1. CONNECT VT UPDATE TOWN MEETING 2012 Karen L. Marshall Chief, Connect VT Broadband and Mobile Agency of Administration karen.marshall@state.vt.uskaren.marshall@state.vt.us 802 828 6452

2. What are we building? The Broadband and Mobile Ecosystem

3. Availability of Infrastructure Projects in Process Tools for you to use Universal availability of broadband and mobile by 2013

4. Maps available

5. Projects in Process

6. 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

7. Tools for you to use  www.broadbandvt.org- Vermont’s one stop shop for information about broadband deployment www.broadbandvt.org-  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)