COMMUNITY BROADBAND

Number of Municipal FTTP Networks Climbs to 135

More cities – including larger cities – are building fiber to homes and businesses. Even more are considering the feasibility of doing so.

By Masha Zager / Broadband Communities

roadband Communities’ count of legal and political landscape, the availability public and public private fiber-to-the- of financing, the interest of potential partners, Bpremises networks now stands at 135, and the skills and assets possessed by public a 15 percent increase from 2012. The additions agencies. Communities have many options to the list include several new projects and a few and should explore as many as possible before older projects missed in earlier counts. committing to a plan or deciding that public One network on the list, iProvo, which was broadband is not for them. built by the Provo, Utah, city government, is Political opposition to municipal broadband about to be privatized for a second time; Google often constrains cities’ options. State legislatures has agreed to purchase it later this year. (See the impose some constraints; in other cases, Q&A with Provo Mayor John Curtis on p. 40 opposition comes from within a community. for more details.) Because the pendulum of public opinion shifts Many of these fiber networks continue constantly, a broadband project that proves to expand or to add new types of customers legally or politically impossible one year may and services. Often, a network begins in one become feasible a few years later, even in a community and expands by popular demand conservative community. In several cases, city into neighboring communities, though in some leaders and broadband activists have succeeded cases, expansions requested by residents have in changing public opinion by educating citizens been quashed by state legislatures. about the economic and social benefits of high- In addition, the number of new projects speed broadband. being planned appears to be higher than ever, Some states now actively support municipal with an announcement nearly every week that a broadband projects. For example, in Illinois, community is considering deploying fiber or has Gov. Pat Quinn launched a competition that commissioned a feasibility study. (Of course, will award up to $4 million in funding to ultra- not every feasibility study results in a network high-speed broadband deployment projects deployment; see, for example, “Can FTTP as part of the Illinois Jobs Now! economic Work in Palo Alto?” on p. 46.) development program. Several awards have already been made. In New York, the Connect Different Approaches NY broadband grants are helping extend As pointed out in prior years, there is no single high-speed Internet services to unserved model for public broadband. Each project takes communities; some of its projects involve city or a slightly different approach, depending on the county governments as partners.

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Who’s on the List? fiber and those that provide broadband SMBS in Minnesota and FastRoads All the network deployers on this list services only over cable or wireless in New Hampshire. Other examples • Are public entities, consortia of networks. include a number of countywide public entities, consortia of public This list includes only organizations networks as well as LENOWISCO, and private entities or, in a few with functioning networks or with which includes three counties and a cases, private entities that benefited approved plans and funding. However, city in Virginia. Urbana-Champaign from significant investment or plans do not always materialize; several Big Broadband is a consortium participation by local governments. projects that were reported on earlier initiated by the University of Illinois (a • Own all-fiber networks that connect versions of the list failed to survive. state agency) and includes the cities of local homes or businesses to the Others, although still in progress, have Urbana and Champaign. Internet (or are actively developing not met their deployment goals. Even a network owned by a single such networks). Multiple-municipality projects town or city may provide service • Make available – directly or have become more common because beyond city limits. For example, through retailers – such services as they can achieve economies of scale Jackson Energy Authority in Tennessee voice, Internet access or video (or in construction and operation and, by and NetQuincy in Florida both serve are planning such services). aggregating demand, can attract third- areas adjacent to the cities that own Excluded are the growing number party service providers more easily. them. The city of Williamstown, Ky., of municipalities that provide UTOPIA, in Utah, is an example used broadband stimulus funding to broadband services exclusively for city of an early FTTH network built by expand its community networks beyond facilities and schools, those that serve a consortium of cities. More recent city borders. (Its original network was private entities only by leasing dark projects are ECFiber in Vermont, hybrid fiber-coax, but it is using FTTH

May/June 2013 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 23 COMMUNITY BROADBAND for its expansion.) In Washington state, substations, then extend fiber to Gigabit Squared will build out fiber though each public utility district commercial buildings or business parks, to the home in 14 neighborhoods builds and operates its own network, add multiple-dwelling-unit properties throughout the city and also provide most or all belong to the Northwest and greenfield residential developments, wireless coverage in areas beyond Open Access Network (NoaNet), a and finally reach single-family those neighborhoods. The University coalition of public utility districts households and small businesses. The of Washington will use the network to that linked their fiber optic networks list shows deployers at various points test new applications for health care, together to achieve economic feasibility along this path. education and other public services. in underserved areas. NoaNet offers Thirty-eight of the municipal According to Seattle Mayor Mike long-haul transport and last-mile access networks, or more than a quarter McGinn, within two months after to wholesale communications providers of the total, deliver services only to the December 2012 announcement throughout the Pacific Northwest. businesses. Several others deliver of Gigabit Seattle, 3,300 citizens had fiber-based services to businesses and signed up for services, more than Municipal Utilities deliver residential broadband services 135 businesses had expressed interest Municipalities are more likely to via cable or wireless. A few that began in signing up, numerous apartment become broadband providers when as business-only networks, such as owners had requested services and many they are already in the business of Gainesville Regional Utilities in citizens had asked whether the network providing electric power. Citizens in Florida, now serve MDU or greenfield could meet the needs of home-based these municipalities are already used developments as well. businesses they were planning to start. to the idea of government-provided Cedar Falls Utilities in Iowa, which Gigabit Chicago is another new utility services. Many public power originally served businesses with fiber public-private venture involving Gigabit utilities were set up in response to the and residences with hybrid fiber- Squared. This project, which will begin failure of the private sector to deliver coax, has built out fiber to the home in Chicago’s Mid-South neighborhood, adequate services, and residents accept throughout its service area. However, will include funding from Gigabit that government might set up public Squared, the state of Illinois, the communications utilities for the same other municipal providers that once city of Chicago, Cook County and reason. In most cases, citizens have planned to follow a similar path, such the University of Chicago. It will had positive experiences with their as Ashland Fiber Network, have been eventually cover more than 79,000 municipal utilities and are prepared to stymied by lack of funding. households and 10,000 businesses. buy additional services from them. Big Cities Enter the Game North Carolina Next Generation In addition, public power utilities Traditionally, most municipal fiber Networks is a regional partnership already have back-office operations, deployers have been small to mid-sized composed of Cary, Chapel Hill, such as billing and customer service, cities or groups of cities outside major Carrboro, Durham, Raleigh and that they need for providing telecom metropolitan areas – large enough to Winston-Salem, supported by their services. Finally, public power carry out complex undertakings but utilities are increasingly building local universities – Duke, NC State small enough to be poorly served by communications networks for smart- University, UNC Chapel Hill and private carriers. Chattanooga, which grid applications; once they begin Wake Forest University/Wake Forest made fiber available to about 170,000 planning these networks, they often Baptist Medical Center, along with premises throughout the Chattanooga realize the networks are suitable for their associated chambers of commerce metropolitan area, was the largest city purposes such as business or residential – that seeks to bring ultra-high- to deploy FTTH. broadband. Municipal utilities that are speed broadband to the Research Tennessee Valley Authority distributors Thanks to the Gig.U project, Triangle, an area of about 2 million have been in the forefront of combining which has forged alliances between people. This Gig.U-related project is smart grid and telecom applications. universities and their surrounding evaluating responses to its request for In some cases, such as Wilson, communities, the list now includes proposals but, as of press time, had not N.C., the city operates a municipal two large cities: Seattle and Chicago. announced a selection (and thus is not electric utility but set up the Seattle considered building out FTTH included on the list). telecommunications utility as a separate for many years, and last year it leased Even some cities that are not entity or department. A few cities, excess city-owned fiber to Comcast directly involved in building fiber such as Salisbury, N.C., do not have to improve service to businesses in networks have begun to be proactive municipal electric utilities. a poorly served commercial district. about improving broadband for their A few months later, it embarked communities. For example, New Who Are the Customers? on a more ambitious public-private York City’s ConnectNYC program is Cities often begin by installing venture, Gigabit Seattle, in which it contributing $12 million over two years institutional networks to serve will lease additional excess fiber to (some of it from a state grant) to help municipal office buildings or utility a private deployer, Gigabit Squared. businesses get fiber-connected.

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Network Deployer Community(ies) State(s) Date Vendors Technology Services Markets Served Service Provider Operator Served Project (FTTH by Fiber (all premises (if not network (if not Started Electronics) unless otherwise owner) network noted) owner) American Samoa Telecom American Samoa 2008 Calix GPON Triple Play Anderson Municipal Light Anderson IN 2009 Active Data Businesses only Multiple and Power Ethernet Ashland Fiber Network Ashland OR 2000 Triple Play Fiber connections mainly Multiple for businesses, HFC for residential Auburn Essential Services Auburn IN 2006 Aurora EPON Data, Voice, Smart Grid Barbourville Utility Barbourville KY 2010 Calix GPON Data, Video Commission Barnesville Municipal Utilities Barnesville MN 2009 Calix GPON Triple Play Bellevue Municipal Utilities Bellevue IA 2006 Aurora EPON Triple Play Benton County Public Utility Kennewick, WA Business Businesses only District Prosser and Services, Data Benton City Blue Ridge Crossroads Carroll & Grayson VA 2009 Data Fiber connections mainly Multiple Economic Development counties, city of for businesses, wireless Authority (Wired Road) Galax for residential Blue Albany New Albany OH 2010 Business Businesses only Bluemile Services, Data Bowling Green Municipal Bowling Green KY 2007 CTDI EPON Data, Voice Businesses only Utility and Warren County Braintree Electric Light Braintree MA 2008 Active Data Businesses only Department Ethernet Bristol Tennessee Essential Bristol TN 2005 Alcatel- GPON Triple Play, Services Lucent Smart Grid Burbank Water and Power Burbank CA 2010 MRV Business Businesses only (One Burbank) Services, Data Burlington Telecom Burlington VT 2006 Calix GPON Business Services, Triple Play BVU Authority Bristol VA 2003 Alcatel- GPON Business Lucent, Calix Services, Smart Grid, Triple Play Cass County Cass County MO 2010 Calix Data, Voice Multiple CC Communications Churchill County NV 2004 Aurora, Calix EPON, Active Triple Play Ethernet CDE Lightband Clarksville TN 2007 Ciena, Zhone Active Triple Play, Technologies Ethernet Smart Grid Cedar Falls Utilities Cedar Falls IA 2006 ADTRAN, Active Data, Smart Grid Fiber to businesses and Motorola Ethernet, greenfield developments GPON at first, now building out entire city Chanute Utilities Chanute KS 2005 Data Businesses only Chelan County Public Utility Chelan County WA 2004 Alcatel- GPON Triple Play Multiple District Lucent Chicopee Electric Light Chicopee MA Data Businesses only City of Ammon Ammon ID 2011 Data Multiple

May/June 2013 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 25 COMMUNITY BROADBAND Some recent public-private partnerships deployers, and Blair Levin, the architect of the plan, recently said it was a involve complex funding, ownership and “tragedy that the FCC didn’t preempt state anti-muni-broadband laws.”) operating arrangements. Municipal electric utilities are more common in some areas than others, and some regions are better served by private providers than others are. Considering all these factors, the Wholesale or Retail? such arrangements have ended abruptly chances for municipal broadband are Municipalities are more likely than or even resulted in lawsuits. wildly uneven in different parts of the private deployers to allow third-party Some municipalities have formed United States. This census identified providers on their networks – either agreements with real estate developers community fiber systems in only 35 of because state laws require them to to allow municipal providers to build the 50 states and in American Samoa. do so, because they do not have the fiber in new buildings or developments Seven states account for nearly half expertise to provide services themselves or to provide fiber backbone and the deployments: Washington (14), or because they want to offer a wider services if developers build the local Kentucky (11), Tennessee (8), Illinois (8), variety of services than they could access infrastructure. New partnership Florida (7), Iowa (7) and Minnesota (7). provide on their own. Thirty-three models continue to be developed all municipal networks, or nearly a quarter the time. Some of the recent public- Triple Play and Beyond of the total, either allow or plan to private partnerships involve complex Though some municipalities offer allow multiple retail service providers funding, ownership and operating only Internet access over their fiber to deliver services. Eleven others that arrangements among cities, counties, networks, most whose planned or do not have an open-access model have states, universities, anchor institutions actual services we could determine contracted with a single third-party and private providers. offer the triple play of voice, video and service provider to deliver services. data. Specialized business services are Some municipal providers have Vendors and common, as are smart-grid applications. both wholesale and retail strategies. Technologies Broadband stimulus funding and For example, ECFiber was conceived as Because of open-access requirements encouragement from the Tennessee an open-access network but is offering and the importance of business Valley Authority have made smart-grid retail services until the network grows customers, active Ethernet networks applications more prevalent in the last large enough to attract other providers. are slightly more prevalent among few years, and these applications are Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband has municipalities than among private likely to become still more important in a similar strategy. network builders. (Supporting open the future. Certain states, such as Utah and access is easier on point-to-point than A few open-access networks are Washington, prohibit municipalities on PON systems – or at least it was actively recruiting many different kinds from providing retail services. This until recently.) At least one-third of of services. For example, on St. Joe Valley Metronet, 30 providers deliver can pose a problem for municipal fiber municipal deployers use active Ethernet 20 different types of services, including deployers at startup, when third-party technology. Several electronics vendors such offerings as conferencing, disaster providers (especially for residential have sizable shares of this market, recovery and video surveillance. services) may not find joining the with no single vendor taking a leading Enabling a wide variety of broadband network worthwhile. UTOPIA, for position. Alcatel-Lucent, Calix, Aurora services could become a way to make example, took many years to attract a (which acquired the Wave7/Enablence more community networks financially diverse and reliable group of providers. portfolio) and Ciena each have several viable. If this strategy succeeds, deployments and at least one sizable more municipal networks – at least Other Partnerships system, and a number of other vendors larger networks – may follow suit. At least nine municipal fiber systems have also had significant customer wins. contract with third parties – local Conceivably, more municipalities exchange carriers or other network Geographic could try expanding their networks operators – to operate their networks. Distribution or partnering with other municipal networks, as has happened in Europe, Such partnerships (which also exist Laws governing municipalities’ ability to achieve the scale necessary to attract in the private sector) can be helpful to compete as telecommunications providers of innovative services. v for municipalities without experience providers vary from state to state. operating telecommunications Some states give municipalities a free networks. On the other hand, as with hand, and others do not. (The National Masha Zager is the editor of Broadband any critical outsourcing contracts, they Broadband Plan calls for greater Communities. You can reach her at must be intensively managed. Several encouragement of public broadband [email protected].

26 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | May/June 2013 Did you like this article? Subscribe here! Network Deployer Community(ies) State(s) Date Vendors Technology Services Markets Served Service Provider Operator Served Project (FTTH by Fiber (all premises (if not network (if not Started Electronics) unless otherwise owner) network noted) owner) City of Cortez Cortez CO 2011 Calix GPON, Active Triple Play Businesses only Multiple Ethernet City of Emmetsburg Emmetsburg IA 2013 The Community The Agency (coalition Community of towns) Agency City of Evanston Evanston IL 2013 Businesses only City of LaGrange LaGrange GA Calix GPON Data, Voice, Busi- Businesses only ness Services City of Leesburg Leesburg FL 2001 Data Businesses only City of Mishawaka Mishawaka IN 2012 Data Businesses only Multiple St. Joe Valley MetroNet City of Mount Vernon Mount Vernon WA Businesses only Multiple (also serves Burlington and Port of Skagit) City of Ponca City Ponca City OK Businesses only City of Powell Powell WY 2007 Calix GPON Triple Play Tri County Telephone, open to other providers City of Sandy Sandy OR 2011 City of Williamstown Corinth and parts KY 2010 Triple Play Fiber in network of Grant and extension area only; Owen counties Williamstown served by HFC City of Wilson (Greenlight) Wilson NC 2008 Alcatel- GPON Triple Play Lucent City Utilities of Springfield Springfield MO 2000 Active Business Businesses only (SpringNet) Ethernet Services, Data Clallam County Public Utility Clallam County WA 2002 Cisco Active Data Multiple District Ethernet Coldwater Board of Public Coldwater MI 2010 EPON Data Businesses only Utilities Community Telecom Services Monticello and KY 2009 Triple Play Wayne County Crawfordsville Electric Light & Crawfordsville IN 2006 Aurora EPON Data, Video Power (Accelplus) Crosslake Telephone Crosslake MN 2005 Calix GPON, Active Triple Play Ethernet Dalton Utilities Dalton GA 2003 Alcatel- GPON Triple Play Lucent Douglas County Public Utility Douglas County WA 1999 Telco Systems Active Triple Play Multiple District Ethernet Dover Technology Dover OH 2004 Hitachi Triple Play Businesses only ECFiber Consortium of 23 VT 2010 Calix GPON Business Open access Vermont towns Services, Data, but no Voice partnerships yet EPB Fiber Optics Chattanooga TN 2007 Alcatel- EPON, GPON Smart Grid, Lucent Triple Play

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Network Deployer Community(ies) State(s) Date Vendors Technology Services Markets Served Service Provider Operator Served Project (FTTH by Fiber (all premises (if not network (if not Started Electronics) unless otherwise owner) network noted) owner) Farmers Mutual Telephone/ Lac qui Parle MN 2010 Calix GPON Triple Play Lac qui Parle County County FastRoads NH Community NH 2011 Calix Data Multiple Development Finance Authority, Monadnock Economic Devt. Corp., 42 towns FiberCom Cartersville GA Business Businesses only Services, Data, Voice FiberNet Monticello Monticello MN 2008 Calix GPON Triple Play Fibrant Communications Salisbury NC 2008 Zhone Triple Play Technologies Fort Pierce Utilities (FPUAnet Fort Pierce FL Cisco Active Data Businesses only Communications) Ethernet Frankfort Plant Board Frankfort KY 2009 CommScope RFoG Triple Play Franklin County Public Utility Franklin County WA Active Data, Business Businesses only Multiple District Ethernet Services Franklin Municipal FiberNET Franklin KY 2013 Data Businesses only Gahanna Net Gahanna OH 2010 Data Businesses only Bluemile Gainesville Regional Utilities Gainesville FL 2001 Cisco Active Data Businesses, MDUs, Ethernet greenfield developments Gigabit Chicago Chicago IL 2012 Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs CO 2002 Calix GPON Data, Voice Multiple for Community Broadband residential Network services Goshen Fiber Network Goshen (city and IN 2008 Triple Play Businesses only Multiple New Paris school district) Telephone Grant County Public Utility Grant County WA 2000 Cisco Active Triple Play Multiple District Ethernet Grays Harbor County Public Grays Harbor WA 1998 Data Multiple Utility District County Greenlight Communications Dunnellon FL 2010 Zhone GPON Triple Play Technologies Harlan Municipal Utilities Harlan IA 2010 Calix GPON Data Fiber connections available for businesses, HFC for residential HES EnergyNet Hopkinsville KY Data Businesses (wireless for residential) Highland Communication Highland IL 2010 Calix GPON Triple Play Services Holland Board of Public Works Holland MI Data Businesses only Multiple Holyoke Gas & Electric Holyoke MA 1997 Data, Video- Businesses, some MDUs Department conferencing, Voice Hometown Utilicom Kutztown PA 2002 Calix BPON, GPON Triple Play, D&E Smart Grid Communications

28 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | May/June 2013 Network Deployer Community(ies) State(s) Date Vendors Technology Services Markets Served Service Provider Operator Served Project (FTTH by Fiber (all premises (if not network (if not Started Electronics) unless otherwise owner) network noted) owner) Idaho Falls Power (Circa) Idaho Falls ID 2007 Active Data, Voice Businesses only Multiple Ethernet Indianola Municipal Utilities Indianola IA 2012 Calix Active Triple Play MCG Ethernet iProvo Provo UT 2005 Telco Systems Active Triple Play Veracity Networks Ethernet Jackson Energy Authority Jackson and TN 2004 Aurora EPON Triple Play, (EPlus Broadband) part of Madison Smart Grid County Johnson City Power Board Johnson City TN 2012 Data, Smart Businesses only BVU Authority Grid, Voice Kitsap County Public Utility Kitsap County WA 2000 Active Data Businesses only Multiple District Ethernet KPU Telecommunications Ketchikan AK 2007 ADTRAN, Active Triple Play Aurora, Zhone Ethernet, Technologies GPON Lake Connections (Lake Lake County, part MN 2010 Calix GPON, Active Triple Play County) of Saint Louis Ethernet County LENOWISCO Planning District Lee, Wise and KY, VA 2004 Ciena Active Data Clariti Media Sunset Commission Scott Counties, Ethernet Digital city of Norton Lenox Municipal Utilities Lenox IA 2008 Calix PON Triple Play Farmers Mutual Telephone liNKCity North Kansas City MO 2007 Calix, Ciena Active Data Ethernet Lit San Leandro San Leandro CA 2012 ADVA Optical Businesses and MDUs Networks Loma Linda Connected Loma Linda CA 2005 Allied Telesis Active Triple Play Greenfield developments Multiple Communities Program Ethernet (developers required to install FTTH and turn network over to city) Longmont Power and Longmont CO 2012 Communications Los Angeles Department of Los Angeles CA Carrier Business Businesses only Water and Power Fiber Ethernet Services, Data Optic Enterprise LUS Fiber Lafayette LA 2007 Alcatel- GPON Triple Play, Lucent Smart Grid Marshall Municipal Utilities Marshall MO 2005 Data, Smart Grid Martinsville Information Martinsville VA 2009 Business Businesses only Network (MINet) Services, Data, Voice Mason County Public Utility Mason County WA 2000 Ciena, Telco Active Data, Voice Multiple District Systems Ethernet Medina County Fiber Network Medina County OH 2012 Data Businesses only Multiple One Port Authority Community MI-Connection Mooresville, NC 2009 Calix GPON Triple Play, Davidson and Video- Cornelius conferencing

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Network Deployer Community(ies) State(s) Date Vendors Technology Services Markets Served Service Provider Operator Served Project (FTTH by Fiber (all premises (if not network (if not Started Electronics) unless otherwise owner) network noted) owner) MINET Monmouth and OR 2007 Alcatel- BPON Triple Play Independence Lucent Morristown Utility Systems Morristown TN 2006 Alcatel- GPON Triple Play, (MUS Fibernet) Lucent Smart Grid Murray Electric System Murray KY 2000 Active Triple Play Fiber connections Ethernet available for businesses, HFC for residential nDanville Danville VA 2007 PacketFront, Active Business Ser- Multiple Calix Ethernet, vices, Security, GPON Triple Play NetQuincy Quincy and FL 2003 Alcatel- BPON Triple Play surrounding Lucent areas Norwood Light Broadband Norwood MA Data, Voice Fiber connections available for businesses, HFC for residential Ocala Utility Services Ocala FL Active Business Businesses only Ethernet Services, Data Okanogan County Public Okanogan County WA 2002 Active Multiple Utility District Ethernet Onlight Aurora Aurora IL 2012 Business Businesses only Services, Data Opelika Light and Power Opelika AL 2010 Alcatel- GPON Smart Grid, Lucent Triple Play Orangeburg County Nine communities SC 2010 Data, Voice in Orangeburg County Pacific County Public Utility Pacific County WA 2000 Data District Paducah Power System Paducah, KY 2004 Alcatel- BPON, Active Triple Play, Businesses only Multiple (PPS FiberNet) McCracken Lucent, Allied Ethernet Security County Telesis Palm Coast FiberNET Palm Coast FL 2009 Cisco Active Business Businesses only Multiple Ethernet Services, Data, Voice Pend Oreille County Public Pend Oreille WA 2001 Zhone Active Business Ser- Multiple Utility District County Technologies Ethernet vices, Triple Play Philippi Communications Philippi WV 2005 Motorola BPON Data, Video System Princeton Electric Department Princeton IL 2003 Data IVNet IVNet Pulaski Electric System Pulaski TN 2007 Aurora EPON Triple Play, Smart Grid Reedsburg Utility Commission Reedsburg WI 2003 Calix BPON, GPON Triple Play Rochelle Municipal Utilities Rochelle IL Zhone Active Business Fiber connections Technologies Ethernet Services, Data available for businesses, wireless for residential Rock Falls Electric Utilities Rock Falls IL Businesses only Russelville Electric Plant Russelville KY 2010 Calix GPON, Active Triple Play, Board Ethernet Smart Grid

30 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | May/June 2013 Network Deployer Community(ies) State(s) Date Vendors Technology Services Markets Served Service Provider Operator Served Project (FTTH by Fiber (all premises (if not network (if not Started Electronics) unless otherwise owner) network noted) owner) Sallisaw Municipal Authority Sallisaw OK 2004 Aurora EPON Triple Play New Roads Telecom Sandersville FiberLink Sandersville and GA Data surrounding area Santa Monica City Net Santa Monica CA 2004 MRV Fiber to the Data Businesses only Multiple Building, Act- ive Ethernet Scottsboro Electric Power Scottsboro AL Active Data, Smart Grid Fiber connections Board Ethernet available for businesses, HFC for residential Seattle Broadband Partner- Seattle WA 2012 ship (Gigabit Seattle) Shawano Municipal Utilities Shawano WI 2008 Tellabs GPON Triple Play Sherwood Broadband Sherwood, Oregon OR 2004 Data Businesses only Multiple Southwest Minnesota Bingham Lake, MN 2010 Calix Windom Broadband Services Heron Lake, Communications Lakefield, Jackson, Round Lake, Brewster, Okabena, Wilder Spencer Municipal Utilities Spencer IA 2007 Calix GPON Smart Grid, Triple Play St. Joe Valley Metronet (Zing) South Bend IN 2005 Business Businesses, MDUs, Multiple Services, Data, institutions Security, Video- conferencing, Voice Sun Prairie Water & Light Sun Prairie WI 1999 Ciena Active Data, Smart Grid Businesses only INOC Telecom Ethernet Swiftel Communications Brookings SD 2006 Calix GPON Triple Play (Brookings Municipal Utilities) Sylacauga Utilities Board Sylacauga AL 1997 Alcatel- Active Data Lucent Ethernet Taunton Municipal Lighting Taunton MA 2003 Aurora EPON Data Plant Thames Valley Groton CT 2002 Data Fiber connections Communications available for businesses, HFC for residential Tifton CityNet Tifton GA 2007 CTDI RFoG Triple Play Town of Leverett Leverett MA 2012 Tullahoma Utilities Board Tullahoma TN 2007 Aurora GPON Triple Play UC2B (Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 2010 ADTRAN Active Triple Play Big Broadband) Champaign, Ethernet University of Illinois UTOPIA Consortium of UT 2004 Allied Telesis, Active Triple Play Multiple 16 cities Alcatel-Lucent Ethernet Vernon City Utilities Vernon CA 1999 Data Businesses only Windom Telecommunications Windom MN 2004 Calix GPON Triple Play

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