“In the integrity and independence of the enlightened individual lies the hope of the nation”

A.J FletcherFounder Capitol Broadcasting Company

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National Broadband Plan

Spur Innovation

More broadband access

Faster speeds

Connect rural America

Create more competition

Better pricesCBC Proprietary & Confidential

“Spectrum Crisis” Numbers

Cisco forecasts mobile video will account for 52.8% of all mobile data traffic in 2011.

Mobile video will more than double every year between 2010 and 2015.

Mobile video will account for 66% of all mobile data traffic by 2014.

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Current Broadband Plan

1) Reduces competition/expands power of “4 gatekeepers”

2) Creates an environment where the Government is picking winners and losers

3) Harms tens of millions of Americans who utilize OTA on one or more TV’s

4) Most Importantly – Short changes by billions spectrum value $$$– Allows time for demand side to outgrow supply side

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The Economic Side

Not Good

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Just four (4) companies control over 90% of all mobile connectivity in the United States.

Chetan Sharma Consulting

Current Broadband Plan

1) Provides a short term solution to a long term problem1) Does not fix the problem – it puts a band aid on it

2) Creates a 10 year revolving door spectrum crisis

3) Handcuffs our country in competition with other countries addressing the problem appropriately

“Mobile data traffic is projected to increase 35X in the next few years, ten times faster than the rate of increase in spectrum coming online for mobile

broadband”Chairman Julius Genachowski

Federal Communications CommissionNARUC (National Association of Regulatory Utilities Commissions) Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GANovember 15, 2010

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The Spectrum Side

Current Broadband Plan

2) Fails to identify and utilize fallow spectrum

3) Misses complementary aspects of broadcast and broadband for spectrum maximization

4) Does not contemplate international harmonization

5) It does not address mobile video as primary demand driver

6) Does not identify how local spectrum will remain local

7) Most Importantly – Does not leverage established broadcast infrastructure to help solve problem

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The Spectrum Side (Continued)

Current Broadband Plan

1)Does not contemplate a flexible broadcast architecture for the future

2)Does not address double standard of “broadcast straightjacket” vs. wireless service providers

3)Fails to identify real world harm of “involuntary repacking”

4)Most Importantly: Does not address broadcast industry innovation

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The Regulatory Side

Current Broadband Plan

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Broadcasting As Partof the “SpectrumCrisis” Solution

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Mobile Networks Are One-to-One

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4GAssumes no voice or other data

usage on the network.

240 Users Per 4G Transmitter

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Raleigh-Durham Market – 2.78 Million People

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Everyone Can Connect

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Raleigh-Durham Market Ratio - 11,583 : 1

Don’t Take Our Word

“We’re working with all of our infrastructure providers…to develop the technology to

incorporate a broadcast capability. We think that will be a solution to this problem down the

road…”

Tony Melone, CTO, Verizon Wireless

Open Mobile Summit – November 2010 CBC Proprietary & Confidential

A Better Broadband Plan

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The CBC Plan – Step 1

Timetable: Year 1• Launch Spectrum Inventory Analysis

• Launch Cross Industry Working Group

– Identify immediate opportunities to offload wireless broadband bandwidth overload to broadcasters utilizing the current mDTV technology

– Develop and implement broadcast and wireless broadband technology convergent evolution path

Convergent Evolution: a process by which unrelated organisms independently acquire similar characteristics while evolving in separate ecosystems

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The CBC Plan – Step 2Timetable: Years 2 - 4

• Broadcast Technology Evolution – OFDM based system

• Eliminates adjacent channel interference problems!

• Enables 30Mbps-40Mbps throughput (vs. 19.4Mbps)

• Enables SFN layout for wireless broadband offload

• Fixed/Mobile integrated chipsets

• Built on software upgradable standards (LTE)

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Broadcast Evolution enables collaborative systems that shift content on the fly between broadcast and wireless broadband/unicast

The CBC Plan – Step 3

Timetable: Years 2 - 5

• FCC Holds 380 MHZ of Spectrum Auction– Broadcast spectrum not included

– 5 year timeline for 330 MHZ met

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The CBC Plan – Step 4

Timetable: Years 5-10 Years

• Broadcast Technology Evolution Launched

• Broadcast Stations Repack

• FCC Holds 120MHZ Incentive Auction – Locally based spectrum licenses only

– Higher value created with multiple bidders as you have created an opportunity for both local and national players

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The CBC Plan – Notes

• Public Interest Obligations Should Be Clear– Net neutrality on services we provide

– Homeland Security and First Responders priority channels are established

• 5% Ancillary and Supplementary– Government earns revenue from all of the

additional services = billions in revenue

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CBC Amended Broadband Plan

• Meets the 10 Year/500 MHZ goal

• Lowers capital outlay of wireless service providers = lower consumer prices

• Spurs competition by significantly lowering cost of entry

• Does not harm – actually HELPS – Over The Air viewers

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CBC Amended Broadband Plan

• Creates the path to solve the spectrum problem long term

• Drives maximum efficiency of broadcast spectrum band

• Creates a complimentary broadcast and broadband architecture vs. duplicate

• Addresses mobile video as primary spectrum crisis driver and utilizes the most established and efficient technology (broadcast) to solve problem

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CBC Amended Broadband Plan

• Identifies broadcasting as part of the future

• Creates new innovation opportunities for local broadcasters

• It helps broadcasting versus harming it

• Maximizes the value of the spectrum– Allows time for demand side to outgrow supply side

– Creates a truly open and free market auction for 120 MHZ

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Discussion

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