broadband mapping in minnesota
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CONNECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Broadband Mapping in Minnesota
Diane Wells
&
Wes Kerr
Pre-SBI: Minnesota
• May 12, 2008, Governor signed bill requiring MN Dept. of Commerce to contract with a non-profit to create maps displaying levels of broadband service
• Total appropriate of $175,000 from TAM fund
• Summer 2008 RFP published, proposals reviewed
• October 2008 Contract signed with Connect Minnesota
• 110 providers submitted coverage data for the map
• 7600 speed tests, 85 broadband inquiries
• Final report submitted June 30, 2009
Pre-SBI: National
• Broadband Data Improvement Act
• Signed October 10, 2008 by President Bush
• Recognized importance of broadband and need to improve data on the deployment and adoption of broadband service
• No funding was attached
Pre-SBI: ARRA
• American Recovery and Investment Act
• BTOP funding of $4.7 billion included up to $350 million for a national broadband map that carries out the intent of the Broadband Data Improvement Act
• President Obama signed ARRA on February 17, 2009
• Minnesota established a Memorandum of Understanding with Connect Minnesota; NTIA awarded SBI grant funding to Connect Minnesota in December 2009
First Minnesota MapPre-SBI
Mapping Deployment Technologies: DSL
• Large Number of Providers
• Different business models leading to Different deployment strategies
• Legacy data formats and knowledge
Mapping Deployment Technologies: Cable
• CAD• Franchise Boundaries
Mapping Deployment Technologies: Fixed Wireless
• Unknown Data• No Boundaries• Different Technologies• Environmental Impacts on
propagation of Signals.
Mapping Deployment Technologies: Mobile Wireless
• Data was provided by the Providers directly and simply added to the Map
Mapping Deployment Technologies: Fiber
Data was provided in various formats however CAD data was common.
SBI Mapping
Requirements
All Providers
Validation
6 month interval
Speed Tiers
Technology Type
Broadband Growth
Broadband Growth throughout the state over the SBI program.
Validation Work
Terrestrial, non-mobile availability(10/1/2014)
10Mbps/6Mbps
Mapping Statistics
Mapping Statistics
Current Federal Mapping
FCC undertook enhanced Form 477 data collection
Pertinent dates:
First submission was due in October but due to Technical issues wasn’t completed until December.
First NBM update with 477 is expected this summer
Next submission is due on March 1st, 2015.
Broadband Adoption
Statewide adoption has grown from 72% in 2010 to 77% in 2014
Mobile adoption has more than doubled from 26% to 59% during that same time.
Home broadband adoption in rural areas of the state grew significantly since 2010 (from 58% to 68% in 2014)
TBD Mapping in the FUTURE
“Future” is the short term
OBD entering a “bridge” contract with Connect Minnesota to end of current fiscal year (June 30, 2015)
Plan is to have one round of data collection; collect data under old tiers for tracking comparison and also Minnesota’s 10/5 speed tier
Create maps
No residential/business surveys under bridge contract
Review future data collection/surveys following legislative session
Q&A
Contact:
Diane WellsOffice of Broadband Development at DEED
Wes KerrConnected Nation