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2015 Annual Report • Administration • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />FIBERLAN <br />As part of the City’s strategic initiatives to maintain a quality <br />infrastructure and a robust technological foundation, the City <br />constructed a 14,134 foot municipal fiber optic network or <br />FiberLAN. St. Anthony’s compact size allows for relatively cost <br />effective construction of a city fiber network between its <br />facilities. The establishment of a City-owned fiber network <br />eliminates the need to lease a vital component of infrastructure <br />similar to any other City-owned utility. The fiber route was <br />broken down in to three phases. In 2014, Phase One was the <br />initial “spine or backbone” to interconnect the City Hall/Police <br />with the Fire Station, Marketplace Liquor Store, St. Anthony <br />Village Liquor Store and the Public Works facility. In 2015, <br />Phase Two connected with the City of Roseville and thus Metro Institutional Network (I-Net). <br />Also in 2015, the St. Anthony-New Brighton School District abandoned their old, non-conduit, <br />shallow fiber and utilized extra city-owned fiber. Phase Three will strive for connecting <br />remaining city assets such as park shelters, lift stations, wells, water tower, etc. <br />Fiber optics networks offer superior bandwidth, reliability, resiliency and security to meet the <br />ever growing demand for larger bandwidth and future extensions. Because fiber optics is non- <br />metallic, it is not subject to interference from radio or electromagnetic interference and far more <br />reliable and secure than copper or wireless transmission. <br /> <br /> <br />