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Agenda - 01-21-20 12-6 - Information Item - Memorandum-Broadband Initiative Pilot Project Update with Attached Service Area Map
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3 <br /> • September 2018 — Board approves awarding grant funds to Open Broadband. <br /> • May 2018 — RFP is advertised as per the County Attorney's recommendation. <br /> • March 2018 — RFP vendor(s) selection commences <br /> • January 2018 — Broadband RFP closes and vendor interviews commence <br /> • November 2017 — County solicits Broadband Request for Proposals (RFP) <br /> • June 2017 — $500k for broadband incentives approved in County budget <br /> • Late 2016 — County works with Representative Graig Meyer to set meeting with CenturyLink. <br /> This meeting paved the way for CenturyLink to provide budgetary numbers for improving <br /> broadband in its service area and those numbers were used as a base number for the FY <br /> 2017-18 $500,000 Broadband Incentive. <br /> • September - December 2016 — IT met with Federal Engineering and Emergency Services to <br /> discuss the positive impact proposed telecommunications towers may have on broadband <br /> services in rural Orange County. It was requested at that meeting that approximately 15' of <br /> vertical strata be reserved for placement of 3rd party wireless broadband equipment on any <br /> new towers to be constructed by Orange County. Discussions also included how both the <br /> County's telecommunication and fiber plans have synergies that may decrease long range <br /> costs and offer a more secure and reliable fiber connection to each proposed tower location. <br /> • July 2016 — Former Governor Pat McCrory released the NC broadband strategy report. No <br /> funding identified within this report for broadband improvements. <br /> • May 2016 — The County's public network build out was completed in downtown Hillsborough <br /> and all County-occupied buildings. <br /> • March 2016 —WiFi-to-Go pilot began via collaboration by IT and the County Library. <br /> • March 2016 — The State assisted Orange County with identifying vertical assets - <br /> understanding the location and availability of county-wide vertical assets is important to <br /> businesses that want to bring wireless internet services into Orange County. <br /> • December 2015 — An ISP meeting on State/County collaboration occurred. <br /> • Late 2015 — The Orange Public + Education Network (OPEN) formed to foster collaboration <br /> and cost-sharing among Orange County and its municipalities. <br /> • August 2015 — The County's Broadband Survey closed. <br /> • June 2015 — The County's Broadband Survey was released. <br /> • Apr. 2015 — The Broadband Initiative resident group was formed. <br /> • November 2014 — The Manager directed County staff to make a concerted effort to engage <br /> residents in broadband discussions. <br />
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