Northeast Florida Broadband Initiative NTIA BTOP Grant Application byConnected Community Infrastructures, LLC.

Project Team: JoyTel Wireless

Sun-Tel USACreative Community Solutions

Community Anchor Participants:

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City of JacksonvilleNorth Florida Broadband Coalition

Florida State College at JacksonvilleBaptist Healthcare of Jacksonville

Cisco Systems Smart/Connected Cities Jones College

Edward Waters College

University of North FloridaFlorida Lambda Rail

Flagler CollegeJacksonville Public Library

UF Shands HealthCare

Who is NFBI?

•Broadband Initiative for Duval and Surrounding Counties in Northeast Florida

• Public/Private Partnership to Secure Federal Stimulus Funding

•Vision for High-Speed/Low Cost Fiber Optic Connectivity That Will Meet Present and Future Communications Needs

Key Stakeholders•Universities and Colleges •Healthcare Facilities •Community Centers •City/County Government

•Cisco Community Connect•Public Safety/Fire/Police •Public Library System

Benefits of NFBI Initiative•Enhanced Broadband Connectivity Between All Major Anchor Institutions in the Region•Major Economic and Job Creation Boost for the Area •Magnet for Both Fortune 500 Companies & New Internet Providers

Educational Impacts

•Establishes New Florida Lambda Rail Connections•Backbone for Video Applications and Other Cutting Edge Tools•Promotes Virtual Education /Distance Learning•Provides Ubiquitous Access to Educational Materials

Governmental Impacts

• Increased/Improved High Speed Broadband/Internet Access at Numerous Public Library Locations • Enhanced Emergency &

First-Responder Capabilities• Improved Disaster Recovery Communications Network• Reduced Broadband Costs to Meet Governmental Budgets• Public Safety Network Backup

Future Applications

Healthcare Impacts

• Lower Cost-Higher Speed Networking•Disaster Recovery-Network Redundancy•Facilitates HIPAA Compliance-Secure Network•Supports Move to Electronic Medical Records•Improves Communication/Collaboration Between Facilities• Telemedicine Highway—Improved Remote Care and Diagnostics

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Business and Jobs Impacts•Decreased Telecommunications Costs & Improved Speeds =

Improved Efficiency/Economy of Business• Increased Choice of Internet Service Providers• Magnet for Clean Technology Businesses = More & Better Paying Jobs•Job Creation From Building/Maintenance of New Network•Support for Telecommuting Options•Supplies a Key Infrastructure Component Now Missing in the Region•Transforms Jacksonville Into a Tier 1 Internet City

Project Strengths Fiber will last 50 + years & remain

the standard for high speed broadband backbone transport

Fiber provides most secure and reliable connections possible

Project delivers significant cost savings for regional data transport

Hybrid Fiber and Wireless network provides route diversity and efficiency

Compliments, connects, and extends the NFBC and Lambda Rail networks

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Jacksonville Fiber& Tower Network Map

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142 Miles of Fiber Optics

33 Committed anchor institutions

Carrier Ready Network

CCI Long Haul Network

Working Together Through the NFBI We Can Make a Real Difference for This Region and Its Citizens

• By Uniting We Have a Better Chance to Secure Significant Federal Stimulus Funds That Will Benefit All

•Position Jacksonville and the NE Florida Region to Participate in the Enormous Growth and Benefits Associated With the Coming Wave of High Speed Broadband Deployment in the U.S.

•Taking the Initiative As a Region—We Will Be Able to Compete Globally to Attract High Tech Business and Jobs

•Collectively We Can Transform Our Region Into a Key Communications Hub for the SE U.S.

Current Project Status22.8 Million Dollar Network Infrastructure BTOP Project has been successfully submitted to NTIA

Project Matching Funds Commitment of over $8 Million Dollars

Northeast Florida’s only Broadband Stimulus Project that includes significant upgrades to connect Jacksonville to the world

Equalizing the digital divide through radical price reductions, increasing consumer choice affordability

Republican Leadership in Tallahassee has once again ignored Jacksonville

North East Florida needs strong leadership in Washington to make this project a reality