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This comprehensive plan encompasses assessment, financial modeling, and demographic analysis to bridge digital gaps, attract tech opportunities, and create jobs through upgraded telecommunications infrastructure. The implementation strategy focuses on user profiles, operational enhancements, and collaboration for sustainable growth.
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Assessment Process • Infrastructure Inventories • Demographic/User Analysis • Financial Modeling • Infrastructure Options • Needs versus capacity delivered • Capacity versus cost to capitalize/operate • Concept Organization • Implementation Design
Economic Development • Reduce the Digital Divide • Create Infrastructure System to Handle Technical Advance • Provide New Economy-Based Jobs • Promote Private Sector Investment • Bring New Capital to Regional Community
Economic Development …Insufficiencies • High-speed, High-capacity Telecommunications Needs • Removing Technical Barriers to Access • Competitive Pricing • Limited Broadband Access • Distance Learning Integration • Attraction of High Tech Opportunities
Regional Wireless Network • Creating LAN Speeds for Voice, Data and Video Communications • Creation of a Utility Grade Offering • Highest Levels of Security • Highest Quality of Service • Leapfrogging Legacy Barriers • High-speed Access to the Rest of World
Regional Competition • Funds • Leadership • Business Opportunities • Educators • Health Care Providers • Businesses
Segmented Implementation Strategy • Initial System Users: • Private Sector • Health Care • Education • User Profiles: • T-1 Speeds and Above • Dynamic Resizing Requirements • High Throughput Integrity • Menu Driven User Tools and Interfaces
Partnering to Service Small Business/Residential • Identifying CPE cost thresholds • Attracting partners (ISP) with service infrastructure • Thorough integration of diverse media to gain additional users • Public assistance based on demographic need
Services/Operational Enhancements • Customized Internet Access Interface • Enhanced Video Applications Services • Voice over IP • B2B applications services • Virtual Private Network • Packet based billing
Attracting High Tech Opportunities • E-Commerce Opportunities Require High Capacity Throughput • Creating Telecommuter Employment • Opportunities for Small Business Growth • Washington County in Leadership Position as Regional Telecommunications Infrastructure Planning Develops
S2R Base Station Concentrator Transceiver Bank Rooftop/Tower High End Super Server RF Modem Banks Central Office Ethernet Packet Switch or ATM Switch 2 Way High- Speed Data Telephony Infrastructure Internet WAN Telephony Video Conferencing Internet
Regional Cooperation Means Global Competition • Planning • Sharing of Intellectual Resources • Leveraging Attraction and Retention Efforts • Increased Personal Productivity • Showcasing Washington County in Leadership Role