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Next Geiieration Network Plaii Pale 9 CTC's desig-n and cost estimate suggests that the initial i,�nvestmient for a WiFi network to provide coverage in each NSCC city is over $9 n1lion (Table 20), not including, consumer equipment costs and operational and maintenance expen.&es. The clear alternative -- contracting US Internet to expand its Minneapolis model to cities within the NSCC as additional anchortCDants — also entails a colinplarable, financial com.rnitment, but with. lower control of service availability and performance. The cost per household and business to deploy a WiFi network is directly proportional to the density of households and businesses. On, a collective basis, the OnC-tiMiR Cost per househol d business is under $200. The results on a city-by-city base vary widely. It's also sib ilificant to note that the Next Generation Network proposed herein, will support and enhance any future wireless deployment. WiFi's performai=3 is dramatically enhanced with the addition of fiber. 'Without fiber access, Wit i is usually "backhauled" over wireless technology that is often linu'ted to data rates of 1101Mbps and requires a line-of-sight to maintain connectivity. Fiber enables backhaul transfer rates of 100 Mbps at lower cost -- and is less vulnerable to interferenice, eliminates seasonal variations in performance, and eliminates a potential traffic blottlieneck. With the fiber NGN as the core of the network, the cities may wish, to cautiously consider additional deployment of a regional wireless network. This network's feasibility would be enhanced. by the cities' collective buying power and range, of population densities. In 2006, C conducted a feasibility study for St., Anthony Village on the potential for municipal wireless Intel-net and detemu'ned that it was liliu'teid by its low population numbers — the business model did not work given the need to spread fixed operational costs over a small number of subscribers. A, collective or collar ora:tive approach among all the NSCC cities would expand that pool of potential subscribers and Offer greater econon�es of scale to the participants. A collaborative approach would also enable leverage in negotiations with the private sector and leconorniies of scale with respect to equipment, construction, operations, and services,. 1.3 Users and Stakeholders: How Might the Network be Used'".? Public Safety: Many of the cities view connectivity as a cn*b1cal need for public safety communications and anticipate rapidly increasing needs for this service. Leased circuits limit the ability of the cities to prioritize traffic, maintenance, or repair of the network. They do not allow public safety officials to fully calculate the availability of the network and mitigate pendiner fisks in comparison to a private fiber optic network. C) A comprehensive network with connectivity between cities and the County enables redundant connectivity for public safety radio stations and moibile broadband access in vehicles. It could enable inters perable communications among multiple public safety Examples of targeted deploynients inolude dOWDtown hot-spots, library access, school] yards? and pluibili:c cratbcring places. tn all text and diagrams C CTC 2007