1. The Longmont Experience: Progress through Municipal-Owned Utility Shawn Lewis Assistant City Manager

3. ©Rick Lovel

4. Quick Facts: Population-93,000 Population-93,000 26 square miles 26 square miles 28% Latino 28% Latino Median Income-$58,698 Median Income-$58,698 9,100 companies 9,100 companies

5. Longmont: the intersection of high tech and manufacturing

6. Longmont Power & Communications

8. LPC Quick Facts 1 of 4 owners of Platte River Power Fiber backbone built to connect substations 37,928 customers One if the lowest electric rates on the Front Range 99.9992% reliability (according to ASAI)

9. The Early Fiber Discussion

10. Investigating the Possibility 1996: City leaders visit Cedar Falls, Iowa 1997: 17 mile fiber loop constructed; Google domain name registered for first time 2000: City signs agreement with Adesta 2005: SB152 passes 2010: Longmont solicits Google fiber

11. Fighting for the Right

12. A History of Votes 2009: 1 st Vote – Telecoms spend $245,513 – Vote fails by 57% 2011: 2 nd Vote – Telecoms spend $419,629 – Vote passes by 60% 2013: $45 million construction bond vote – No telecom spending – Vote passes by 66%

13. Building & Selling NextLight

14. NextLight Marketing Video

15. Installation of NextLight TCS Communications selected for build out 38,500 customers w/ eventual fiber access Take rate = faster deployment Began Q3 2014, concludes Q4 2016

17. Residential Rates Commercial Rates

18. How Fast is It?

19. Broadband Speeds in Select US Cities

20. Longmont Speeds

21. NextLight: So What?

23. What’s in it for Longmont?

24. Next Steps Create a strategic plan Bridge the digital divide Market the service externally for economic development