Golden Opportunities in the Land of California

Broadband

Louis FoxPresident & CEO

CENIC

Access & Equity: Online Capacity for All Californians

California’s Strategic Partnerships & Resources

Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California: CENIC

California Telehealth Network: CTN

California Advanced Services Fund: CASF

California Technology Fund: CTF

California Emerging Technology Fund: CETF

CENIC California’s Research & Education Network

• CENIC is a 501(c)3 created to serve California’s K-20 research & education institutions with cost-effective, high-bandwidth networking

• Five Charter Associates: California Community Colleges, California K-12 System, California State University System, Private Universities, and the University of California System

CENIC: California’s Research & Education Network

3,800+ miles of optical fiber Members in all 58 counties connect via

fiber-optic cable or leased circuits from telecom carriers

• Nearly 10,000 sites connect to CENIC

11,000,000 Californians use CENIC each day

Governed by members on the segmental level

CENIC: California’s Research & Education Network

Three networks operate simultaneously as independent layers on a single infrastructure

CalREN-High-Performance Research (HPR): high-performance research for big-science “power users”

CalREN-eXperimental Developmental (XD): bleeding-edge research on network itself

CalREN-Digital California (DC): daily use for e-mail, web browsing, videoconferencing, etc.

Deployment Progress• At the close of January CTN had direct connections to 272

healthcare sites with logical connections to 763 sites• Largest FCC funded statewide network• CTN has evolved into a “network of networks” including

interconnections with:o CENIC which provides broadband access to all academic medical centers in

Californiao California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB)o Indian Health Services broadband networko Open Door Health Systemo San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium

California Advanced Services Fund (CASF)

• Program designed to bridge the digital divide in California’s unserved and underserved areas of the state by supporting the build out of broadband facilities.

• Awards provide funding for up to 70% for unserved areas and up to 60% for underserved areas.

• Underserved defined as less than 6Mbps download and 1Mbps upload.

• As of December 31, 2013, a cumulative total of 2,691 new households, 151 businesses, and 208 anchor institutions have broadband access due to CASF.

California’s Central Valley

Prime example of leveraging federal resources with state resources

Central Valley Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure Project –Connecting 18 Central Valley Counties:

California Teleconnect Fund (CTF)

• Modeled after the federal E-rate program.

• Established in 1996 as a commitment of California to universal service.

• Provides 50% discount on the monthly reoccurring telecommunications costs for schools, libraries, community colleges, hospitals, California Telehealth Network members, and community based organizations that provide job training, health care or educational instruction.

• Discount for schools and libraries applied after E-rate, even if the participant does not receive the discount.

California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF)

• Created in 2005 by the mergers of ATT/PacBell and Verizon/MCI. Both carriers were required to contribute a total of $60 million to CETF.

• CETF’s goals are expanding adoption and usage of broadband technology in addition to promoting ubiquitous access.

• Focuses on five overarching strategies: Civic Leader Engagement; Venture Philanthropy Grantmaking; Public Policy Initiatives; Public Awareness and Education; and Strategic Partnerships.

• Three priority consumer communities for grantmaking: Rural and Remote Areas; Urban Disadvantaged Neighborhoods; and People with Disabilities.

Initiatives: AB 2319 (Bonilla)

• Bill would establish the Broadband Infrastructure Fund to provide schools with adequate broadband capacity to support implementation of the new Common Core State Standards and the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress.

• Prioritization of funding for schools with connectivity less than 100 Mbps, located in hard-to-serve areas, lack affordable options, or lack funding to complete planned projects.

• Money would be provided in the state budget – estimated need about $700 million.

Initiatives: CENIC LibraryNet Proposal: California’s Libraries join CENIC on the

segmental level (alongside K12, CCC, CSU, UC, private universities)• CA State Librarian acts as interface w/CENIC• Potential to create a library-oriented layer within existing

CENIC infrastructure• Libraries connect via K-12 and CCC sites (behind or in

existing network “rings”) or independently• CA SB 331 (Liu): funding through CA Library Services Act• AB 110 (Budget Committee) Needs assessment and

spending plan

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.

Challenges to Broadband Access Funding Physical

Infrastructure Insufficient

Bandwidth Staff Training Patron Demand

LibraryNet: California’s Libraries as Members of CENIC

Enable libraries to draw on and collaborate with K-20 communities

Representation in CENIC governance

Purpose-built for library needs

CENIC cloud-based services

Better and predictable budgeting

Speed of Internet Connection

• More than 25 percent of responding California public libraries (227) report connecting at 1.5 Mbps or slower.

• 52 percent of responding California public libraries (431) report connecting at 10 Mbps or slower.

• 71 percent of responding California public libraries (589) report connecting at speeds at or below 20 Mbps.

• Fewer than 5 percent (34) of responding California public libraries report operating at speeds of 500 Mbps or above.

• A home in California may have access to 100Mbps of connectivity

• A large proportion of libraries have access to only 1.5Mbps of connectivity

• Such a library may serve 1000 or 10,000 patrons each day.

What’s wrong with this picture?

Planned Use of High-speed Broadband

Digital Content

Instructional Opportunities

Library Administration

California public libraries pay dearly on a cost-per-megabit basis for their network services.

Costs of High-speed Broadband

Limitless Horizons. Our Future.