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Presentation to Economic Development track of 2011 Broadband Communities Summit in Dallas, TX, April 28, 2011. What Baltimore told Google in response to the Google Fiber for Communities RFP, and what Baltimore is doing now to develop additional broadband availability. http://www.bbpmag.com/2011s/11economic-sessions.php
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Baltimore Google Fiber Initiative
Tom Loveland, CEOMind Over Machines
“A real political force....I’ve never seen anybody go from 0 to 60 so quickly.”-- House Majority Leader
Who AREyou guys?!
Baltimore• Per-capita income – fastest growing MSA• Downtown population – 22% growth +++• Development - $10B past, $5B+ current• TWO 1M sq ft bio tech parks• #1 concentration of IT professionals in U.S.• “Best Music Scene” – Rolling Stone, 2008
Think big with a gig
Here are some specific things that we have in mind:• Next generation apps: We want to see what
developers and users can do with ultra high-speeds, whether it's creating new bandwidth-intensive "killer apps" and services, or other uses we can't yet imagine.
• New deployment techniques: We'll test new ways to build fiber networks, …
• Openness and choice: We'll operate an "open access" network, giving users the choice of multiple service providers.
What we told Google:
GREAT APPLICATIONS
Health IT Capital of the World
What we told Google:
CITY-OWNED CONDUIT
What we told Google:
IDEAL TARGET COMMUNITY
We Don’t Just Consume, We Create
• JHU University / Medicine
• Univ. of Maryland System
• Space Science Telescope Inst.
• National Security Agency
• National Institutes of Health
• U.S. Army, Fort Meade
• U.S. Army, Aberdeen
• Biotech Park, BioPark
• Medicare & Medicaid
• Social Security Administration
• JHU Applied Physics Lab
• NASA
• FDA
• NIST
“Google City”Dynamic · Engaged · Organized
Odds3:1100
HOPING GOOGLE PICKS YOUR CITY
IS NOT A STRATEGY
BROADBAND TASK FORCE
As is? To be? Best Practices?
Maryland Broadband Grant Will Create 1,600 New Jobs
Maryland lands $115M stimulus grant to extend broadband networkFriday, September 17, 2010
One Maryland Broadband
• 10 Gbps - 1,006 community anchor institutions• 1,300 miles of new fiber interconnected with
over 2,400 miles of existing fiber• Touches every county – 1st in U.S.• Project complete by August 31, 2013
• Center for Broadband Innovation
Baltimore Fiber Asset
• Baltimore will own its portion of the network• Extra fiber may be utilized at City’s discretion
Today• How leverage? PPP, ...• Inventory fiber: gov’t, commercial, private• Map, e.g., proximity to City schools• Plan…
Grateful to Google
Still eager for Google Fiber