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July 2010 issue: Smart Grid Wireless Infrastructure and Tropos Networks
(updated February 2011)
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Exhibit A: Tropos Networks at a Glance
Figure 1: Quality of Service
Figure 2: Tropos Market Distribution Strategy for Utilities
Figure 3: Tropos Distribution Strategy for Munis
Figure 4: Honeywell and Tropos
Figure 5: Beyond the Consumer Facing Side for Smart Grid?
Figure 6: Fractionalization in Vendor World
Figure 7: Municipal Utilities vs IOCs
Figure 8: WiMAX as a Niche Solution
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June 2010 issue: Smart Grid
(updated October 2010)
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Figure 1: Power Companies' Time-of-Use Pricing May Not Fly with Consumers
Figure 2: Getting Subscribers to Stay with a Variable Pricing Mechanism
Figure 3: Google and an Internal Smart Grid?
Figure 4: Google's Involvement in a Lot of Energy-Retaining Initiatives
Figure 5: Telcos and Smart Grid
Figure 6: Barriers to Traditional FTTH Equipment Suppliers for Smart Grid
Figure 7: Fiber Deployment Obstacle Unique to Power Companies
Figure 8: Another Muni Wireless Project in Trouble
Exhibit A: Facts & Figures on Oklahoma City's Suspended Micronet
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May 2010 issue: Jackson Energy Authority
(updated September 2010)
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Figure 1: Competitive Position of Tantaulus Systems at Utilities
Figure 2: Enablence/Wave7 at JEA
Figure 3: Ethernet Switch Supplier Selections
Figure 4: Redundancy Ring Architecture
Figure 5: Video Penetration and Evolution at JEA
Figure 6: Cable TV Pricing
Figure 7: Data Pricing at JEA
Exhibit A: Facts & Figures on JEA's Fiber Network
Figure 8: JEA Bringing Phone Service Internally
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April 2010 issue: Tacoma, Washington: Financing by Utility Itself
(updated July 2010)
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Figure 1: Weak Wall of Separation
Figure 2: Fiber Rates to Government Agencies
Figure 3: Residential Pricing Comparisons
Figure 4: Plans for Technology Upgrades
Figure 5: More on Movement to Ethernet
Figure 6: Major Reasons for Success of Click! Networks
Figure 7: Around 30% Cable Penetration by an Overlay the Max?
Exhibit A: Facts & Figures on Click! Networks
Figure 8: Government Entities Need to be Careful About Initial Pricing
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March 2010 issue: Redwood Coast Opportunity
(updated June 2010)
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Figure 1: Red Coast Connect's Plans
Exhibit A: Highway 36 Project
Exhibit B: Humboldt Community Access Network (HumboldtCAN)
Figure 2: Humboldt County Probably Won't be Served Well by Wireless
Figure 3: Tribal Communities in Redwood Coast
Figure 4: Tipping Point with Munis Has Been Reached
Figure 5: A New Model for Municipal Networks?
Figure 6: Another Comparable Type of Network in WI
Figure 7: Iowa and Muni Activity
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February 2010 issue: Google's Fiber for Communities will Probably be Token Effort
(updated April 2010)
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Figure 1: Probable 8 Major Factors in Google Determining Finalists
Figure 2: Likely Next RFP
Figure 3: Availability of Learning Curve for Google
Figure 4: No Internal FTTH Gear Development by Google Expected
Figure 5: Conflict Between Network Efficiencies & Approaching 1 GB
Figure 6: Google's Wi-Fi Operation
Figure 7: Google's Past Involvement with Spectrum Auction
Figure 8: Android is Not About Selling Phones
Figure 9: New Application Space Paradigm
Press Release
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January 2010 issue: Ekinops' Inroads into the MN Southeast State Network
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Figure 1: State of MN's New SE Linear Network
Figure 2: The "511" Building
Figure 3: Four State Quadrants?
Exhibit A: Telecom Hotspots by Area on SE Path
Figure 4: SE MN's Network Technology
Figure 5: Customer Views on Network & Ekinops
Figure 6: Two Major Vendors in MN State Networks
Figure 7: Leftovers from Earlier "Connect Minnesota" Version
Figure 8: Ekinops: A New Way of Thinking About the Problem?
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December 2009 issue: Minnesota Munis
(Updated December 23, 2009)
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Windom
Monticello
St. Paul
North St. Paul
Cook & Lake Counties
Anoka County
Staples, MN
Dakota County
Minneapolis
Exhibit A: Smaller MN Munis & FTTH Activity
Public Utilities
Wi-Fi in Minnesota
Future of Munis in Minnesota
Conclusion
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November 2009 issue: Broadband Stimulus Fund & the Munis
(Updated December 11, 2009)
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Figure 1: Many Munis Can't Afford Cost of Application Process
Figure 2: Many IOCs Not Any More Prepared for FTTH than Munis
Attracting More Data Centers with Fiber
Figure 3: Biggest Reasons for Cities' Inability to Get Stimulus Funds
Figure 4: Major Factors for Munis to Stress on Stimulus Applications
Figure 5: Overemphasis on Connected Communities in Broadband Stimulus
Spotlight on Utopia
Figure 6: Pull of Major Corporations' Data Centers to Rural Towns with Fiber
Figure 7: Lessons Learned from Utopia Experience
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October 2009 issue: Going Cadillac: Case of Chattanooga's EPB Network
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Exhibit A: EPB at a Glance
Expensive Headend
Role of Atlantic Engineering
Potential Market for Leveraging Smart Grid for Optical Networks
Case for Symmetrical Speeds Not Inevitably Certain
Future of EPB Fiber Optic Network in Chattanooga
Figure 1: Municipalities Leveraging Power Grids for Optical Networks
Figure 2: Symmetrical Not Necessarily a Winner
Exhibit B: Chatt.: Phone Residential Price/Month Comparison of Major Carriers
Exhibit C: Chatt.: Residential Data Price/Month Comparison of Major Carriers
Exhibit D: Chatt.: TV Residential Price/Month Comparison of Major Carriers
Exhibit E: Chatt.: Bundled Price/Month Comparison of Major Carriers
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September 2009 issue: Full-Service Suppliers in Muni FTTH Market
— Case of Lafayette Utilities System Fiber
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Full-Service Advantage
Figure 1: Keys to LUS Fiber's Apparent Success
Lafayette was Turning Point for Alcatel-Lucent
Figure 2: Alcatel-Lucent's Evolution to a Separate FTTH Division
Potential Full-Service Competitors to AlcaLu in Muni Space
Figure 3: Other Full-Service Suppliers to Munis for FTTH
Exhibit A: Lafayette Phone Residential Price/Month Comparison of Major Carriers
Exhibit B: Lafayette Residential Data Price/Month Comparison of Major Carriers
Exhibit C: Lafayette TV Residential Pricing/Month Comparison of Major Carriers
Exhibit D: Lafayette Bundled Price/Month Comparison of Major Carriers
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August 2009 issue: Fiber Optic Electronics Equipment Suppliers: A Competitive Analysis
Authors: Samuel Greenholtz, John Griffin, Eric Lampland, Mark Lutkowitz, and David Gross
Table of Contents: Overview
Niche Opportunity for FTTP Vendors
Figure 1: Difference in Business Cases Between City vs Carrier Owned Networks
Alternative Technologies for Municipalities
The Wi-Fi Experience
Struggles with Broadband over Power Lines
Ethernet over Copper
Vendors
Alcatel-Lucent
Calix
Enablence
Occam
Other Vendors
Figure 2: Top Three Municipal Utility FTTP Vendors
Spotlight on Burlington Telecom
Figure 3: City of Burlington's Broadband Odyssey
Exhibit A: Summary of Service Pricing
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