Baltimore Google Fiber Initiative

Tom Loveland, CEOMind Over Machines

“A real political force....I’ve never seen anybody go from 0 to 60 so quickly.”-- House Majority Leader

Who AREyou guys?!

Baltimore• Per-capita income – fastest growing MSA• Downtown population – 22% growth +++• Development - $10B past, $5B+ current• TWO 1M sq ft bio tech parks• #1 concentration of IT professionals in U.S.• “Best Music Scene” – Rolling Stone, 2008

Think big with a gig

Here are some specific things that we have in mind:• Next generation apps: We want to see what

developers and users can do with ultra high-speeds, whether it's creating new bandwidth-intensive "killer apps" and services, or other uses we can't yet imagine.

• New deployment techniques: We'll test new ways to build fiber networks, …

• Openness and choice: We'll operate an "open access" network, giving users the choice of multiple service providers.

What we told Google:

GREAT APPLICATIONS

Health IT Capital of the World

What we told Google:

CITY-OWNED CONDUIT

What we told Google:

IDEAL TARGET COMMUNITY

We Don’t Just Consume, We Create

• JHU University / Medicine

• Univ. of Maryland System

• Space Science Telescope Inst.

• National Security Agency

• National Institutes of Health

• U.S. Army, Fort Meade

• U.S. Army, Aberdeen

• Biotech Park, BioPark

• Medicare & Medicaid

• Social Security Administration

• JHU Applied Physics Lab

• NASA

• FDA

• NIST

“Google City”Dynamic · Engaged · Organized

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HOPING GOOGLE PICKS YOUR CITY

IS NOT A STRATEGY

BROADBAND TASK FORCE

As is? To be? Best Practices?

Maryland Broadband Grant Will Create 1,600 New Jobs

Maryland lands $115M stimulus grant to extend broadband networkFriday, September 17, 2010

One Maryland Broadband

• 10 Gbps - 1,006 community anchor institutions• 1,300 miles of new fiber interconnected with

over 2,400 miles of existing fiber• Touches every county – 1st in U.S.• Project complete by August 31, 2013

• Center for Broadband Innovation

Baltimore Fiber Asset

• Baltimore will own its portion of the network• Extra fiber may be utilized at City’s discretion

Today• How leverage? PPP, ...• Inventory fiber: gov’t, commercial, private• Map, e.g., proximity to City schools• Plan…

Grateful to Google

Still eager for Google Fiber