connect vt update town meeting 2012 karen l. marshall chief, connect vt broadband and mobile agency...
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CONNECT VT UPDATE TOWN MEETING 2012Karen L. Marshall
Chief, Connect VT Broadband and Mobile
Agency of Administration
[email protected] 802 828 6452
What are we building? The Broadband and Mobile Ecosystem
Availability of InfrastructureProjects in ProcessTools for you to use
Universal availability of broadband and mobile by 2013
Maps available
Projects in Process
Projects in Process: Broadband
1. NTIA: VT Fiber Connect: 880 miles of middle mile fiber, providing services to 340+ community anchor institutions; 18% complete
2. RUS: VTEL WOW: wireless broadband , reaching 184 towns and covering virtually all unserved areas of Vermont; last mile service ; 5% complete
3. NTIA: VTEL fiber: 1 GIG FTTP in Vtel service area, 132 miles; 8% complete
4. RUS: WCVT: FTTP in 7 areas of their service territory, 100 miles, 27% complete
5. FairPoint 51: 1100 miles and 100% connectivity in 51 telephone exchanges; achieved commitment on June 30, 2011; offering ADSL speeds on their Vantage Point network ( 768 kbps/3 mbps/7 mbps/15 mbps down and 128 kbps to 1 mbps up)
6. EC Fiber: 24 miles and 100% complete, FTTP, Barnard region; 5/7/10 Mbps symmetrical household speeds. Currently in second round of private fund raising.
7. VTA: Cloud Alliance: 4 new towers for wireless broadband service in Hardwick, Plainfield, Wolcott, Woodbury; spring 2012 completion; 768 kbps to 6 mbps down/ 256 kbps to 2 mbps up
8. VTA: Hardwick Newport Fiber -40 mile fiber up, Route 14 connecting Hardwick and Newport; 2012
9. VTA: FairPoint Backroads- funded 644 Jeffersonville exchange completion; 2012
10. VTA: VTEL Backroads- adding communities of Dummerston, Newfane, Townshend, Westminster to Vtel WOW network; 2103
11. VTA: NCIC- tower infrastructure to support WISP, Northeast Kingdom; complete
12. US Dept of Energy: E Energy Vermont- Smart Grid, 35% complete
13. ISO NE: VELCO- 1000 miles fiber reliability for electrical distribution utilities and Smart Grid Collaborative; 51% complete
14. AOT Vermont interstate fiber conduit: initial bid for construction of 6 conduits in median of 350 miles of interstate; 2013
Tools for you to use
www.broadbandvt.org- Vermont’s one stop shop for information about broadband deployment Current broadband map ( 6/30/2011) By address look up for service provider Register an unserved address, tell your story Speed test Keep up to date on broadband progress, investments and development
Map: Served, projects on process, target communities map Cellular target corridors map ( VTA)