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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />2009 Stimulus Act Starts the Ball Rolling <br />• MCNC receives funds to improve their middle -mile network - 2010 <br />• FCC publishes National Broadband Plan for every American to have "access to <br />broadband capability." - 2010 <br />• NC House Bill 129 bars local governments from providing broadband using public funds. <br />-2011 <br />Orange County Action <br />• All public buildings have free WiFi Orange_Public_WiFi - 2013 <br />• Time Warner installs free wireless in Hillsborough and points north - 2014 <br />• Downtown <br />• Cedar Grove Community Center <br />• Fairview Park <br />More Orange County Action <br />• Manager directs staff to engage with the State and our residents to find broadband <br />solutions - 2014 <br />• Ad hoc Broadband Initiative Group formed - 2015 <br />• Orange County Broadband Survey - 2015 <br />• State solicits broadband providers to come to Orange County - 2016 <br />Meanwhile.... <br />Orange County solidified and expanded its relationships with neighboring jurisdictions and <br />agencies <br />• Hillsborough <br />• Chapel Hill <br />• Carrboro <br />• Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools <br />• Orange County Schools <br />• UNC <br />• UNC Hospital <br />• Piedmont Electric <br />• Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) <br />• Duke <br />2016 <br />Wi -Fi to go <br />Orange County Plans <br />• Federal Engineering communications tower planning to include space for broadband <br />providers to attach <br />• Fiber Plan <br />• Cedar Grove to Carrboro <br />• East West along Rt. 70 <br />Current Initiatives <br />• Maintaining all of the previous stuff just covered <br />• Fiber Project with Hillsborough - 2017 <br />