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WS — Item 8 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item 8 <br />Date: May 2, 2011 <br />To: City Council <br />From: Dan Tesch, Director of Administration <br />Re: Anoka County Broadband Fiber Project <br />Below is a summary of the information you requested regarding the proposed Anoka County Fiber <br />Project. <br />Current <br />Possible Future Provider <br />Provider <br />Comcast <br />Anoka County /ZAYO <br />Cost <br />$70 /mo. ($35 /mo. for each site -- <br />city hall and public works <br />facility) <br />$150.00 /mo. for 100 mbps. ($75 for <br />each site) <br />Potential Future Costs <br />Monthly interne( fees likely will <br />increase at the end of the <br />Franchise <br />Replacement of ZAYO equipment at <br />the co- location site after August 17, <br />2017. <br />Potential Future Revenues <br />n/a <br />$250 /mo. for installation of first <br />equipment device to service <br />commercial customers and $100 /mo. <br />for each additional device <br />Comcast Cable Franchise <br />Agreement <br />Expires 2017 — current franchise <br />only covers cable TV (video <br />service) <br />Will be renegotiated in 2017 <br />Bandwidth <br />10 mbps <br />100 mbps @ $75 /mo. <br />1 gbps @ $400 /mo. <br />Benefits of High Speed <br />Fiber <br />n/a <br />Data sharing & collection, shared <br />services with other agencies, fastest <br />& most reliable service, redundancy, <br />secure I -Net connection between city <br />hall and public works <br />Economic Development <br />n/a <br />The development of a countywide <br />broadband network will provide <br />businesses a high -speed broadband <br />network <br />Internet Service Provider <br />XO Communications through <br />Metro I -Net <br />ISP would not change <br />