1. TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS Vice President/CIO - Paul Czarapata, Ed.D.

2. Average peak connection – The Washington Post BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE

3. Limited high capacity fiber available today Kentucky is 46 th in nation for broadband 23% of rural population has no access vs 1.5% of urban areas Only 30% eastern Ky households adopt broadband High speed internet by itself probably will not bring business to Ky, but it will level the playing field No incentive to bring Internet to underserved/unserved communities The Current State

4. “Middle Mile” project between worldwide internet and the “Last Mile” Last mile = connects homes and businesses to the “Middle Mile” Last mile happens via Internet Service Providers (Windstream, TimeWarner, AT&T, etc.) All 120 counties 3000 miles of fiber optic cable Public/private partnership with Macquarie Capital $300 million project $50 million state bonds & government grants, remainder private investment Approx. 250 priority locations (including all of KCTCS) Eastern Ky is first stage Completion by Fall 2018

5. Network by fall 2018