The Path Forward Community Broadband Assessment for Middlesex County Virginia - January 2017
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The Path Forward
Community Broadband Assessment
for
Middlesex County Virginia
January 2017
Topics
• Community Profile
• Current Reported Coverage
• Broadband Demand
• Local Assets
• Review of local policies & fees
• Broadband Needs
• Next Steps
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 2
Before We Begin
Positive impacts of broadband on household income:
• gaining 4 Mbps of broadband increases household income by $2,100 per year
• re-employment 25 percent faster than traditional searches
• higher employment rates in rural counties
Positive impacts of broadband on healthcare
• enables solutions that help manage chronic diseases, like diabetes and obesity.
• connecting health and broadband sectors is a path to a more connected, healthier locality.
Reasons for positive impacts
• boosts personal productivity,
• enables more flexible work arrangements
• enables home-based businesses as a replacement, or complement to an ordinary job.
• enables people to be more informed,
• better educated and socially and culturally enriched – fueling a faster career path.
• improves access to health and care
Source: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Broadband Planning Primer Toolkit
https://www.arc.gov/images/programs/telecom/ARCBroadbandPlanningPrimerToolkit.pdf
Connect2HealthFCC: https://www.fcc.gov.edgekey.net/health/maps
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 3
Remember the
Broadband Economics?
Profit/Sustainability = Revenue - CapEx + OpEx
How do we make the math work for sustainability & future upgrades?
How do we entice the private sector to invest?
INCREASE REVENUES LOWER COSTS
Adoption and Demand Local Assets/Infrastructure
What you have that might be shared
Population Density Policies & Fees
Reduce or eliminate fees for partners
Streamline permitting
Community Anchor Institutions Funding Options
Residents, businesses, government Public & Private Investments
facilities, healthcare
*Red indicates variables local governments can affect
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 4
Broadband Perspective COMMUNITY PROFILE SOURCE: HTTPS://WWW.CENSUS.GOV/ACS/WWW/DATA/DATA-TABLES-AND-TOOLS/DATA- PROFILES/2014/ 2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 5
Middlesex Household Income
Total Occupied Households: 4,432
Median household income: $54,452
Less than $10,000 to $15,000 to $25,000 to $35,000 to $50,000 to $75,000 to $100,000 to $150,000 to $200,000 or
$10,000 $14,999 $24,999 $34,999 $49,999 $74,999 $99,999 $149,999 $199,999 more
Take Away: Up to 30% may have affordability challenges
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 6
Middlesex Age and Population
Total Population:10,817
Median Age: 51.5 19 and
under
18%
65 and 20 to 64
older 55%
27%
Take away:
• Majority of population considered technology
adopters.
• 27% may be slow to adopt.
• Largest population group; 65-74
Under 5 5 to 9 years 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 59 60 to 64 65 to 74 75 to 84 85 years and
years years years years years years years years years years years over
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 7
Middlesex Populations with Special Needs
With a
disability
16%
Middlesex survey respondents
reporting a disability
Yes Without a
7% disability
84%
No
93%
Take Away: 16% may be slow to adopt technology or need special equipment
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 8
Middlesex Educational Attainment Profile
Graduate or Less than 9th grade 9th to 12th grade, no
professional degree 2% diploma
10% 8%
Bachelor's degree
18%
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)
30%
Associate's degree
6%
Some college, no degree
26%
Take Away
10% of the population may be slow to adopt and/or less likely to subscribe to new services.
From survey: 5% that report no Internet at home cite reason as digital literacy issues.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 9
Middlesex Households with K-12 Children
Households with
one or more
people under 18
years
22%
From Survey:
Does your child have Internet Households
access outside of school without school
Don't Know aged children
3% 78%
Yes
No
42%
55%
Take Away: 22% of households need broadband at home to support K-12 education.
More than half of survey respondents report their school aged children have no Internet at
home.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 10Middlesex Households with K-12 Children
Connection Types
Don't know Dial-up telephone line
2% 1%
Satellite
10%
Cellular Cable TV modem
14% 37%
Fixed Wireless
17%
DSL
19%
Take away: 25% of household with K12 students have inadequate connection types.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 11Educational Related Online Activities
(From Middlesex Survey)
Parents that Access School Websites Respondents that use the Internet for school
work or job training activities
No
4%
No
Yes 42%
Yes 58%
96%
Take away:
58% of survey respondents report using the Internet for school or job training activities.
Most parents use the Internet to access their child’s school website
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 12Middlesex Housing
Total housing units: 7,188
Occupied housing units: 4,432
Vacant or
Seasonal
housing
units
Occupied
38%
housing
units
62%
Renter-
occupied
17%
Owner-
occupied
Take away: >1/3 of housing units are vacant or
83%
represent seasonal/weekend homes
*a vacant unit may be one which is entirely occupied by persons who have
a usual residence elsewhere.
Source: https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/definitions.pdf
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 13Middlesex Population Density
Population generally low population density across the
county, with concentrations of low-moderate density
in the northern half of the county.
Survey Response Locations: Home
Home Business
Business
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 14FCC Provider Reported Data REPORTED CURRENT COVERAGE 2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 15
Important note about FCC reported coverage
All facilities-based broadband providers* are required to file data with the FCC twice a year
(Form 477) on where they offer Internet access service at speeds exceeding 200 kbps in at least
one direction.
Fixed providers file lists of census blocks in which they can or do offer service to at least one
location, …
Mobile providers file maps of their coverage areas for each broadband technology (e.g., EV-DO,
HSPA, LTE).
Block-Level Deployment and Competition
A provider that reports deployment of a particular technology and bandwidth in a particular
census block may not necessarily offer that particular service everywhere in the census block.
Accordingly, a list of providers deployed in a census block does not necessarily reflect the
number of choices available to any particular household or business location in that block, and
the number of such providers in the census block does not purport to measure competition.
Source: Source: https://www.fcc.gov/general/broadband-deployment-data-fcc-form-477
*A Facilities-based Broadband Provider is an entity that provides broadband services over
facilities it owns, provisions and/or equips.
Take away – 2015 data Coverage maps are overstated !
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 16Middlesex DSL Coverage
Verizon
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 17Middlesex Cable Coverage
Metrocast
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 18Fiber Service
Lightower
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 19Fixed Wireless
Virginia Broadband, KQVA.Net
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 20FCC Coverage Statistics
FCC
Consumer Fixed BB Stats
• >= 4 Mbps 96.9%*
• = 10 Mbps 91.4%
• >= 25 Mbps 88%
Source: FCC 477 data
*Percent of total households
Recall: A provider that
reports deployment of a
particular technology
and bandwidth in a
particular census block
may not necessarily
offer that particular
service everywhere in
the census block.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 21Public Safety
FirstNet and No-LTE
FirstNet 1x1 mile grids.
Proposed terrestrial coverage
Proposed non-terrestrial coverage
No LTE Coverage
Optional *VDEM coordinating FirstNet
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 22Connect America Phase II
CAFII Eligible Blocks
(Preliminary)
Potential Funding Available
$108,174.93 annually,
~$650K over 6 years
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 23CAFII & Demand
Primary CAFII
Areas
• Church View
• Jamaica
• Saluda
Do you have
Internet at home
Yes
No
Business
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 24Now and Into the Future BROADBAND DEMAND 2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 25
Middlesex Survey Response Locations
406 Responses, nicely scattered across
county – good representation.
Businesses
95% +/- 4.65% based on occupied
Residential households (4,432)
Means between 90.36% - 99.64%
certainty that these results
representative across the county.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 26Middlesex Survey responses by Zip Code
Hardyville 23070 Church View 23032 Water View 23180
2% 4% 5%
Jamaica 23079
Saluda 23149 6%
17% Topping
23169
7%
Urbanna 23175
15%
Wake
Hartfield 23071 23176
15% 8%
Deltaville 23043
13%
Locust Hill
23092
8%
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 27Middlesex Survey Respondents by Age
25 to 34 Recall median age: 51.5
8% 55 to 64
45 to 54
23%
13% Largest age group is 65-74
18-24 yrs ~ 5% of pop. contributed
35 to 44
18 to 24 1/5 of the responses.
17%
21%
1
1
65 or older 1
1
18% 868 902
814
564 530 539
482
384
307
Under 5 5 to 9 years 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 59 60 to 64 65 to 74 75 to 84 85 years and
years years years years years years years years years years years over
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 28What are Middlesex citizen’s doing online?
Online Activities
Email friends/family
Make purchase online
Social networking (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
Read the news
Pay bills
Watch videos/Listen to music
Gather health information
Gather financial information
Play games
Search for work/employment
Read blogs
Call long distance or international
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Take Away: Generally low bandwidth activities.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 29Middlesex Reported Residential Access
Do you have Internet
access at home?
No
14%
Yes
86%
No
Yes
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 30Middlesex No Internet at Home (14%)
Locust Hill 23092
4%
Water View
Urbanna 23175
23180
5% Wake 23176 2%
5%
Church View 23032 Saluda 23149
7% 22%
Deltaville 23043
10%
Topping 23169
19%
Hartfield 23071
12%
Jamaica 23079
14%
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 31Why No Internet Service at Home?
(of the 14% that responded no access)
Use it
Use Cellular School/Work
Digital Literacy 1% 2%
5%
Too Expensive
29%
Not Available
63%
Take away: Most who don’t have service say service is not available.
Too expensive for 29%
NOTE: 10 survey respondents stated they do not have a computer at home due to
cost
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 32Where No Internet at Home
of the 14% that responded not available (63%)
Locust Hill 23092 Wake 23176
3% 2% Water
Deltaville 23043 View23180
3% 2%
Urbanna 23175
5%
Saluda 23149
Church View 23032
7% 24%
Hartfield 23071
10%
Topping 23169
24%
Jamaica 23079
20%
Take away: Internet availability issues in Jamaica, Saluda, Topping
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 33Where No Internet at Home
of the 14% that responded too expensive (29%)
Saluda 23149
Locust Hill 23092 6%
6%
Deltaville 23043
Wake 23176 29%
12%
Topping 23169
24% Hartfield 23071
23%
Take away: Internet pricing issues in Deltaville, Topping and Hartfield
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 34Home Internet Connections
Other
Don't know Dial-up
2%
9% 2%
Satellite
10%
Cable
37%
Cellular
10%
DSL
Fixed Wireless 17%
13%
Take away: 39% of respondents depend on inadequate services
DSL may be oversubscribed so new service may not be available
20% depend on cost prohibitive services (data caps etc.)
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 35Access for Work/Business
Own a business Home based business
Yes Yes
24% 25%
No No
76% 75%
Does anyone work from home?
No, but I would
if I had
access/better Yes
access at home
45%
18%
No
37%
Take away – 18% would work from home if they could – remember the majority (39%) depend
upon DSL, Cellular or Satellite services.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 36Home based businesses
Yes
25%
No
75%
Home based
businesses
operating all
across the county
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 37Business Internet Connections
Don't know
Satellite 2% Dial-up
7% 1%
Other
8%
Cable
Fixed 45%
Wireless
16%
DSL
21%
Take Away: 29% of businesses rely on inadequate connection types.
From survey: 95% use the Internet to support their business.
95% report Internet is very important or critical to their businesses.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 38Quality of Business Connections
Lack of
technical
support I'm satisfied
2% 11%
Inadequate - Service is
does not Adequate - Too expensive unreliable
meet our meets all 50% 18%
needs our needs
45% 55% Connection
too slow
19%
Take away:
45% of businesses rate their connections as inadequate
19% cite connection too slow
50% cite cost of service as primary reason for dissatisfaction
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 39Business Locations Reporting
Inadequate Connections
Topping 23169
Church View 23032 5%
5%
Wake 23176
8% Hartfield 23071
22%
Jamaica
23079
8%
Locust Hill 23092
Urbanna 23175
10%
17%
Deltaville 23043
10% Saluda 23149
15%
All but one respondent reported that
the Internet was Very Important or
Home based business Critical to their business.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 40Businesses Inadequate Connections
Connection Types
Other
8%
Satellite
8%
Cable TV modem
30%
Fixed Wireless
20% Dial-up
2%
DSL enabled
phone line
27%
Don't know
5%
Unexpected take away: 30% report cable is inadequate for their needs. Segments
over subscribed and need fiber upgrades.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 41Inadequate Business Cable Connections
Take away: Hartfield, Locust Hill and Deltaville need cable upgrades.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 42Vertical Assets, Fiber, Conduit and Community Anchors LOCAL ASSETS 2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 43
Middlesex Vertical Assets 2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 44
Middlesex Cellular Towers 2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 45
Middlesex Emergency Services 2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 46
Middlesex Schools and Libraries
YMCA and CC
Concentrated in the southeastern portion of the county
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 47WILTON PARCEL A
WILTON PARCEL A
MOORES CREEK ESTATES
JACKSONS CREEK 40-9
Middlesex County Parcels
WILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (YMCA)
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
JACKSONS CREEK 41-7
JACKSONS CREEK 41-7
MILL CREEK 41-7
DELTAVILLE 41-7
STINGRAY-BROAD CRK DREDGE
TIMBER NECK 41-4
SHOOTERS HILL SEC II LOT 6A
PUBLIC LANDING 40-6
PUBLIC LANDING NORTH END
LANDFILL-MAINT BLDG
PIANKATANK
PARADISE
NOHEAD
NOHEAD
PUBLIC LANDING RT 621
COOKS CORNER-PULLER CNTR
COOKS CORNER-PULLER CNTR
HEALTH CENTER
MIDDLE SCHOOL
SALUDA
AIRPORT
Middlesex Co Court House
MIDDLE SCHOOL
SALUDA
PUBLIC LANDING RT 634
PUBLIC LANDING RT 617
PINE TREE
ROBERTSON DUMPSTER SITE
SALUDA
RAPPAHANNOCK CENTRAL All east of Rt 17; Deltaville, Hartfield, Saluda, Toping
AIRPORT
SYRINGA
SYRINGA
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 48Middlesex Business Locations Businesses reported in all parts of the county but concentrated in the south east. 2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 49
Middlesex
Commercial Fiber
FTS (not shown)
All overlapping routes
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 50Affect the Broadband Economics REVIEW OF LOCAL POLICIES & FEES 2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 51
Make sure your policies and procedures are
“Broadband Friendly”
Review comprehensive plans, community zoning regulations and process, policies, fees, etc.
must encourage and enable broadband investment.
Review local franchise agreements should be reviewed for setback or long-drop policy, and
that information should be conveyed to all new homebuilders, and real estate developers.
Policy Considerations for Telecommunications Deployment
https://www.wired.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/Telecom%20Deployment%20Policy%20Recs.pdf
Policy Assessment - Areas to Consider
https://www.wired.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/Policy%20Assessment%20Tool%20Guide_0.pdf
Policy Assessment worksheet:
https://www.wired.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/Policy-Assessment-Tool.xlsx
Google Fiber Checklist:
https://fiber.storage.googleapis.com/legal/googlefibercitychecklist2-24-14.pdf
Remember: to make it “cheap, quick & easy”
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 52Assessment Based COMMUNITY BROADBAND NEEDS 2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 53
Needs Identified
• Technology Adoption
– Digital Literacy
• 27% of population are 65 or over and 16% of population have a disability
• OPTION: Implement and Promote library computer literacy classes - don’t forget senior
centers!
– Affordability
• 30% of population may have affordability challenges
• OPTION: Consider a computer refurb/donation program such as Virginia Star - a state-
wide Student Training and Refurbishment program; http://vastar.org/
• Demand
– Residential
• 20% rely upon cellular or satellite
• 39% have inadequate services (DSL, dial up, cellular, satellite)
• 14% report NO access at all
• OPTION: Expand access and capacity to Saluda, Topping, Jamaica
• OPTION: Negotiate pricing in Deltaville, Hartfield, Topping
– Businesses
• 45% state they need more than they have today (27% DSL, 30% Cable, 8% Satellite)
– Cable segments may be exhausted, may need fiber upgrade in Deltaville, Hartfield, Locust Hill
• 25% (of all respondents) have home based businesses
– 17% DSL, 10% Cellular, 10% Satellite – better services might grow businesses
• OPTION: Expand access and capacity - Hartfield stands out but home businesses are all
over the county.
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 54Needs Identified (Cont’d)
Schools
– USAC (e-Rate) / NCES
• 3, 1 Gbps leased connections from Gans Communications, LP at $800 per connection, contract
expires; 06/30/2021
• 1, 650 Mbps Internet connection from Gans Communications, LP at $3,950 per month, ~$6. per
Mb, contract expires; 06/30/2021
497 Mbps per 1000 students/teachers – Well above the FCC recommendation of 100Mb per
1000 Students + staff
• Libraries
– USAC, Library of Virginia speed test and survey
• Purchasing 20 Mbps fiber (2) from Gans Communications, LP @ $501.02 (x2) per month, ~$25.
per Mb (Median for rural libraries $21.65 per Mb) – Below national recommendation of 100
Mbps for those libraries serving communities of 50,000 or less (Middlesex estimated total pop
10,817)
– OPTION: Expand access and capacity to libraries (Deltaville and Urbanna,) negotiate
pricing (currently on month-to-month contract) or use as leverage.
According to speed test, median download 76 Mbps, median latency 23 ms
Public computers and workforce development available at Urbanna Branch
Computer literacy/training classes offered at Urbanna Branch
• Comprehensive Plan - No broadband mentioned in Comprehensive Plan!
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 55Potential Funding
https://www.wired.virginia.gov/broadband/resources
Look Under Funding Options
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 56E-Rate – already participating: February 3 - May 26 (Schools) or July 21 (Libraries and Consortia)
Lifeline Support http://www.lifelinesupport.org/ls/changes-to-lifeline.aspx - Open all year
USDA is NOW accepting applications for the Community Connect Grant Program for FY 2017.
These grants may be used to provide broadband service in unserved, lower-income and
extremely rural areas.
USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program (DLT)
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/UTP_DLT.html The application window is announced annually
USDA Telecommunications Infrastructure Loans & Loan Guarantees
http://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/farm-bill-broadband-loans-loan-guarantees NOTE:
These loans are for local incumbent providers. Open annually around April
USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program (DLT)
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/UTP_DLT.html - The application window is announced annually
The Vibrant Community Initiative (VCI) http://www.dhcd.virginia.gov/index.php/community-
partnerships-dhcd/vibrant-community-initiative.html Application Due: TBD (tentatively Feb 17)
Virginia Telecommunication Initiative http://www.dhcd.virginia.gov/ - depends on further
funding. TBA
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 57Next Steps
• Identify and Prioritize Goals Based on Needs
• Determine the role the local government will
assume in achieving the goals; (Partnership
model, decision points documents)
– Review CIT Partnership Models Handout
– Decisions need to be adopted by the COUNTY
/Authority - county procurement needs to put out
the RFP
• CIT will draft Requirements Document for
potential RFP
• Seek private partner(s)
2/28/2017 Prepared by CIT 58Questions? Comments?
Contact Information
Jean Plymale, Broadband Project Manager
Jean.plymale@cit.org
540-250-2751
Sandie Terry, VP Broadband
Sandie.terry@cit.org
540-420-4929
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