1 Tamworth Wireless August 23, 2010 Presentation Tamworth Wireless: Affordable High Speed Broadband...

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Tamworth Wireless:

Affordable High Speed Broadband for All Citizens

Presentation to the Tamworth Foundation Annual Meeting

August 23, 2010


Contents

1. History and Current Status

2. Tamworth Wireless Mission

3. How the Service Will Work

4. Implementation Timelines

5. What To Do If You Are Interested in Being a Customer


Tamworth Wireless – 4 Years in the Making

2007 • Gunnar Berg, Brian Forcier and Dennis Quinn develop the original design for Tamworth Wireless

2008 • Brian and Dennis share the idea with the Board of Selectmen

• Selectmen decide it is not an appropriate town investment; neither Dennis nor Brian have the free time to start a new enterprise

2009 • Pat Farley invites Dennis to be an “advisor” to the Tamworth Economic Development Committee (TEDC) on the future of Broadband in Tamworth, Dennis agrees to “explore” what it would actually take to create this network.

• NH’s federal broadband grant application is unsuccessful

2010 • With encouragement from Carol Miller, the NH Broadband Czar, Dennis decides to “just do it” and submits an application to the Tamworth Foundation

• Tamworth Foundation approves a $100,000 grant to Tamworth Wireless


Tamworth Wireless Mission and Vision

Mission:

To make affordable broadband Internet access and local IT support services available to all households, individuals and organizations in Tamworth.

Vision:

Tamworth citizens will use high speed broadband access to improve their livelihoods; create new opportunity; and connect with the world in ways that enhance their quality of life.


Current Status

• Founding Board established

• Non-Profit Articles of Incorporation in process

• Business plan developed

• Technical plan developed and approved by the Project Team

• Initial equipment arriving

• Deployment of first 25 “Beta Test” customers targeted for Fall 2010

Founding Board Members

•John Cleveland, Chair•Lianne Prentice•Jack Waldron•Betsy Loughran•Demirhan Yeningun•Dennis Quinn, President (Ex Officio)

Project Team(Meets monthly to review implementation progress)

•Tamworth Foundation Board Members

•Tamworth Wireless Board Chair and President


How the System Works

• Bandwidth is purchased from NHVT and travels through a phone line to a 10” dish on the back of the UCC Church

• A signal is broadcast from UCC to the Great Hill Fire Tower, and from there to Page Hill and Bunker Hill

• The signal is broadcast from those access points to a “internet radios” at individual residences, and to neighborhood nodes.

• A cable from the internet radio brings the signal to into the customer’s home.

Access Point


System Graphic

Fairpoint “Center of Operations”

UCC Church

Great Hill Fire Tower

Neighborhood Node

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Bunker Hill

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Projected System Performance Goals

• Each user will be guaranteed a minimum level of bandwidth

• Bandwidth will depend on the pricing plan (higher cost, more bandwidth)

• The “standard” bandwidth package is expected to be able to deliver:

• 3 megabits (3 million) of download speed• 1 megabit (1 million) of upload speed

• The Beta Test phase (first 25 customers) will determine verifiable system performance


Typical Broadband Speeds

TYPE OF SERVICE TYPICAL SPEEDS*

(Bits per second)

Download Upload

Cable 5 Mb 1 Mb

DSL 3 Mb 1 Mb

Satellite (WB & Hughes) .5 – 1Mb .1 - .2 Mb

Verizon Wireless 0.6 – 1.4 Mb 0.3 Mb

Dial Up 0.053 Mb 0.007 Mb

*Actual speeds may vary

Tamworth Wireless “Standard” Service

1.5 – 3 Mb 0.8 – 1.5 Mb


Preliminary Pricing Goals*

TYPE OF SERVICE

Bandwidth Cost Per Month

One Time Equipment FeeDownload Upload

Standard 3 Mb 1 Mb $40 $250

Budget 1 Mb 0.5 Mb $20 $250

Business 6+ Mb 3+ Mb $80 -- $200 $250

Part-Time** TBD TBD TBD $250*Final pricing may change slightly based on prototype experience and speeds that can be delivered.

**Pricing for part time residents has not yet been determined.


Other Services Tamworth Wireless Will Provide

• Customer IT support – computer repair; software troubleshooting, virus & malware removal.

• Website design

• Services will be provided on a fee basis – they are not included in the monthly Internet service fee


Implementation Timelines

Timeframe Implementation Steps

August – October Install backhaul and access points

September – November Install Beta Test customers (25)

October – December Verify system performance with Beta test

Winter, 2011 Formal marketing launch

January – June 2011 Add additional customers


Customer Sign Up Process – Beta Test

1. Fill out a form if you are interested.

2. Dennis will email everyone on the list to verify interest. (This will include those who expressed interest through the community survey, and online survey.)

3. Dennis will choose 25 representative customers, based on technical needs, and geographical location to effectively test the capabilities of the system.

4. Tamworth Wireless will provide and install customer equipment for free.

5. Customers will be connected for one month at no cost while system is being tested.

6. To continue, customers will sign a one-year contract.


Future Customer Additions

• Once the Beta Test is completed, additional customers will be added at the rate that the system can effectively absorb.

• The number of customers will need to be matched to broadband supply to assure guaranteed speeds.

• Depending on the Beta Test results, it may be feasible to offer a reduced cost for initial equipment and installation fees to “first wave” customers – but we will not know this until the Beta Test is complete.


Summary

• Tamworth Wireless will be an important new economic development asset for the town.

• In the future, our system will enable us to access even faster broadband speeds.

• The implementation process is technically complicated and needs to be done in a deliberate and careful manner.

• We will move as quickly as our quality standards allow us to!


Thank You to the Tamworth

Foundation for Supporting

Tamworth Wireless!


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