Connect Kentucky

Setting
PACE
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accelerating broadband expansion
2008 Progress Report
Mission
The idea is simple. Technology is good for communities and their residents. It
creates a better business environment, more effective economic development,
improved healthcare, enhanced education and more efficient government.
ConnectKentucky accelerates the growth of broadband technology in order to
improve the quality of life for people and ensures that Kentucky remains the place
of choice to live, work and raise a family.
View from the Front
When the race for technology expansion began, Kentucky was mired in the back
of the pack. Kentucky ranked among the lowest states in the use and availability
of technology, particularly broadband Internet. More than 46,000 traditional
manufacturing jobs had left the state since 2000. And college graduates were
leaving the state in droves, creating a troubling “brain drain” effect.
Since 2002, ConnectKentucky has set out to reverse these troubling trends and
accelerate technology growth across the Commonwealth. Today, Kentucky is
recognized as the national leader in technology expansion. The Bluegrass has
surpassed each state and distanced itself from the rest of the country. Now,
Kentucky is continuing to set the pace and enjoying the view from the front.
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Tracing the Path
ConnectKentucky has blazed an unmistakable trail. Originally, Kentucky ranked
among the lowest states in the availability and use of broadband technology. Today,
Kentucky is leading the nation in broadband expansion. The numbers are staggering.
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Over $860 million private capital invested in Kentucky telecommunications
Approximately 1.3 million additional Kentucky residents with broadband access
Broadband subscription has increased 100%
Broadband availability has increased from 60% to 95%
58% growth in broadband availability
24% growth rate in home computer ownership
Over 19,000 high-tech jobs have been created
So what does all this mean for Kentuckians? The direct economic impacts of the
additional 297,000 broadband subscribers in Kentucky has generated:
• $1.06 billion in annual direct wages from jobs created or saved in Kentucky
• $9.4 million in annual self-reported healthcare costs savings
• $92.1 million per year in mileage savings from broadband preventing
unnecessary driving
• $429.8 million value in the 53.4 million hours saved per year from accessing
broadband at home
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Kentucky Miners Get Connected to Healthcare
As partnerships between coal companies, state agencies and local universities were
being formed to train new miners, the need for available and quality healthcare in
the mining community was discovered.
As a way to answer this need, the management at Excel Mining in Eastern Kentucky
and Dr. Raymond Wells, a local physician, developed a plan to take healthcare to
the mining complexes. When the University of Kentucky was approached about the
idea, they were eager to participate. UK provided funding for a mobile health clinic
and put the networks in place to launch convenient, quality healthcare to miners at
the work site.
Manned by a nurse practitioner, the mobile van is equipped with an EKG
monitor, a defibrillator, vaccines and medicines, and thanks to broadband
technology, videoconferencing capability that allows the unit’s nurse practitioner to
communicate with Dr. Wells and specialists at UK as needed.
Along the Way
The numbers are incredible. But
they only tell part of the story. Our
work is improving the quality of life
for Kentuckians everywhere. These
are just a few of the stories we have
helped bring to life since the journey
began.
“With the high-definition televisions
and other equipment, I can actually
see skin lesions, hear heartbeats and
check for irregular breathing.”
This revolutionary clinic is available
to 554 miners employed by the
company. “I see the entire spectrum
of medicine being offered through
telemedicine capabilities,” said
Wells.
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Leaving a Mark
Taking the Lead
Every child deserves a chance to succeed in today’s increasingly digital world. By
working with our public and private partners, No Child Left Offline® (NCLO) has
delivered nearly 2,000 computers to families across the state.
Basketball and horse racing. The Bluegrass is nationally recognized for its
remarkable success in these categories. Now you can add one more to the list.
Technology. Publications across the country are highlighting the amazing results
of ConnectKentucky’s initiative, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist
and The Washington Post. C-SPAN has also featured ConnectKentucky in their
acclaimed “Communicators” series. In 2007
alone, we captured over 119 million positive
media impressions.
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Based on our 2005 and 2007 Residential Technology Assessments, the NCLO
initiative has had a dramatic impact on the lives of children in
Kentucky. In the last two 200
years:
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omputer ownership among low-income families in NCLO
counties grew nearly four times faster than these families in
other counties.
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• Internet adoption among low-income
families in NCLO counties grew more than
Counties participating
in No Child Left Offline
ten times faster relative to these families in
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Counties not participating in
other areas of the state.
No Child Left Offline
• Broadband adoption among low-income
families grew five times faster in counties
that received computers
50 through NCLO.
Home broadband adoption
among low-income families in
these participating counties has
grown by over 200%. 0
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L.A. Radio Personality Rick Dees
Broadcasts Live from Kentucky
Truth is, Dees fell in love with Kentucky’s wide-open, rolling land and the warmth
of its people. It didn’t hurt that friend and film and TV producer Jerry Bruckheimer
and his wife, Linda, own a historic farm in Bloomfield, Kentucky, near Bardstown. It
was Linda Bruckheimer who helped Dees and his wife, Julie, find Sweetbrier Farm
outside Danville 11 years ago.
Thanks to modern technology, the energetic Dees is able to broadcast his live
morning show for KMVM “Movin’ 93.9” in Los Angeles from a studio set up off
the kitchen of his Danville farm. He can also tape the syndicated Weekly Top 40
countdown show, which is heard by more than 70 million people around the
world each week. Dees also records segments at his farm for the Fine Living cable
television network.
The broadcast is so seamless that Dees said listeners never know he’s not sitting in
smog city.
Using six ISDN lines and one T1 line to transmit the shows, Dees said the broadcast
is so seamless that listeners never know that he’s not sitting in smog city. “With
expansion of broadband, we can do it all,” Dees said.
Dees loves using technology to telecommute. He’s also bullish on Internet radio. “I
think the future is broadband, more than satellite radio,” he said. “You’ll get to the
point where you’ll put your mobile phone down, it will send out a mini-WiFi signal
you can pick up on your radio, and you’ll be listening to any station you want.”
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Broadband Service Growth
in Kentucky 2004 - 2007
Household Coverage Grew from 60% to 95%
ConnectKentucky has worked with broadband providers throughout the
Commonwealth to identify the gaps in broadband service – the first step in a
statewide effort to “fill the gaps” in broadband availability.
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Broadband Service in Existence prior to January 2004
Redundant Broadband Service created since 2004
Broadband Service created in Unserved Areas since January 2004
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Nation will be promptly corrected.
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81 Providers Are Represented on This Map Including:
ACCESS CABLE TELEVISION
ACCESS KENTUCKY
ARMSTRONG UTILITIES
AT&T
BALLARD RURAL TELEPHONE COOP
BARBOURVILLE UTILITY COMMISSION
BARDSTOWN MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
BIG SANDY TV CABLE
BLUEONE.NET - PENDLETON COUNTY
BOWLING GREEN MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
BRANDENBURG TELEPHONE COMPANY
BURGIN WIRELESS
CAINPRO COMMUNICATIONS
CEBRIDGE CONNECTIONS
CHAPEL COMMUNICATIONS
CINCINNATI BELL TELEPHONE
CITY OF BELLEFONTE
CITY OF RACELAND
COALFIELDS TELEPHONE
COMCAST CABLE
DUO COUNTY TELECOM
DUO COUNTY TELEPHONE COOP CORP
FOOTHILLS RURAL TELEPHONE COOP CORP
FRANKFORT ELECTRIC & WATER PLANT BOARD
GALAXY CABLEVISION
HARLAN COMMUNITY TV
HENDERSON MUNICIPAL POWER & LIGHT CO
HIGHLAND TELEPHONE COOP
HOPKINSVILLE ELECTRIC SYSTEM
INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS
INTERMOUNTAIN CABLE
IRVINE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
KEN-TENN WIRELESS, LLC
KVNET
KYWIFI
KYWIMAX
LESLIE COUNTY TELEPHONE
LEWISPORT TELEPHONE COMPANY
LIBERTY COMMUNICATIONS, INC
LIMESTONE CABLE VISION
LOGAN TELEPHONE COOP
LYCOM
MAYFIELD ELECTRIC AND WATER SYSTEMS
MEDIACOM
MEGA-WI
MONTICELLO PLANT BOARD
MOUNTAIN TELEPHONE COOP
NETPOWER, LLC
NEWWAVE COMMUNICATIONS
NORTH CENTRAL TELEPHONE COOP
OHIO COUNTY DIRECT NET
OWENSBORO MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
PEOPLES RURAL TELEPHONE COOP CORP
PRINCETON ELECTRIC PLANT BOARD
PRITCHTECH
RIVERSIDE COMMUNICATIONS
RUSSELLVILLE ELECTRIC PLANT BOARD
SALEM TELEPHONE COMPANY
SCS WIRELESS
SHELBY WIRELESS
SIT-CO (FORMERLY OHIO VALLEY WIRELESS)
SOUTH CENTRAL RURAL TELEPHONE COOP CORP
SOUTHEAST TELEPHONE
SPEEDBEAM
SSINET
SUDDENLINK
TDS
THACKER-GRISBY TELEPHONE COMPANY
TIME WARNER CABLE
TV SERVICE & UNITED CABLE
US DIGITAL ONLINE
VORTEX WIRELESS
VVDS
WEBCATS NETWORKS
WEST KENTUCKY NETWORKS
WEST KENTUCKY RURAL TELEPHONE COOP CORP
WILLIAMSTOWN CATV
WILLIAMSTOWN UTILITY COMPANY
WIMAX EXPRESS
WINDSTREAM
WORLDWIDE GAP
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And Down the Stretch
Technology can dramatically improve the quality of life for Kentuckians. With
the available technology in place, ConnectKentucky is now able to explore
opportunities that were once unimaginable. Technology expansion in the Bluegrass
will now promote the many benefits associated with broadband.
• Improved healthcare at a lower cost
• Better education that prepares Kentucky’s children to succeed in a globallynetworked world
• Telecommuting from rural communities and succeeding in a career
• Advanced economic development by attracting today’s high-tech jobs
• Create and retain more jobs that will bring our children back to Kentucky
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ConnectKentucky Partners
For more information, call ConnectKentucky at
866-923-7501 or email us at [email protected].
www.connectkentucky.org
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Acknowledgements
ConnectKentucky is leading a revolution that is altering the landscape of
opportunity across the Bluegrass. Join us as we continue to set the pace for
technology expansion.
ConnectKentucky wishes to thank each of its partners for their leadership and
devotion; Chairman, John R. Hall, for his guidance and spirited efforts for
Kentucky; and Executive Director René True and the ConnectKentucky staff for their
contributions to this progress report.
ConnectKentucky also wishes to thank Michael Breeding Media, Red Pixel Studios,
Wilkerson & Associates, ESRI Technology and Lucidity Research Inc. for their
contributions to this report.
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Setting
PACE
THE
accelerating broadband expansion
311 W. Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(866) 923-7501
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