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Baltimore Google Fiber Initiative
Tom Loveland, CEOMind Over Machines
“A real political force....I’ve never seen anybody go from 0 to 60 so quickly.”-- House Majority Leader
Who AREyou guys?!
Baltimore• Per-capita income – fastest growing MSA• Downtown population – 22% growth +++• Development - $10B past, $5B+ current• TWO 1M sq ft bio tech parks• #1 concentration of IT professionals in U.S.• “Best Music Scene” – Rolling Stone, 2008
Think big with a gig
Here are some specific things that we have in mind:• Next generation apps: We want to see what
developers and users can do with ultra high-speeds, whether it's creating new bandwidth-intensive "killer apps" and services, or other uses we can't yet imagine.
• New deployment techniques: We'll test new ways to build fiber networks, …
• Openness and choice: We'll operate an "open access" network, giving users the choice of multiple service providers.
What we told Google:
GREAT APPLICATIONS
Health IT Capital of the World
What we told Google:
CITY-OWNED CONDUIT
What we told Google:
IDEAL TARGET COMMUNITY
We Don’t Just Consume, We Create
• JHU University / Medicine
• Univ. of Maryland System
• Space Science Telescope Inst.
• National Security Agency
• National Institutes of Health
• U.S. Army, Fort Meade
• U.S. Army, Aberdeen
• Biotech Park, BioPark
• Medicare & Medicaid
• Social Security Administration
• JHU Applied Physics Lab
• NASA
• FDA
• NIST
“Google City”Dynamic · Engaged · Organized
Odds3:1100
HOPING GOOGLE PICKS YOUR CITY
IS NOT A STRATEGY
BROADBAND TASK FORCE
As is? To be? Best Practices?
Maryland Broadband Grant Will Create 1,600 New Jobs
Maryland lands $115M stimulus grant to extend broadband networkFriday, September 17, 2010
One Maryland Broadband
• 10 Gbps - 1,006 community anchor institutions• 1,300 miles of new fiber interconnected with
over 2,400 miles of existing fiber• Touches every county – 1st in U.S.• Project complete by August 31, 2013
• Center for Broadband Innovation
Baltimore Fiber Asset
• Baltimore will own its portion of the network• Extra fiber may be utilized at City’s discretion
Today• How leverage? PPP, ...• Inventory fiber: gov’t, commercial, private• Map, e.g., proximity to City schools• Plan…
Grateful to Google
Still eager for Google Fiber