SHENANDOAH Fiber To The Home “FTTH” Townhall Meeting January 28/February 2, 2016
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FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” Introductions • City Council Members • City Staff • Tachus Representatives
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - Why are we here?
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - Why are we here? Discuss plans to install conduit to premise of all “single family” homes within the City of Shenandoah. This will complete the conduit project that began in Priority Area 2 during the Shenandoah Valley infrastructure revitalization.
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - What was installed in Priority Area 2 during the Shenandoah Valley project?
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - What was installed in Priority Area 2 during the Shenandoah Valley project? Only the Conduit was installed in Priority area 2, which is basically the area bordered by Holly Hill, Hickory Ridge, Cedarwood Dr. and Shenandoah Dr.
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - Why was the conduit not installed in the other areas during the infrastructure revitalization?
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - Why was the conduit not installed in the other areas during the infrastructure revitalization? It was believed that timing and price would be better if the conduit was installed during the construction phase of the Shenandoah Valley project. In reality, the contractors completed all aspects of construction; roads, curbs, driveways, drainage, and lastly installed the conduit. At that time, the City had not identified an Internet Service Provider to utilize the conduit, so City Council decided to postpone the remainder of the conduit installation of Priority areas 1, 3 & 4.
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - Why is this coming up now?
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - Why is this coming up now? Limited Internet Service Providers and aging infrastructure for some. Current wired ISPs that service City of Shenandoah • Xfinity Max. 150 MB down 8MB Upload • Charter Max. 30 MB down ? Upload • U-Verse Max. 24MB down ? Upload • Consolidated Max. 20MB down 1MB up *data obtained from corresponding websites entering in residential addresses
Not one provider offers their services to all City of Shenandoah residents
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - Why is this coming up now? The City of Shenandoah has been approached by Tachus which is a FTTH Internet Service Provider. Tachus is currently providing Gigabit Internet Service to Shenandoah residents in Silverwood Ranch, Silverwood Ranch Estates and Boulevard Green.
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - Why is this coming up now?
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FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - What is Fiber To The Home?
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - What is Fiber To The Home? Fiber to the home (FTTH) is the delivery of a communications signal over optical fiber from the operator's switching equipment all the way to a home or business, thereby replacing existing copper infrastructure such as telephone wires and coaxial cable.
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - What will High Speed Internet service mean for you?
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Internet Speed Test performed by Shenandoah Resident in Silverwood Ranch Information Provided by Tachus
Gigabit speeds uploads and downloads
Comparison Movie Download
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“It's great! We got a digital code with a movie we purchased for our boys and downloaded it in 4 minutes!! Amazing!!
Drew Creel – Tachus Fiber User
Christmas Day 2015 Information Provided by Tachus
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FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - How will the construction phase affect your property?
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - How will the construction phase affect your property? Conduit installation will only be performed in the right-of-way, which for most residents will be within 5 to 10 feet of the curb. Only when you sign up with the selected internet service provider will fiber be run on your property and into your home.
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - How will the construction phase affect your property? 1. Backbone at street
2. Street to Bricks
3. Into the Home
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - How will the construction phase affect your property?
Directional Drilling
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - How will the construction phase affect your property?
Pull Box Installation and Sod Replacement
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Small Fiber pull box placed home
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - How will the construction phase affect your property? A fiber cable will be run into the home and connected to a modem where you would connect your router.
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FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - What equipment or improvements will I need in my home? For existing cabled homes, new or upgraded wiring may be needed to maximize speeds to the Gigabit range.
Cat 5e or Cat 6 Cabling Required for Gigabit Speeds
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - What equipment or improvements will I need in my home? Older wireless and wired routers will need to be upgraded for the Gigabit speed.
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - Do the residents see value in the City paying for the remainder of
the conduit?
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” - Do the residents see value in the City paying for the remainder of the conduit? Approximate cost too the City of Shenandoah is $1.5 Million to complete the conduit.
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit” Moving forward to the next steps… - Is there a desire for the City to build the conduit system? - Funding - Reserve Funds - Debt Service - Franchise Fees - Estimated Costs for end users $100 per month. - Soliciting qualifications and or bids for construction and service provider.
FTTH Infrastructure “Conduit”
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SHENANDOAH Fiber To The Home “FTTH” Townhall Meeting January 28/February 2, 2016