Work Session - Enhanced Broadband Capacity, Access and Equity in DubuqueEnhanced Broadband Capacity,
Access and Equity in Dubuque
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION PRESENTATION
JUNE 25, 2018
2015 City Council Goal-Setting
Initial Analysis = Middle Path
Key Focus:
•Capacity
•Access
•Equity
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Early Signs of Success
•Doubled Conduit
•Quadrupled Fiber
•2015: CenturyLink, Mediacom, Comelec
•2018: CenturyLink, Mediacom, Wisconsin
Independent Network, ImOn Communications,
CS Technologies, Unite Private Network, MV Link,
Extenet
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Challenges
•Fiber-to-the-Home needs more attention
and improvement
•Demographic gaps must be analyzed and
innovative solutions developed
•In addition to capacity, access, and equity,
“control” has re-emerged as an interest.
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2005 Feasibility Study
& Referendum
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2005 Municipal Communications Utility
Feasibility Study
•Consultants hired to “conduct in-depth and objective
market and technology feasibility study of the
creation of a municipal communications utility.”
•Feasibility study contract = $89,900
•Over 400 randomly selected residents and 100
businesses were surveyed
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2005 Municipal Communications Utility
Feasibility Study
Fiber to the Premises Models:
•Three separate models estimated total capital requirements of $28
million to $82 million and annual operating and maintenance
expenses of approximately $2 million
Wireless Model:
•Total capital requirements of $8.5 million and annual operating
expenses of approx. $1 million
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Net Neutrality
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What was it?
Regulations that prohibited broadband
providers from blocking websites or charging
for higher-quality service or certain content.
Campaign for Dubuque Municipal Internet
“Sign the Petition: Demand Municipal Internet in Dubuque”
•“We, the undersigned citizens of Dubuque,
demand that the Dubuque City Council move
to fund and implement a municipal broadband
network that is publicly—not privately—owned
and operated, and which provides guaranteed
neutral access to all websites and online
services.”
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Campaign for Dubuque
Municipal Internet
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Challenge Infrastructures
Technological
Physical Human
Financial Governmental
Estimate to Conduct a New Municipal
Internet Utility Feasibility Study
$75,000 -$100,000
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Enhanced Broadband Capacity,
Access and Equity in Dubuque