Presentation for the Public Utilities and Technology Interim
Committee of the Utah State LegislatureOctober 17, 2010
Note: The Legislative meeting was canceled. These slides were prepared, but NOT actually presented to the
committee. For informational use only.
The Utah Broadband Project
Purpose
To develop a statewide map of available broadband services and a
plan to increase broadband adoption and deployment in the state.
The Utah Broadband Project
A joint effort between – the Utah Public Service Commission (PSC) [the official
grant designee], – the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED),
[responsible for coordination and planning], and – the Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC)
[responsible for mapping/technical services]Subcontractors, as needed.
Broadband Mapping: Participation in October 2010 NTIA Data Submission
• Emery• Frontier• Gunnison• Hughes• InfoWest• Integra• Leap/Cricket• Level3• Manti• Myvocom• NewEdge• Qwest• SatView
• SouthCentral• Spanish Fork• Sprint/Nextel• Strata• T-Mobile• ThreeSixty• Union• Utah Broadband• Utopia• Veracity• Verizon• Wild Blue• XOCommunications• XpressWeb
• AllWest• American Fiber• AT&T• Baja• Beehive• Bresnan• CentraCom• Clearwire• Comcast• Covad• Digis• DirectComm.
Inaugural Utah Broadband Provider Roundtable October 4, 2010
Broadband Mapping: What is Being Mapped?• NTIA Broadband Definition:
– Low Bar: 768K down, 200K Up– What are Utah’s goals?
• Mapping Speed & Technology:– Wireless Service Areas
• Service polygons– Wire-based Service Areas
• Census Block (where blocks <= 2 sq miles)• Road Segment• Address Service Points
– Infrastructure• Middle & Last Mile Locations
– Service Overview (by county)– Community Anchor Institutions
• Schools, Emergency Response, Health, Government, Public Services
Base Map
Broadband Availability
WirelessBroadband
Broadband Availability
Availability
(Not including satellite)
WirelineBroadband
(& Wireless)
Broadband Availability
Fiber OpticBroadband
(& Wireline& Wireless)
Broadband Availability
NTIA/FCC Speed TiersDownload time for 160 MB file
(30 minute video, large software download, etc)
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.768 Mbps or greater
(All technologies)
Maximum AdvertisedDownload Speed
3 Mbps or greater
(All technologies)
Maximum AdvertisedDownload Speed
6 Mbps or greater
including UEN & Community
Anchor Institutions
(All technologies)
Maximum AdvertisedDownload Speed
10 Mbps or greater
including UEN & Community
Anchor Institutions
(All technologies)
Maximum AdvertisedDownload Speed
25 Mbps or greater
including UEN & Community
Anchor Institutions
(All technologies)
Maximum AdvertisedDownload Speed
Washington County Detail AreaAvailability By Download Speed
> 10 Mbps> 6 Mbps
Local Area Broadband
Maps• Goal: Inform and
Solicit Feedback from Community Leaders
• Overview– more detailed
information in forthcoming interactive map
State Broadband Map• Interactive online map• Allows the public to explore non-confidential
broadband data• broadband.utah.gov (available January 2011)
– Primary audiences:• Consumer• Community, Civic Leaders• Policy: Incentives, Planning, etc.
Choose map background layers here:
- Demographics- Speed Tests- # of Providers- Aerial Photography- …
-Draft-
With Test Data
Choose map background layers here:
- Demographics- Speed Tests- # of Providers- Aerial Photography- …
-Draft-
With Test Data
-Draft-
With Test Data
MaxAdvertised
SpeedsHere
LinksHere
• Partnership with Local Governments• Broad Benefits
– Emergency Response– Service Delivery (postal service)– Voter Precincting– Integrating Databases
• Discovering efficiencies• Fraud detection
• Example: Danish Address Point Data– ROI: 40:1
($83 million in direct cost savings for$2 million expense)
– Benefit:30% Public Sector, 70% Private Sector
– US Address info maintained byCensus Bureau, not publicly available
Statewide Address Point Map Data Development
Address Points for Household Level Service Statistics
Address Points for Characterizing Un- and Under-Served
Questions, feedback or technical assistance requests?
Contact the Utah Broadband Project team anytime at [email protected]
Tara Thue, [email protected]
Bert Granberg, [email protected]