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Lessons from Rural Minnesota Broadband Feasibility Studies
Ann Treacy
http://blandinonbroadband.org
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Communities with Studies
• City of Staples/ Todd County
• City of Winthrop (Renville County)
• Cloquet Valley• Cook County• Kanabec County
• Lac qui Parle EDA• Lakefield• Northfield• Red Wing• Redwood Falls/
Redwood County • SouthWest Central
Service Cooperative
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Each Community is Different!
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Investigated
• Business Basics: Cost versus Revenue• Keys to Success (ARRA)• Public Private Partnerships• Technology Scenarios• Local Champions
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Financial Components• Business Case Projections of Costs and
Revenues• Balance Sheets• Income Statements• Cash Flow Statements• Capital and Operational Breakeven Analysis• Sensitivity Analysis for Competitive
Responses
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Costs
• Planning and Engineering
• Construction• Equipment • Backbone Access• Operations
(Marketing, customer support, technology management)
Fiber to the Farm is expensive!
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Financing & Revenue
• State Grants and Loans
• Federal Grants and Loans
• Municipal General Obligation Bonding
• Revenue Bonds
• Residential Customers• Business Customers• Anchor Tenants
• Wholesale Model Open Access Network
• Money saved
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Public Private Partnership
• Is there one obvious potential partner? • Are there several partners?
– Open Access Network• Is there no likely partner?
– Look to area providers– Make the business case better– Consider a Cooperative Approach
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Technology Scenarios
• FTTP (Fiber to the Premise)• FTTN (Fiber to the Node/Neighborhood)• Open Access Fiber Network• Open Access Network with wireless
overlay• Open Access Network that serves
community anchor institutionsPhased is OK just make sure you’re going forward
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Local Champion
Leadership: You Have to do it yourself but you can’t do it alone.
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Robust Broadband Networks Feasibility Grants
• $25,000 for community study
• $40,000 county or multi-community study
• 1:1 match• Next deadline April 4,
2014
http://tinyurl.com/BFfeasibility
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Thank you! Ann Treacy