Regional Broadband & Digital Connectivity - Huh ?

Presentation to the AUMA

Conference, 2016

Edmonton, Alberta

06 October 2016

2016 © Taylor Warwick Consulting

Drivers of Connectivity & Bandwidth

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Demand growth continues to increase at an amazing 21% per year

– that’s 5-fold per decade, 30-fold in two.

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Where copper & cable ‘max out’

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Source: Lobo, Bento J.; 2015-06-18

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Copper

Coaxial Cable

Fixed Wireless (per subscriber)

Fibre 10 Gb/s

Community Fibre Networks

64 kb/s

Dial-up

128 kb/s (ISDN)

Upstream

Downstream

Fibre

1 Gb/s

Four groups who will see major benefits from faster,

cheaper broadband – or feel a widening DIGITAL DIVIDE ?

1. Local businesses

2. Local residents

3. Distance-based public

services (health, ed’n)

4. Municipalities

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What can faster, more affordable internet look like in a

community-owned fibre network - Olds ?

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Community Fibre in the US

• Community fibre networks are a popular option in the US – even in states which actively inhibit such approaches.

• In addition to the over 200 networks shown below, 77 communities have publicly-owned cable networks and over 185 serve at least some portions of their community with fibre.

• 25 of the 48 US states reporting have a broadband office – in Canada, none do

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Source: https://muninetworks.org/communitymap

In Canada, there is only one

community-owned FTTH network

offering 1 Gb/s services (Olds) and

may be 5 with dark fibre.

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From fibre to services –

THREE components

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Passive'Network'

Service'Electronics'

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Service'Electronics'

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Passive'Network'

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Olds “for Olds” . . . . and Olds “for us”

• One network, many service providers

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One Network – Fibre and opto-electronics to light the fibre

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The BACKHAUL Challenge

Calgary . . .

the “hub”

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OneNetwork

OneNetwork

OneNetwork

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South Sub-region

• Staff in the south sub-region – Okotoks, High River, Black Diamond, and the MD of

Foothills are anxious to move forward with a sub-regional broadband initiative

• Due to competitive pressure, creating a collaborative framework will likely be fast-

tracked to complete in December, 2016.

• Such an initiative would facilitate projects in Longview and Aldersyde as well as

enable opportunities to connect with the Alberta SouthWest REDA.

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Sikiska

MD of Foothills

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SuperNet – it’s there . . . and it isn’t !

• Alberta SuperNet fibre is in all the

right places, but many municipalities

find the network to be too expensive

and providing poor, unreliable

service. SuperNet 2.0 has to be

greatly improved in 2018.

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BASE AREA COMMUNITY

Extended Area Community

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First Nation Reserve

Metis Settlement

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Fort Vermilion

Rocky Lane

La Crete

Keg River

High Level

Wabasca-Desmarais

Driftpile

Joussard

Faust

Grouard Mission

Gift Lake

Atikameg

Kinuso

Slave Lake

Loon Lake

Peace River

Valleyview

Falher Donnelly

High Prairie

Mclennan

Cadotte Lake

Grimshaw

Brownvale

Berwyn

Whitelaw

Fairview

Spirit River

Sexsmith

Grovedale Sturgeon Lake I.R. 154

Valhalla Centre

John D'or Prairie

Gregoire Lake I.R. 176

Boyle

Caslan

Grassland

Athabasca

Plamondon

Swan Hills

Beaver Lake

Dapp

Westlock

Fort Assiniboine

Buffalo Lake

Kikino

Mallaig

Waskatenau

Thorhild Elizabeth Metis Settlement

Iron River

Ardrossan

Big Valley

Halkirk Castor

Gadsby

Rosemary

Amisk

Hughenden

Veteran

Siksika

Gleichen

Killam

Forestburg

Morrin

Rumsey

Edberg

Bashaw

Botha

Stettler

Erskine

Galahad

Sedgewick

StromeDaysland

Alix

Hay Lakes

Mannville

Myrnam

Derwent

Saddle Lake

Vilna

Irma

Dewberry

Heinsburg

Frog Lake

Bearspaw

Cochrane

Acme

Hobbema

Ma-Me-O Beach

PonokaCrestomere

Spruce View

Sylvan Lake

Benalto

College Heights

Water Valley

Sundre

Caroline

Condor

Leslieville

Rocky Mountain House

O'Chiese I.R. 203

Alberta Beach

OnowayRiviere Qui Barre

Wabamun

Alexander I.R. 134Rich Valley

Busby

Dunstable

Morinville

Bon Accord

Darwell

Seba Beach

Evansburg

Westerose

Falun

Buck Lake

Keephills

Entwistle

Tomahawk

Alder Flats

Calmar

Nisku

Sunchild I.R. 202

Drayton Valley

Wildwood

Niton Junction

Tsuu T'ina Sarcee

SpringbankChestermere

Carseland

Bragg Creek

Morley

Exshaw

Banff

Nordegg

Edson

Beaverlodge

Wembley

Elmworth

Valhalla

Horse Lake I.R. 152B

Grande Cache

Medley

Duchess

Dunmore

Redcliff

Burdett

Grassy Lake

Bow Island

Cereal

Bindloss

Barnwell

Taber

Rainier

Cadogan

Consort

Arrowwood

Shaughnessy

Enchant

Nobleford

Milo

Clandonald

OkotoksMillarville

Fort Macleod

Eden Valley I.R. 216

Turner Valley

Wrentham

Stirling

Raymond

Magrath

Blood I.R. 148 Foremost

Coaldale

Stand Off

Coutts

Cardston

Pincher CreekGlenwood

LundbreckBellevueBlairmore

Crowsnest Pass

Coleman

GRANDE PRAIRIE

FORT MCMURRAY

BONNYVILLE

EDMONTON

SHERWOOD PARK

ST. ALBERT

DRUMHELLER

STRATHMORE

WETASKIWIN

CAMROSE

VERMILION

VEGREVILLE

WAINWRIGHT

AIRDRIE

RED DEER

LACOMBE

SPRUCE GROVE

STONY PLAIN

LEDUC

CALGARY

WHITECOURT

COLD LAKE

MEDICINE HAT

BROOKS

LLOYDMINSTER

HIGH RIVER

LETHBRIDGE

Coalhurst

Conklin

Conrich

Coronation

Cremona

Crooked Creek

Crossfield

Czar

Delburne

Delia

Devon

Didsbury

Dixonville

Donalda

Duffield

Eaglesham

East Prairie Metis Settlement

Eckville

Edgerton

Elk Point

Elnora

Empress

Enoch

Fawcett

Flatbush

Fort Chipewyan

Fort Mackay

Fort Saskatchewan

Fox Creek

Fox Lake

Garden Creek

Gem

Gibbons

Glendon

Glenevis

Goodfish Lake

Grand Centre

Granum

Grouard

Gwynne

Hanna

Acadia Valley

Alliance

Altario

Andrew

Anzac

Ardmore

Ashmont

Barons

Barrhead

Bassano

Bawlf

Bear Canyon

Beaumont

Beiseker

Bentley

Bezanson

Black Diamond

Blackfalds

Blackie

Blue Ridge

Bluffton

Bodo

Bonanza

Bowden

Brant

Breton

Brocket

Brownfield

Bruce

Bruderheim

Buffalo Head Prairie

Byemoor

Calling Lake

Canmore

Carbon

Carmangay

Carstairs

Cayley

Cessford

Champion

Chard

Chateh

Chauvin

Chipewyan Lake

Chipman

Claresholm

Cleardale

Clive

Clyde

Hardisty

Hays

Heart Lake

Heisler

Hill Spring

Hines Creek

Hinton

Holden

Hussar

Hythe

Indus

Innisfail

Innisfree

Iron Springs

Irricana

Irvine

Islay

Janvier

Jarvie

Jasper

Jenner

Kathyrn

Kingman

Kitscoty

La Glace

Lac La Biche

Lake Louise

Lamont

Lancaster Park

Legal

Lindale

Linden

Little Buffalo

Lomond

Longview

Lougheed

Manning

Manyberries

Marwayne

Mayerthorpe

Meander River

Mecca Glen

Milk River

Millet

Mirror

Monarch

Mountain View

Mundare

Namao

Nampa

Nanton

Neerlandia

New Brigden

New Norway

New Sarepta

Newbrook

Olds

Oyen

Paddle Prairie

Paradise Valley

Peavine

Peerless Lake

Peers

Penhold

Picture Butte

Pipestone

Provost

Radway

Rainbow Lake

Ralston

Red Earth Creek

Redwater

Rimbey

Rochester

Rockyford

Rolling Hills

Rosalind

Round Hill

Rycroft

Ryley

Sandy Lake

Sangudo

Schuler

Seven Persons

Silver Valley

Smith

Smoky Lake

South Cooking Lake

Sputinow

St. Isidore

St. Paul

Standard

Stavely

Sunset House

Tall Cree I.R. 173

Tall Cree I.R. 173A

Teepee Creek

Thorsby

Three Hills

Tilley

Tofield

Trochu

Trout Lake

Tulliby Lake

Two Hills

Uncas

Vauxhall

Viking

Vimy

Vulcan

Wandering River

Wanham

Warburg

Warner

Willingdon

Winfield

Woking

Worsley

Youngstown

Zama City

Cold Lake I.R. 149

Kehewin I.R. 123

Lafond

Langdon

• Other backhaul “wholesale” fibre

providers are very interested,

including Shaw, Bell,

ElectricLightWave (and possibly

others) – reach Calgary to reach

Olds and other competitive ISPs

• Communities could “build their

own”, on an opportunity basis, as

capital projects (e.g. trenches)

connect municipalities.

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Moving Forward – through REGIONS

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Ministry of Economic Development &

Trade is proactive and empowering by

providing funds for Regions (REDAs) to

explore challenges and collaborative

solutions across municipalities and regions.

Service Alberta “gets it”, and is trying to

re-create a SuperNet 2.0 that works for all

municipalities because the status quo is

NOT working for everyone – it will take

bold moves and require municipal support

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So what should we do ?

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“So, what should we do ?”

• What benefits do you

want to achieve for your

community ?

• What are you willing and

able to do together ?