Howard feb 2015

Steve HowardIT & Development Manager

Paul Bunyan Communications

• Cooperative formed in 1952

• 8-member Board of Directors

• Serve more than 5,000 square miles

• 125 employees

• ISP since 1995

• CLEC since 1999

• Video provider since 2001

• Fiber-to-the-Home services since 2004

• 250 Mbps $60

• 500 Mbps $80

• Gigabit $100

• Fiber Network

• Fiber Network

• Infrastructure Electronics

• Fiber Network

• Infrastructure Electronics

• Internet Transit Cost & Transport Cost

• Fiber Network

• Infrastructure Electronics

• Internet Transit Cost & Transport Cost

• Traffic Patterns

• Fiber Network

• Infrastructure Electronics

• Internet Transit Cost & Transport Cost

• Traffic Patterns

• Device & Technology Limitations

• Fiber Network

• Infrastructure Electronics

• Internet Transit Cost & Transport Cost

• Traffic Patterns

• Device & Technology Limitations

• Growth Rate

• Depreciation of existing systems

• Benefits to our Members

• Benefits to our Members

• Economic Development

• Benefits to our Members

• Economic Development

• Competitive Pressures

• Benefits to our Members

• Economic Development

• Competitive Pressures

• Public Relations / Company Reputation