How partnerships and planning

can lead the way on broadband

AccessEagan•17.0 mile wholesale fiber network•Open to any carrier that wants to serve Eagan businesses•Carrier-class•Cost about $2 million paid from non-tax revenues.•Network Availability Guarantee

Impact

•AccessEagan fiber the only fiber into the new Twin Cities Premium Outlet Mall

•Some retailers still just wanted POTS lines

•When another provider couldn’t turn up service quickly enough, AccessEagan benefitted.

•In June, Dallas-based DataBank announce an 88,000 sq. ft. multi-tenant data center & carrier hotel

“The City of Eagan presented the perfect location . . . Between the robust AccessEagan network and the support of their forwarding-thinking city leadership, [they] made our choice simple.” ~ Tim Moore, DataBank CEO

Impact – Opening 1Q 2015

Began in 2005 with mapping all known fiber; have analyzed all

ROW permits since.

Know What’s Around You

•What’s the connection between employment density & connectivity?

•How can you leverage your clusters?

•Check DEED quarterly census of employment & wages (QCEW)

Question: “How did you know it was going to work?”

Answer:

“The same way I knew fiber optic was going to replace cable.”

Harrison Ford in the role of Linus Larrabee in Sabrina~ 1995

Tom Garrison

Communications Dir.

City of Eagan

tgarrison@cityofeagan.com

(651) 675-5000

accesseagan.com

Liaison to Eagan Tech Working GroupChair LMC Broadband Policy Committee, 2013 Member 2008-2009 State Broadband Task ForceMember of Gig Group, 2006-07