireless deploymentsUSDA support is critical to our continued
rural development
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