Broadband Solutions Tim Arbeiter Director of Broadband Development
Broadband Solutions Tim Arbeiter, Director of Broadband Development
Broadband Grant Program • Deadline has passed, 40 applications received • Challenge process opened Friday, closes February 24 • Announce grant awards first week of March • Seeking support for the next round • Proposal to extend the grant sunset period #Bestin. Midwest #Talent 4 Tomorrow
Broadband Funding • FCC just launched the $20 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) • USDA/RUS Re. Connect I Announcements underway • Re. Connect II – Applications can be submitted late January to mid-March 2020 • Connect America Fund update - $255 million for Missouri providers #Bestin. Midwest #Talent 4 Tomorrow
Next Steps • Proposal to add broadband to the NIC and CID statutes • Phase II of the Missouri Precision Ag research project in development • Leveraging state assets to assist in broadband expansion • Establish a regional framework for planning efforts #Bestin. Midwest #Talent 4 Tomorrow
Broadband Planning Support • Promote the broadband planning toolkit • Missouri S&T has a research team working with a handful of areas on broadband • Endorse a survey assessment tool that can be utilized by broadband planning teams to gather data • Mapping pilot project w/ NTIA, US Department of Commerce #Bestin. Midwest #Talent 4 Tomorrow
National Ranking Purdue University researchers recently published the revised Digital Divide Index (DDI) incorporating the FCC Form 477 data and places Missouri’s DDI at 55. 46, a score derived from broadband access and adoption, and coupled with the state’s socioeconomic factors, a value of 100 denotes the highest digital divide. Dr. Roberto Gallardo Purdue Center for Regional Development, 2019 State DDI Score 2 6 16 18 21 22 23 27 32 33 35 38 Colorado Minnesota Illinois Wisconsin Nebraska Iowa Kansas Georgia Ohio Michigan North Carolina Indiana 14. 99 19. 98 36. 72 38. 73 39. 47 39. 99 40. 37 45. 32 48. 86 51. 10 52. 52 52. 92 40 Missouri 55. 46 41 43 44 48 Tennessee Oklahoma Kentucky Arkansas 66. 88 72. 06 75. 85 91. 77 6
Next Steps for Economic Developers • Serve as a catalyst for community broadband conversations • Help identify key leaders (public and private) for the discussion • Dedicate a board member, committee chair, key tech volunteer/company for regional conversations • Visit https: //broadbandusa. ntia. doc. gov/ntiaresources/publications to download the#Bestin. Midwest toolkit #Talent 4 Tomorrow
Missouri Office of Broadband Development Tim Arbeiter, CEc. D Director of Broadband Development 573 -694 -8785 timothy. arbeiter@ded. mo. gov #Bestin. Midwest #Talent 4 Tomorrow
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