Municipal Broadband Networks: Market Impact and Implications, 2006-2011

Published by: Visiongain

Published: Jan. 26, 2006 - 137 Pages

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Executive Summary

1.1 Municipalities are considering Broadband Networks as the "fifth utility"

1.2 A left-wing vs right wing debate

1.3 Municipal broadband networks are an increasing reality

1.4 The race is on and positioning is imperative

1.5 Success factors and issues to consider

1.6 FTTH or Wireless?

1.7 Impact on cellular and wireline carriers

1.8 Market barriers and challenges

1.9 Muni broadband evolution and forecasts

Chapter 2 Municipal marketscape and drivers

2.1 Defining Broadband

2.2 The broadband landscape is in a state of flux

2.2.1 The conversion to all-digital broadcasting

2.2.2 VoIP

2.2.3 Wi-Fi handsets

2.2.2.4 WiMAX

2.3 Types of Connections

Table 2.1: Strengths and weaknesses of various broadband access technologies

2.3.1 DSL

2.3.2 Cable Modem

2.3.3 Wireless

Table 2.2: WiMAX compared to WiFi and 3G

2.3.4 Satellite

2.3.5 Fiber to the home

2.3.6 Broadband over Power Line

Chart 2.1: Public power systems offering community broadband services, 2003-2004

2.3.6.1 BPL case study

2.3 Muni broadband as the Fifth Utility

2.3.1 Benefits and applications enabled by Muni broadband

Table 2.3: Muni broadband drivers and applications

Chart 2.2: Muni network use by application (%)

2.3.1.1 Businesses

2.3.1.2 Education

2.3.1.3 Healthcare

2.3.1.4 Emergency services

2.3.1.5 LBS on citywide WiFi networks

2.3.1.6 Gaming on citywide WiFi networks

2.4 The Regulatory / Political Environment

2.4.1 Incumbents vs municipalities

2.4.1.1 Aggressive lobbying has resulted in several bans

Table 2.4: States with legislation that restricts municipalities from creating wireless broadband networks

2.4.1.2 Vocal opposition comes from many quarters

Table 2.5: Major Opponents to Muni Wireless

2.4.1.3 Municipalities are making progress through Federal legislation

2.4.1.4 Community Broadband Act will ensure future survival

Chart 2.3: Broadband penetration by technology, top 20 countries (January 2005)

2.4.1.5 Muni broadband is here to stay

2.5 Reality Versus Perception

2.5.1 Is the need for Muni broadband real?

2.5.1.1 Why the Orlando business model failed

Table 2.5: Orlando Muni network statistics

2.5.1.1.2 Lessons learned

2.5.1.2 Russel County - Success factors

2.5.2 Large city deployments have exarcebated the debate

2.5.1.3 FCC stance and objectives with broadband services

2.5.1.4 Philadelphia deployment is stoking the fires

Table 2.7: Philadelphia network costs and service pricing

2.5.1.4.1 Positioning of two camps does little to benefit either side

2.5.1.4.2 Telcos may win battles, but not the war

2.5.1.4.3 European and Korean models

2.6 Municipal Broadband Drivers

2.6.1 ISPs

2.6.1.1 DSL resellers are forced to forge new partnerships

2.6.1.2 ISPs will compete to partner or fund Muni networks

2.6.1.3 What effect will Google have on the Muni market?

2.6.2 WiMAX

2.7.1 Pre-WiMAX Muni projects and pilots

2.7.2 Benefits of WiMAX to municipalities

Chapter 3 Risks and issues to consider

3.1 Multiple factors determine the success or failure of Muni broadband

Table 3.1: High-profile US cities deploying Muni Networks

3.1.1 Capacity

3.1.2 Spectrum constraints and interference

3.1.3 Competitive concerns

Table 3.2: Global spectrum available as result of deregulation

3.1.3.1 Sprint-Nextel and MBWA

Table 3.3: US WiMAX trials by incumbents

3.1.4 Scalability

3.1.5 Mesh infrastructure

3.1.6 Logistics

3.1.7 Security issues

3.1.8 Budgets and financing

3.1.9 Defining a clear business case

3.1.10 Costs

3.1.10.1 Wireless

Table 3.4: Wireless network deployment costs (per sq mi)

3.1.10.2 Fiber Deployments

3.1.10.3 Fiber vs Wireless

Chart 3.1: FTTH cost per home, 2000 and 2005

Table 3.5: Fiber vs wireless network cost comparison, by household density

3.2 Muni Network trends

3.2.1 Deployments will double in 2006 and continue accelerating

Chart 3.2: Muni network deployments, 2005-2011

3.2.2 Muni broadband will become ubiquitous

Chart 3.3: Muni network service revenues, 2005-2011

3.2.3 A seamless international system is on the horizon

Table 3.6: Muni broadband SWOT analysis

3.2.4 Internet2 and NGI will drive growth further

Chapter 4 Muni network trials and deployments

Chart 4.1: Municipal wireless broadband networks in operation worldwide

4.1 US

4.1.1 San Francisco, California

Table 4.1: Likely winners of San Francisco project

4.1.2 New York City, New York

Chart 4.2: Current broadband use in NYC

4.1.3 Scottsburg, Indiana

4.1.4 Chicago's Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority

4.1.5 Lee County, Georgia

4.1.6 Maine

4.1.7 Diamond Bar, California

4.1.8 Carlisle, Pennsylvania

4.1.9 South Texas

4.1.10 Riverside County and San Bernardino County, California

4.1.11 Boulder City, Nevada

4.1.12 SUNY, New York

4.1.13 Portland, Oregon

4.1.14 Farmers Branch, Texas

4.1.15 Cody, Wyoming

Table 4.2: Cody network details and pricing

4.1.16 Akron and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

4.1.17 Tempe, Arizona

Table 4.3: Tempe network features

4.1.17.1 Nation's Largest Contiguous Border-to-Border Wireless Network

4.1.18 State of Michigan

4.1.19 Adel, Georgia

4.1.20 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Table 4.4: Milwaukee network pricing and details

4.1.21 Boston, Massachusetts

4.1.22 North Carolina

4.1.23 Frankfort, Kentucky

4.1.24 Jackson, Tennessee

Chart 4.3: Top 5 US Cities for Number of Hotspots

Table 4.5: Number of hotspots in US by state

4.2 Europe

4.2.1 UK

4.2.2 France

4.2.3 Norway

4.2.4 Italy

4.2.5 Russia

4.2.6 Czech Republic

4.2.7 The Netherlands

4.3 Africa/Middle East

Chart 4.4: Broadband users in Africa, 2005-2006

4.3.1 Abuja, Nigeria

4.3.2 Kuwait

4.4 North, Central and South America

4.4.1 Canada

4.4.2 Colombia

4.4.3 Venezuela

4.4.4 Dominican Republic

4.5 Asia-Pacific

4.5.1 Taiwan

Table 4.6: Taipei network details

4.5.1.1 Challenges

4.5.1.2 Early success factors

4.5.2 Japan

4.5.3 Philippines

Chapter 5 Muni broadband business models

5.1 Wholesale business model

5.1.1 Wholesale model variants

5.2 Retail model

5.3 Wholesale Business Model Examples

5.3.1 Local Consortium Scenario: Utopia

5.3.1.1 Utopia's targets

5.3.l.2 Utopia's financing

5.3.1.3 Implementation timeline

5.3.1.4 UTOPIA's Business Model Analysis

5.3.1.4.1 Benefits of this approach

5.3.1.4.1.1 Minimizing administrative and operational costs

5.3.1.4.1.2 Leveraging costs across multiple system users

5.3.1.4.1.3 Competitive service rates

5.3.1.5 Interlocal Agreement Empowers Individual Cities

Table 5.1: UTOPIA Membership

5.3.2 ISP Partner Models

5.3.2.1 ISP Partner Scenario: Philadelphia

5.3.2.2 ISP Partner Scenario: Anaheim

5.3.4 Telco Partner Scenario: Lexington

Table 5.2: Lexington service pricing

5.3.5 Base Business Model

5.3.5.1 Base Model Scenario: Mountain View

5.3.5.2 Base Model Scenario: Tucson

5.3.5.2.1 Applications

5.3.5.2.2 Mesh networking

5.3.5.3 Base Model Scenario: Lompoc, California

Table 5.3: Local demand for broadband

5.4 Hybrid Business Model Examples

5.4.1 Burbank

5.4.1.1 Network usage

5.4.1.2 Benefits

5.4.1.3 Features

5.4.1.4 Solution

5.4.2 Detroit

Chapter 6 Vendor solutions and technology options

Chart 6.1: Municipal spend on broadband networks, 2005-2011

Table 6.1: US Muni broadband deployments and vendors behind them

Table 6.2: Global Muni broadband deployments and vendors behind them

6.1 Airspan

6.1.1 Company Profile

6.1.2 Product portfolio

6.1.3 Recent activity and outlook in Muni broadband

6.2 Alvarion

6.2.1 Profile

Chart 5.1: BWA market shares by vendor, 2005

6.2.2 Product Portfolio

Table 6.3: Alvarion's product description

6.3 5G Wireless

6.3.1 Profile

6.3.2 Product Portfolio

6.3.3 Muni Broadband activity and plans

6.4 Tropos MetroMesh

6.4.1 Profile

6.4.2 Product Portfolio

6.4.3 MetroMesh Programme

6.4.3.1 Partners

Table 6.4: Tropos partners

6.4.4 Solutions for Municipalities

Figure 6.1: Tropos access point

6.4.5 Metro-scale Muni deployments

Table 6.5: Cities using metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks

6.4.5.1 Mesh network economics

6.5 Motorola's Canopy

6.5.1 Canopy features and performance

6.5.2 LoS Backhaul Solutions

6.5.4 OFDM backhaul

6.5.4 Deployments

6.6 Wireless Facilities (WFI)

6.6.1 Profile

6.6.1 Emerging focus on Muni broadband

6.6.3 New Site Services

6.6.4 Physical Site Surveys

Table 6.5: WFI's WiFi project management capabilities

6.7 Cisco

6.7.1 Mesh networking strategy

Image 6.1: Cisco Aironet Bridge Antenna

Image 6.2: Cisco Aironet Access Points

6.7.2 Product portfolio

6.8 Strix Systems

6.8.1 Product Portfolio

6.8.2 Deployments

6.8.3 Salient features for Muni networks

6.8.4 Enabling Muni applications

Table 6.7: Product features

6.9 Proxim

6.9.1 Profile

Figure 6.1: Proxim's multiple connectivity solution

6.9.2 Deployments

6.10 MobilePro

6.10.1 Profile

6.10.2 NeoReach Wireless

6.10.2.1 Deployments

6.11 IP3 Networks

6.11.1 Profile

6.11.2 Deployments

6.11.3 Salient features

Chapter 7 Recommendations

7.1 Fixed Line Carriers

7.2 Cable Companies

7.3 Mobile Operators

7.4 Investment Companies

7.5 Municipalities

Appendix A Lead author's profile

Appendix B About visiongain

Appendix C Report evaluation form

5G Wireless

AIPDC

Airespace

Airpath

Airspan

Alcatel

Alvarion

AnchorFree

AOL

Aperto

APVTS

Ascio Wireless

AT&T

Axtel

Azulstar Networks

Badger Meter

bbned

BEC-TEL

Bell Canada

BellSouth

BSkyB/EasyNet

BT Openzone

Camvera Networks

CGI-AMS

Charter Communications

Chunghwa Telecom

Cingular

Cisco

Civitium

Coldecon

Colubris Networks

Comcast

Compartel

Covad

Current Communications Group

EarthLink

EDX Wireless

Ericsson

FCC

Garage Technology Ventures

GeoWireless

GlobeTel Wireless

Google

Hokkaido Seiko Time Systems

HP

IBM

IEEE

ING Group

Intel

IP3 Networks

iPass and other ISPs

Jackson Energy Authority

KPN

LLC Internafta

Locustworld

Loose Connection

M-33 Access

MCI/Skytel

Mediacom Communications

Meridian Telekoms

Meru Networks

Mesh Networks

Metranet Communications

MetroFi

M-Gravity

Microsoft

Midwest Fiber Networks

MobilePro

Motorola

MPEA

MTN

National League of Cities

Navini Networks

NEC Infrontia

NeoReach Wireless

NETAGO Wireless

Netgear

New Edge Networks

New York City Council

NextPhase Wireless

Nintendo

Nokia

Nomadix

Nortel

NTL/Virgin

O2

Omnivision

PA.Net

Pronto

Proxim

Q-Ware

Radionet

Red Moon Broadband

Redline

Rioplex Wireless

Ruckus Wireless

Samsung

SBC Communications

Sentech

Sequoia Capital

Siemens

Skyhook Wireless

Skype

SkyPilot Networks

SkyTel

SMART Communications

Sony

Southlink.us

Speakeasy

Sprint-Nextel

Strix Systems

Suburban Broadband Ltd

Symbol Technologies

TCT West

Telabria

Telebucaramanga

TeleCONSENSUS

Telenor

Telkom

The Cloud

T-Mobile

TravelNet Technologies

Triad Wireless

Tropos Networks

TVA Sistema de Televisao

TXU Electric Delivery

UPC

Utopia

UTStarcom

VeriLAN

Verizon Communications

Vivato

Vodacom

Vonage

Wataniya Telecom

Wave7 Optics

WaveRider

WBS

WFI

Wi-Fi Alliance

WiMAX Forum

WinstonNet

Wireless Internet Institute

Yellowstone Wi-Fi

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