1. Community Libraries
The e-spot!

3. VT BROADBAND BUILD PROJECTS
 VT Fiber Connect
 VTEL WOW
 FairPoint 51
 EC Fiber
 Target Communities
 VT Libraries WAN project
 1G connections
 Community capacity building investment

4. SIGNIFICANTLY LESS LIKELY TO HAVE BROADBAND AT
HOME
SOURCE: fcc Survey 2010
Demographic
National Average 65%
How will these “less likely” non
adopters influence our success in
Vermont Average 75%
changing household behaviors for
energy consumption, health care,
Low Income 40%
education and services?
(under 20K)
How can our community libraries Less Educated 24%
(no high school degree)
tackle the basic barriers: digital
literacy, cost, and relevance?
Rural Americans 50%
What strategies will we deploy that Other Americans ( 65+) 35%
influence citizen participation in
community life ? and how might we
impact the other sectors of our People with Disabilities 42%
community and economy?
African Americans 59%
Hispanics 49%

5. Economic
Development
Energy and Government
Transportation Services
ADOPTION
AND
Agriculture APPLICATION
and the 
Education
Working
Landscape
Community
Capacity Health Care
Building

6.  Community computing centers
 Breaking down barriers: access to and for all
 Teaching digital literacy
 Computer basics, internet fundamentals, email
 On line job search, internet collaboration, content evaluation, cyber
safety
 Employment assistance
 Inter-generational learning : community digital coaches
 Accessing municipal and state services
 Making the globe relevant
 Literacy for the 21st century
 Extending the school curriculum
 Always on wi fi
 Improving health, education and employment incomes
 Imagine the possibilities!

7.  Internet2 Network Sponsored  What is Internet 2?
Education Group Participation  National Research and Education
 In association with Vermont network – primarily higher
EPSCoR education
 Both infrastructure (a national high-
performance network) and
organizational programs and
projects
 Example programs & projects:
 Advanced networking systems
 Collaborative software
development & standards
 K-20 educational collaboration

8.  Funded by the National Science Foundation
 Builds research and education infrastructure throughout the state;
 Higher Ed: UVM, VSC, private colleges
 Private Sector [Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 0, Innovation
Fund]
 Education Outreach: Center for Workforce Development, Streams Project
 Vermont Public Television: Emerging Science

9.  UVM is an Internet 2 member and is joining SEGP
 Vermont EPSCoR & UVM will fund I2 participation for every Vermont
nonprofit and for-profit K-20 education institution, museum, library, art
gallery and hospital through UVM’s I2 SEGP membership

10.  Collaboration among VT, NH, ME, RI, DE as
EPSCoR’s northeast region
 Building redundant “big pipes” between
Vermont and neighboring states
 120 Gbps BTV to Hanover (and on to Boston)
 120 Gbps BTV to Albany

11.  Access advanced technology – student centered learning, one-to-one
computing, collaborations with students in different cultures working with
similar interests
 Expand student learning opportunities – online courses engage students and
provide schools and students with flexible learning environments
 Video conferencing resources – sharing and collaborating with other
classrooms inside and outside Vermont, interacting with different cultures
and countries
 http://k20.internet2.edu/projects
 5-year, $20M grant from National Science Foundation to Vermont EPSCoR
 Research on Lake Champlain Watershed Basin; scenario testing and
predictive tools for policy and land-use decisions
 16 full-time jobs created; fellowships for Abenaki and first-generation college
students
 Opportunities for high school, college and graduate students to collaborate
on Lake Champlain Watershed Basin studies

12.  39 states (VT will be number 40)
 66,000 connected organizations
 Bandwidth:
 Average 104Mb/sec
 Median 12 Mb/sec
 You don’t have to have “big pipes” to participate!
 Participants include 7300 school districts,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Museum of Art (Michigan), 3500 libraries, etc.

13.  Your role
 The role of your Select Board
 What is the broadband ecosystem for
your community?
 Budgeting FY 2013
 New budget objectives
 Realignment of existing and new
resources
 Sharing and disseminating
innovation
 Collaboration with private partners