N Carolina DGS 16 presentation - Why Broadband? - Phil Emer

WHY BROADBAND?Phil EmerThe Friday Institute at NC State UniversityFor NC Government IT Summit 2016August 31, 2016

Philosophy• Killer application(s)• North Carolina State supported efforts in public education• Rants and raves

I want my mTV

Everything is a set top box

The “Things” in IOT

“After examining data from selected cable and DSL networks in North America, Sandvine has concluded that on a typical day there are 7.1 devices connected to the Internet for every household with an active fixed access connection.”

Streaming A/V Wins

Digital-Age Learning

NC SESSION LAW 2013-12

AN ACT STATING THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRANSITION FROM FUNDING TEXTBOOKS TO FUNDING DIGITAL LEARNING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION STUDY COMMITTEE ON DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Access the plan and related resources at http://ncdlplan.fi.ncsu.edu

Peak Internet Usage in K12 > 2X all UNC Schools

MCNC’s NC Research and Education Network (NCREN) Utilization Graphs from April 27-28, 2016

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2016 NC FCC E-rate Funding Summary

Total Cost E-rate StateCategory 1 School Fiber Connections $43.2M $34.0M $9.2M

Category 1 Consortium Internet LEAs $17.7M $14.2M $3.5M

Category 1 Consortium Internet charters $3.3M $2.1M $1.2M

Category 2 Classroom Connections $57.5M $43.3M $14.2M

Totals $121.7M $93.6M $28.1M

The NC School Connectivity Initiative (SCI) has provided State funding leveraged against FCC E-rate funds to ensure equity of access in all of NC public schools, since 2007. In 2015 SCI funding was expanded to support classroom (WiFi) connections.

Homework Gap

“Today, 7 in 10 teachers assign homework that requires Internet access. Kids may be connected in the classroom, but if they are disconnected at home getting basic schoolwork done is hard. Researching a paper and applying for scholarships and jobs is tough without reliable broadband access. But as the Pew Research Center demonstrates, five million American families with students at home go without regular broadband access and fall into the Homework Gap. This is the cruelest part of the new digital divide. We need to bridge this gap and fix this problem because our shared economic future depends on it.”

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel [April 20, 2015]

Addressing the Homework Gap• Connect2compete + FCC Lifeline broadband subsidy• EMC and TMC investments in rural broadband• Municipal and community networks• Content caching solutions• School connectivity - particularly in low density areas – can affect network access more broadly in the community

Final Thoughts• Broadband substantially supports the delivery of streaming content across all devices with a display or directly connected to a display – InternetTV

• North Carolina provides highly reliable, scalable, sustainable, and equitable broadband access to all public schools

• Residential and community broadband are linked in rural NC• It takes a village – DIT, private service providers, municipalities, MCNC, EMCs, TMCs, FCC, and so on

Thank You!paemer@ncsu.edu