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A presentation given to the MN Municipal Utility Association on • Opportunities for Municipal Utilities• Minnesota Broadband Task Force• Blandin Foundation MIRC Initiative• Key Infrastructure Projects
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MN Broadband UpdateMMUA Winter Legislative Conference
February 9, 2012
Agenda
• Opportunities for Municipal Utilities• Minnesota Broadband Task Force• Blandin Foundation MIRC Initiative• Key Infrastructure Projects
Broadband Opportunities for Municipal Electrics• Economic development
– Area businesses drive residential demand• Data centers• Industrial park• Main street• Co-working centers• Home – based businesses
– Community institutions need broadband• Schools• Health care providers• Local government
• Network control– Sub-stations– Community-wide smart grid
• Geographic decisions– City-wide– Targeted areas– Countywide, possibly in partnership with rural electric coop
MN Broadband Task Force
• 10 – 20 Mb to every home and business by 2015– State Broadband Goal
• Task Force Members– MHTA’s Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Chair– Significant rural representation
• Task Force Activities– Statutory Report completed
• http://mn.gov/commerce/images/Broadband-TF-Report2011.pdf
– Plan to Plan adopted • http://mn.gov/commerce/images/BroadbandPlanOutline.pdf
– Upcoming Greater MN meetings
Blandin FoundationMN Intelligent Rural Communities Program
• $4.8 million NTIA Sustainable Broadband Adoption Program• Goals:
– Drive adoption– Increase sophistication of use
• Intelligent Community framework• 11 Demonstration Communities• State partners
– DEED Workforce– U of M Extension– MNSCU– PC’s for People– MN Renewable Energy Marketplace– Regional Development Commissions
• Community Broadband Resources Program– Up to 32 hours of community technical assistance on broadband
BROADBAND
KNOWLEDGE WORKFORCE
INNOVATIONMARKET ING
DIGITAL INCLUSION
The ICF Virtuous Cycle
Key ARRA Infrastructure Projects
Middle Mile• Northeast Service Coop• Enventis Telecom• Zayo/Anoka County• Carver County• HickoryTech
• Project updates are in the most recent MN Broadband Taskforce Report
Last Mile• Lac qui Parle
County/Farmers Mutual• Appleton/Federated
Telephone Cooperative• SW MN Broadband Service• Cook County/Arrowhead
Electric• Lake County
For more information
Bill Coleman651-491-2551
www.blandinonbroadband.org
