Bringing Gigabit Fiber to Portland

Mary Beth Henry

Office for Community Technology

Why is this important to Portland?

• Supports 21st century communications demands.

• Enables competition.

• Economic development, inclusion and equity, public safety, transportation, planning and sustainability, and education and health

Making Portland “fiber-ready”

The City ’s Broadband Strategic Plan cal ls for developing state of the art broadband infrastructure and serv ice, both wireless and wirel ine, throughout the City.

A competit ive broadband market that provides affordable, ubiquitous FTTP for a l l res idents and businesses.

Portland area’s broadband adoption by household

based on FCC 2012 data

map source: theatlanticcities.com

Broadband Speeds

Location/Network

Download Speed

(MB/s)

Rank(Down

loadSpeed)

UploadSpeed

(Mb/s)

Portland, Oregon 22 200th city 8

Google Fiber - Kansas City 112 94

Comcast – Portland 28 NA

Oregon 21 21st state 8

Global Average 17 NA

Seoul 53 11th city NAData from Ookla NetIndex (www.netindex.com) on February 18, 2014

Google Fiber: the Big Picture

Stage 1: Planning the network

Stage 2: Designing the network

Stage 3: Construction

Equipment

12’ x 30’ precast one-story non-occupied building. Requires approx. 1400 sq. ft.

Fiber Hut

Telecom Cabinet 2x2x4

Beaverton

Gresham

Hi l l sboro

Lake Oswego

Port land

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Collaborating Jurisdictions

• Google assigns fiberhoods sign-up goals that can be tracked online.

• Once fiberhood reaches goal, Google brings fiber to the home via utility poles and/or underground trenches.

• Fiberhood residents have three options:• TV + Gigabit Internet

• Gigabit Internet Plan: the home’s own fiber connection (up to 1 Gbps)

• “Free” Internet: basic broadband speeds for a one-time installation fee, then no monthly costs for at least 7 years.

Google’s Fiberhoods: build-by-demand

What does this mean for Portland?

• World class connectivity will drive economic competitiveness & innovation.

• Game changer – healthcare, education, ...

• Fiber can deliver Internet speeds at 1 Gbps – 50 times faster than average U.S. broadband speeds.

City of Portland Google Project Team

Council Execs

Bureau Directors

Technical Team

Google Project Technical Team

Adjunct Team MembersGovernor’s Office – Bobby LeeODEQ – Christine SvetkovichODOT – Kelly BrooksODSL – Kirk Jarvie

Tri-Met – Nicholas StewartMetro – Zac ChristensenMultnomah County – Fred Weber

Project Manager – Mary Beth Henry

BDS - Andy Peterson & Jill GrendaBES – Scott TurpenBPS – Phil Nameny & Ken MartinBTS - Matt Fried & Beth FoxCity Attorney – Ben Walters

Facilities – Bob Kieta Internal Business Services – Bryant Enge PBOT – Peter Koonce, Alex Bejarano & Ryan MacePDC – Chris Harder & Jared Wiener Water – Tom Klutz

Bureau Directors’ Roles

Support

• Key staff participation in meetings

• Data gathering

• Process review/innovation

Fiber Ready Checklist Items:

• Provide information about existing infrastructure• Gather and submit all required data asset requests.

•Help ensure access to existing infrastructure

•Make construction speedy and predictable

When does this need to happen?

• Feb. 26th – May 1st: Cities review and respond to checklist tasks and requirements.

• May 1st, Midnight: Deadline for cities to respond to checklist items.

• May – End of 2014: Google evaluates completion of the items on the city checklist.

• Dec. 2014: Google makes final selections

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Going forwardCouncil Resolution: March 12th

Weekly check-ins:• City of Portland Google Fiber Team• Portland Metro Google Fiber Project Managers • Google national calls

Other check-ins as needed:• Subject Matter Experts • Executive Team/Bureau Directors• Nine Metro-area cities • Portland metro City Managers

Bringing Gigabit Fiber to Portland

Q & A

Thank You