Brad Housewright eTeam Director 531 East Washington Street Springfield, IL. 62701 618.833.0903 [email protected] December 6, 2012
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Brad Housewright eTeam Director 531 East Washington Street Springfield, IL. 62701 618.833.0903 [email protected] December 6, 2012 eTeams • • • • • Stakeholder Meetings Work with Providers Promote Deployment Encourage Broadband Use Industry Specific Opportunities (i.e. Healthcare, Education, etc.) 11/6/2015 2 PCI’s Mission 11/6/2015 Infrastructure and Access Adoption and usage Data and Mapping 3 Governor’s Gigabit Challenge PCI worked in 20 communities to put together 20 of 40 applications for the challenge 11/6/2015 4 Universal Service Fund High Cost Program: Bringing broadband to underserved and unserved areas Phase I: Unserved Areas Phase II: Mobile Deployment 11/6/2015 Rural Healthcare: Providing quality healthcare to rural communities E-Rate: Funding for high speed Internet to schools and libraries 5 Broadband Request Tool 11/6/2015 6 Collect and Publish Data 11/6/2015 Publishing carrier data at census block level 7 Southeast Central eTeam Region Coles County 11/6/2015 10 Barriers to Adoption 11/6/2015 • 46 percent of adults whose highest level of education is a high school degree are broadband users at home; 82 percent of adults who have attended or graduated from college are broadband users at home. • 52 percent of Americans in households with annual incomes of $50,000 or below have broadband at home, compared with 87 percent of those in households with incomes above that level. • Senior citizens (those over the age of 65) continue to trail the national average in broadband adoption with a 35 per- cent broadband-at-home penetration rate 11 Broadband Innovation Fund Very high speed broadband offers opportunities to spark the creativity of our entrepreneurs, energize community organizations, and stimulate the brainpower of our academics. Applicants must provide performance measures to include deliverables such as number of residents reached, number of community broadband centers connected, number of training sessions provided or other metrics of project sustainability. Proposals need to show how the project stimulates the best possible use of broadband networks. Lifeline Linkup Pilot Providers that are involved • Cass • Mid Century • Adams • Harrisonville • Wabash • Shawnee • Madison 11/6/2015 13 Southeast Central eTeam Organize Community of Interest Sub-Committees and Executive eTeam What Community of Interest Sub-Committees are Needed? How often to meet for Sub-Committees? How often to meet for Executive eTeam? 11/6/2015 Current Economic Development Meetings Quarterly meetings with PCI 14 Southeast Central eTeam 11/6/2015 What organizations are a natural fit to support the planning and action? Who is main contact or contacts in region? Who can gather information? (Training, wifi businesses, new provider service) Who can do a very short press release after executive eteam meetings? Who can give information to schools, libraries, and others on finding access? 15 Southeast Central Executive eTeam 11/6/2015 ___________, University of Illinois Extension ___________, Community College ___________, Eastern Illinois University ___________, High School ___________, Farm Bureau ___________, Providers ___________, Library ___________, Regional Plan Commission ___________, Local Economic Development ___________, Business ___________, Hospital ___________, ICN Barbara Webster, PCI/Broadband Illinois 16 Broadband Illinois Website Information www.broadbandillinois.org Click on eTeams 11/6/2015 Potential Providers by Address Providers by County Provider Maps County Coverage Maps New Provider Service/Builds Public Computer Access Basic Computer Training Broadband Success Stories/Best Practices 17 www.broadbandIllinois.org 11/6/2015 18 Barbara Webster, Regional eTeam Coordinator 618-843-8433 [email protected] 11/6/2015 19