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Broadband Access in City of Columbus, Ohio Broadband Access in City of Columbus, Ohio Assessment and Strategies for Addressing the Broadband Gap Commissioned By: The Columbus Foundation June 30, 2020 1234 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43205 Broadband Access in City of Columbus, Ohio The Columbus Foundation Prepared for: The Columbus Foundation 1234 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43205 Prepared by: S. Blaine Overstreet Senior Solutions Consultant T: (919) 461-1426 M: (919) 748-9174 E: [email protected] AECOM 2101 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22201 aecom.com Copyright © 2020 by AECOM All rights reserved. No part of this copyrighted work may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of AECOM. Prepared for: The Columbus Foundation AECOM Broadband Access in City of Columbus, Ohio The Columbus Foundation Table of Contents 1. Introduction and Scope ......................................................................................... 6 2. Executive Summary .............................................................................................. 7 3. Introduction to Broadband .................................................................................... 8 4. Understanding the Broadband Gap .................................................................... 13 Identifying Areas of Need ............................................................................................................................................. 14 Existing Broadband Service Provider Access .............................................................................................................. 18 Existing Broadband Service Provider Pricing ............................................................................................................... 23 Existing Wireless Service Availability ........................................................................................................................... 24 5. Closing the Gap – Current Programs ................................................................. 25 Subsidies Preceding Covid-19 ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Broadband Relief for COVID-19 Impacts ..................................................................................................................... 25 AT&T ............................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Charter Communications/Spectrum ............................................................................................................................. 26 Comcast/Xfinity ............................................................................................................................................................ 26 Wow! ............................................................................................................................................................................ 26 6. Mobile vs Fixed Broadband ................................................................................ 27 7. Technology for Broadband Access ..................................................................... 29 Metro Fiber Deployments ............................................................................................................................................. 29 Wireless Mesh.............................................................................................................................................................. 32 Passive Optical Networks ............................................................................................................................................ 33 Key Market Drivers for PON Deployments ................................................................................................................... 34 Business Case ............................................................................................................................................................. 35 8. Strategies for Broadband Growth ....................................................................... 36 Short Term / Immediate Solutions ................................................................................................................................ 36 Short-Term Option: Hotspots and Bulk Purchasing ...................................................................................................... 36 Medium Term Solutions ................................................................................................................................................ 36 Medium-Term Option: Municipal and Neighborhood Wi-Fi ........................................................................................... 37 Medium-Term Option: Community Wireless Mesh ....................................................................................................... 37 Long Term Option: Public-Private Partnerships ............................................................................................................ 38 Long Term Option: PON Technologies ......................................................................................................................... 39 Long Term Option: 5G Wireless Networks ................................................................................................................... 41 Long-Term Option: Co-Op Broadband Networks.......................................................................................................... 43 Case Study: DC Community Access Network (DC-CAN) ............................................................................................. 44 Precedent: e-Vermont Community Broadband Project ................................................................................................. 44 Case Study: Community Mesh Precedent, NYC MESH ............................................................................................... 45 Precedent: Chicago’s Smart Communities Initiative ..................................................................................................... 46 9. Glossary of Terms ............................................................................................... 47 Appendix A Metro Fiber Networks ................................................................................. 50 Century Link ................................................................................................................................................................. 50 CityNet ......................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Cologix, Columbus Fibernet, Dublink ........................................................................................................................... 52 Crown Castle................................................................................................................................................................ 53 Enlite by CEC ............................................................................................................................................................... 54 Everstream ................................................................................................................................................................... 55 Prepared for: The Columbus Foundation AECOM Broadband Access in City of Columbus, Ohio The Columbus Foundation Horizon Telecom .......................................................................................................................................................... 56 Independents Fiber Network ........................................................................................................................................ 57 Level 3 ......................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Metro Data Center ........................................................................................................................................................ 59 Rail America (ROW) ..................................................................................................................................................... 60 Segra ........................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Windstream .................................................................................................................................................................. 62 Wow! Business and Wow! Bluemile ............................................................................................................................. 63 Zayo Metro and Zayo Leased ...................................................................................................................................... 64 Figures Figure 1: Bandwidth Consumption for Two Simultaneous Youtube users ................................................................... 11 Figure 2: Historic, Current, and Recommended Broadband Definitions ...................................................................... 12 Figure 3: National Broadband Adoption, ACS 2013-2017 ...........................................................................................
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