# Presentation: 566589

## RVT – Enables An Open Access Network
Including The Last Mile 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

**RVT – Enables An Open Access Network**
**Including The Last Mile **
**American Recovery and Reinvestment Act**

**RidgeviewTel, LLC**
- 1880 Industrial Circle, Suite C
- Longmont, CO 80501 USA
**www.ridgeviewtel.com**
**www.myridgeviewtel.com**

## Why Open Access Network?  

- ARRA funds need to build the capability of many carriers to reach the end user
- RVT - Joins with States, Municipalities, Non-profits or Others to  enable multiple service providers to compete over the same network helping subscriber’s get the best prices and services possible
- Support local and regional broadband deployment in underserved and un-served areas
- Short-term: Service Providers can increase revenue quickly by utilizing the Open Access Network (ONA)
- Long-term: OAN owners secure continuous revenue from service provider to sustain the availability.  OAN is not dependent on one carrier

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## ARRA CHALLENGES

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- Challenges of creating an Open Access broadband network solution:
-   Providing the opportunity to purchase service at users’ homes or places of business
-  Knowing the physical locations of those who currently understand the value of broadband, but lack access
-  Building out the infrastructure ensuring affordable options

## Opportunity ... at the Front Door

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- Challenge #1: Providing the opportunity to purchase service at users’ homes or places of business.
- Assure the Open Access network supported by ARRA actually reaches the home or business
- Mid-Mile and backbone only networks do not provide broadband service
- Create open access distribution any carrier can use to provide service

## Open Access Networks

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## Where IS the True Demand?

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-  Launch and Manage Campaigns to Determine the Need

- Challenge #2: Know the physical locations

## Where IS the True Demand?

- Within a short amount of time, an aggregation map is available to all Carriers with prospective customer information and requests.
- Marketing, sales and engineering departments utilize this information for focused promotional marketing and network build focus.
- Customer locations are aggregated to align and test network availability.
- Aggregation also defines un-served groupings of customers.

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- Result: Increased customer acquisitions, decreased wasted resources.

## HOW OANs WORK

- Existing
- Network

- Existing
- Network

- Subscribers

**OPEN ACCESS NETWORK**

- New Service Provider

***HOW OANs WORK***

- Service Provider

- Service Provider

## OAN COMPONENTS & FUNCTIONS

- Components:
- Multiple Service Providers
- Multiple Services (Up to Quad Play)
- Potentially Multiple States
- Functions:
- Acquire Customers
- Provision Subscribers
- Schedule Installations and Maintenance
- Monitor Network and Elements
- Billing, Invoicing and Settlements

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- Challenge #3: Build the Open Access Network

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## Contact:
Tom Terry: tterry@ridgeviewtel.com
410-746-3952
Tony Unitas: tunitas@ridgeviewtel.com
410-299-5161

**Contact:**
**Tom Terry: **_[tterry@ridgeviewtel.com](mailto:tterry@ridgeviewtel.com)_
**410-746-3952**
**Tony Unitas: **_[tunitas@ridgeviewtel.com](mailto:tunitas@ridgeviewtel.com)_
**410-299-5161**

**RidgeviewTel, LLC**
- 1880 Industrial Circle, Suite C
- Longmont, CO 80501 USA
**www.ridgeviewtel.com**
**www.myridgeviewtel.com**