CONNECT VT UPDATE TOWN MEETING 2012Karen L. Marshall

Chief, Connect VT Broadband and Mobile

Agency of Administration

karen.marshall@state.vt.us 802 828 6452

What are we building? The Broadband and Mobile Ecosystem

Availability of InfrastructureProjects in ProcessTools for you to use

Universal availability of broadband and mobile by 2013

Maps available

Projects in Process

Projects in Process: Broadband

1. NTIA: VT Fiber Connect: 880 miles of middle mile fiber, providing services to 340+ community anchor institutions; 18% complete

2. RUS: VTEL WOW: wireless broadband , reaching 184 towns and covering virtually all unserved areas of Vermont; last mile service ; 5% complete

3. NTIA: VTEL fiber: 1 GIG FTTP in Vtel service area, 132 miles; 8% complete

4. RUS: WCVT: FTTP in 7 areas of their service territory, 100 miles, 27% complete

5. FairPoint 51: 1100 miles and 100% connectivity in 51 telephone exchanges; achieved commitment on June 30, 2011; offering ADSL speeds on their Vantage Point network ( 768 kbps/3 mbps/7 mbps/15 mbps down and 128 kbps to 1 mbps up)

6. EC Fiber: 24 miles and 100% complete, FTTP, Barnard region; 5/7/10 Mbps symmetrical household speeds. Currently in second round of private fund raising.

7. VTA: Cloud Alliance: 4 new towers for wireless broadband service in Hardwick, Plainfield, Wolcott, Woodbury; spring 2012 completion; 768 kbps to 6 mbps down/ 256 kbps to 2 mbps up

8. VTA: Hardwick Newport Fiber -40 mile fiber up, Route 14 connecting Hardwick and Newport; 2012

9. VTA: FairPoint Backroads- funded 644 Jeffersonville exchange completion; 2012

10. VTA: VTEL Backroads- adding communities of Dummerston, Newfane, Townshend, Westminster to Vtel WOW network; 2103

11. VTA: NCIC- tower infrastructure to support WISP, Northeast Kingdom; complete

12. US Dept of Energy: E Energy Vermont- Smart Grid, 35% complete

13. ISO NE: VELCO- 1000 miles fiber reliability for electrical distribution utilities and Smart Grid Collaborative; 51% complete

14. AOT Vermont interstate fiber conduit: initial bid for construction of 6 conduits in median of 350 miles of interstate; 2013

Tools for you to use

www.broadbandvt.org- Vermont’s one stop shop for information about broadband deployment Current broadband map ( 6/30/2011) By address look up for service provider Register an unserved address, tell your story Speed test Keep up to date on broadband progress, investments and development

Map: Served, projects on process, target communities map Cellular target corridors map ( VTA)