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Next Generation Network Plan Page 2 Comcast would not have agreed to supply I-Net and other support. Continued collaboration is just as important, if not more, in �l�itn}�y� and preparing for the Next �e�eratio�. Network. �� , In this context, NSCC commissioned Columbia Telecommunication Corporation (CTC) to study the issues and develop a Next Generation Network strategy. The result, this Strategic Report, offers a plan and system-level design for an NGN to meet the existing and emerging technical requirements of NSCC cities, their agencies, and their deparhnents, as well as the schools, Ramsey County and other public entities and provides a blueprint for future network development and construction. In this context of rapidly expanding communications needs – both public and private – the proposed Next Generation Network would rank the NSCC cities among the country's most visionary groupings �� by creating an infrastructure asset with a lifetime of decades that is almost endlessly upgradeable and capable of supporting any number of public sector communications initiatives. Faz example, it can: Suppart current and future public safety and gaverzunent communications systems—both saving the cities the ennr�:��s, unending cos? of leasing circuits from telephone companies, and simultaneously providing a higher-quality, higher- capacity, more reliable, more secure transport for key community users such as law enforcement, �'tre, emergency management, and public health * Expand public collaboration by extending the reach of the existing NSCC fiber infi°as�-ucture to jurisdictions beyond NSCC cities, serving the County, schools districts and other institutions in the region ■ Support economic development initiatives, encourage new competition, attend to selected business needs, and remove market entry barriers to wireless and other last-mile �r�xwirie��.' For example, the network could provide a highly-reliable, resilient backbone for existing and future wireless initiatives — improving performance and capacity through fiber "backhaul" ■ Enable member cities to pool resources and undertake projects jointly and more cost effectively. Using an NGN to aggregate resources, you obtain an economy of scale that saves money and makes it possible to undertake such ambitious projects as collaborative provision of wireless broadband services to homes and businesses � Enable maximization of scarce resources and reduction of costs through collaboration in the form of centralized planning and management * Strengthen the member cities' communication capabilities by drawing upon the skills and strengths of all members * Enable collaboration with members outside of the NSCC cities (such as Ramsey County) to expand buying power through economies of scale r � The NSCC's current network, the "I Net," most likely cannot be used for a publio-facing broadband � network because it was cost-effectively constructed using conduit that is limited to non-commercial applications. This conduit was pfovided to the communities by the private sector �znder cable franchise agreements, generally under the condition that the asset not be used for corrunercial or non-community purposes. These conditions are standard in similar agreements throughout the counfry_ all text and diagrarns a CTC 2007