W. Randy Rice

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W. Randy Rice
Manager for Technology Development395 Seneca
Street ? PO Box 1127Oil city, PA
16301814.677.4800 Ext. 122randyr_at_nwcommission.or
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CCEDC Eggs Answers Breakfast
"640K ought to be enough for anybody"
Attributed to Bill Gates, 1981
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CCEDC Eggs Answers Breakfast
Broadband Primer, p8
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CCEDC Eggs Answers Breakfast
Present
Future
Getting Broadband NOW
Investing in the Future
BOAF BFRR
eCOMMonwealth
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eCOMMonwealth
The overall purpose of eCOMMonwealth is to
identify underserved areas in the seven
Pennsylvania Local Development Districts (LDDs)
that lack modern, affordable broadband services
and place those areas in a situation where one or
more broadband service providers could affordably
offer service.
June 2006 Contract - Design Nine
Education Materials Communications Plan Broadband
Recommendations
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Dr. Andrew Cohill, Ph.D.Design Nine, Inc.2000
Kraft Drive, Suite 2180 Blacksburg, VA 24060
Danville, Virginia (Fiber To The Premise (FTTP)
Open Service Provider Network project management)
Local Development Districts of Pennsylvania
(statewide broadband policy and implementation
strategy development) West Central New
Hampshire (eight town integrated fiber and
wireless broadband planning effort) Lakeland
Green (broadband planning for 2200 home planned
residential development and nearly 1 million
square feet of commercial and institutional
space) WYYD (Policy recommendations for public
television stations countrywide to prepare for
the IP TV transition) Virginia Dept. of Housing
and Community Development (broadband education
and economic development seminars for local
leaders) Bath County, Virginia (countywide
broadband master plan) New Town Associates
(WiFi planning for downtown commercial area)
Industry Canada (Broadband policy recommendations
for the Canadian government) Lenowisco Planning
District Commission (technology master planning
for a three county region) Crossroads
Institute (wireless and broadband feasibility
study) New Hampshire Rural Development Council
(technology master planning for New Hampshire's
rural North Country region) British Columbia
provincial government (open access network
strategies) University of Dayton Law School
(technology grant writing) Online Louisiana,
Inc. (statewide rural broadband planning and
project management) Online Louisiana, Inc. (K12
education Web portal design and management) New
Town Partners (telecommunications planning for a
commercial/residential development) Temple,
Texas (technology assessment, communitywide
network planning) Monmouth, Illinois
(technology vision development, master plan
design) Los Alamos County, New Mexico (planning
and design of a communitywide broadband
infrastructure) National Association of State
Boating Law Administrators (keynote speech,
workshops) Oregon Department of Public Safety
(keynote speech, workshop) Town of Bromont,
Quebec (community network development) Elmhurst
Memorial Hospital, Illinois (community network
planning) Town of Portsmouth, Ohio (two day
telecommunications planning workshop) SEFLIN,
Miami (community network strategic planning)
Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania (community
technology workshops and planning) Colonial
Williamsburg (technology strategic planning, Web
site design) Anheuser-Busch (corporate
technology planning, marketing) Proctor and
Gamble (consumer marketing strategic planning)
City of Bremerton, Washington (community
telecommunications workshop) City of Anderson,
SC (community network planning, workshops)
Northeast Tennessee Technology Council (wide area
telecommunications strategic planning)
www.designnine.com
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Purpose
Present a credible and provocative set of
recommendations and projections developed by an
International consultant with pertinent
credentials and demonstrably practical
experience.
Engage a regional audience of key stakeholders in
responding to these recommendations in the
context of our own experience, standards, and
plans for the future.
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Design Nine Conclusions

• The current broadband business model is broken.
• Community owned and managed open broadband
  systems represent a credible and constructive
  alternative to existing business models.
• The Local Development Districts can play a
  critical role in defining and exploring these
  alternatives through leadership planning and
  project management education, and planning for
  Intelligent Communities.

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Design Nine Conclusions
The current broadband business model is broken
US Postal Service
FedEx
UPS
DHL
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Design Nine Conclusions
The current broadband business model is broken
Verizon
X
Windstream
Embarq
X
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Design Nine Conclusions
Community owned and managed open broadband
systems represent a credible and constructive
alternative to existing business models
Where Its WorkingDanville, VAProvo,
UTDalton, GAAshland, ORTacoma, WA
Physicians
Radio
Television
K-12
Higher Education
Utilities
Hospitals
Public Safety/EMS
Grocery Stores
Banks
Internet
A Legal Entity
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Design Nine Conclusions
Clarion ? Crawford ? Erie ? Forest ? Lawrence
Mercer ? Venango ? Warren
3,021,496,541
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Design Nine Conclusions
GIFTS
FUNDRAISERS
BUSINESS PLAN
GRANTS
CONTRIBUTIONS
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Recommendations
a LOT of 'Stuff'!
Plan
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Action Steps
Review Design Nine Recommendations
Comment on Recommendations
Attend Regional Workshops/Forums
Request and Provide More Information
www.nwcommission.org/broadbandvision
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Bona Fide Retail Request Program

• PA Act 183
• Applies to Verizon, Windstream, and Embarq
• REQUIRES installation of Broadband (DSL) service
  when 50 people or 25 of community whichever is
  less agrees to one year of service

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Bona Fide Retail Request Program
Sparkplug contacts Northwest Commission to
provide contact information (phone number and
email)
Community identifies sparkplug
Commission obtains Customer Service Area map,
confirms service requirement, and provides
sparkplug with appropriate BFRR forms.
Commission identifies/confirms DSL
providerVerizon Embarq/Sprint
Windstream/Alltel
Sparkplug and Commission work together to promote
BFRR effort Mailings Public Meetings Posters
Other
Sparkplug/Commission mail certified BFRR package
to provider.
Sparkplug/Commission monitor for 365 day
compliance
Commission assists with troubleshootingCSA
boundaries legacy records etc.
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Bona Fide Retail Request Program
Scrubbgrass Township Sanford Grand Valley New
Wilmington South PymatuningCranberryEdinboro/McK
eanEglinFarmingtonGirardJacksonKnox Limestone
MineralOakland
PittsfieldSugarcreekVenangoWolf
CreekWorthFt. LeboeufEast MeadHoweLinesville
MonroeRocklandConneuaut LakeWilmington
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BARP
Business Attraction and Retention Program
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W. Randy Rice
Manager for Technology Development395 Seneca
Street ? PO Box 1127Oil city, PA
16301814.677.4800 Ext. 122randyr_at_nwcommission.or
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