2016-465-E IT - ECC Technologies - fiber inventory

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DocuSign Envelope ID:6342CBCE-68E9-4EC7 e483~^2371*AAo9o8 1111111r ECC TECHNOLOGUES Orange County Telecommunications Consulting Services After that we will compare those needs to developing County owned fiber infrastructure as an internal and/or collaborative Open Access fiber network. We will identify and consider other developing networks such Piedmont Electric Cooperative, as well as connecting the MCNC backbone into the County. During the process ECC will determine annual cost of telecommunications services the County is currently incurring and the "cost avoidance" benefit of building a fiber network. E[[ will provide preliminary budgetary and operations costs, which will support or refute the decision to pursue County owned fiber. ECC will also identify and document the potential for the County to develop a collaborative Open Access Model (OAM), which will foster public/private partnerships. A key component of our process will be to meet and interview with potential high bandwidth users or"anchor" organizations within the County that may be interested in partnering. During this process we will determine levels of interest, start developing the needed public/private partnerships, and begin to identify financial support for the initiative. This information will be included in the Open Access Business Plan should the County decide to pursue one. The organizations that will be included in the Fiber Assessment process are: • Service providers, including CLECs, network providers, cellular providers, and MSPs • Educational institutions (school districts and colleges) • Government agencies: Public Safety, and economic development agencies • Hospitals and healthcare organizations • Various local businesses E[[ will also review and make summary comments on responses the County received to its Broadband Survey initiative. This type of information can be used to help lure third party service providers into the area. During this task we will begin the process of identifying stakeholders and potential infrastructure users to determine the potential levels of support that can be expected and the placement of access locations to the fiber. Later, general potential revenue dollar expectations will be developed to demonstrate sustainability of the infrastructure and the user locations to help determine preliminary infrastructure routing. Potential Customer Locations Once the potential fiber user meetings have been conducted, a list of organizations and locations will be compiled and mapped. The mapping information (service providers and others) gathered in the inventory phase will be overlaid with the County's census map. High yield opportunities such as wireless broadband, cellular, business parks, education, and Public Safety will be considered — it has been our experience that partnering with the telecom industry can be a key factor in the success of these types of initiatives. Un this case the community provides the infrastructure and the service provider's use it. Partnerships with Piedmont EMC and other fiber owners will also be explored during this assessment. Task 2 Preliminary Routes E[[ will develop preliminary routes in order to deliver fiber optic infrastructure to the identified subscriber base and make the connection to the MCNC fiber backbone. ECC's approach to route design Page 10 U]]4U Falls ofNc sckd Raleigh, NC 27614