>> okay be uniform message and givea pot of federal funding currently building out or getting ready to deploy, talk to your state broadbent office. communicate let them know your timing is, what your plans are, we have reiterated this to our awardees. other agencies it's funding out there are focus on the stupid states have a tremendous amount of work ahead of the was sooner we get the better we can plan it. >> thank you so much all of you. please join men will move on. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

[inaudible conversations] >> a listen to the last panel, i thought about how many years we have heard the challenges of our broadband. hearing after hearing complaining about the lack of acrate map really was refreshing of the work for the fcc, the state really a comprehensive all of government and all of our states working

together to get an accurate assessment of where broadbent is and is i think it is very important to commend all of those especially sally for my home state i went to give a shout out. went to get that rig panel get the implementation of the defending rights as well as the best practices localities and states to follow so the private investments which is an ■lme high and coming out of the pandemic federal funding is at a historic transformational high we have a mission as a nation. a bipartisan commitment to connect every american. this panel is going to talk but the best way to get there from

where we are today. i'm very proud it encompasses over the last three i really did help shape the legislation that eventually passed. uidance and now we are working with state broadbent offices like kansas and mississippi. a lot of our member companies have really been leaders are cities and localities ready for this mass deployment and modernization of all of our broadband networks? a lot of different technologies from fiber, the wireless, the 5g, the fixed wireless to lower it satellite. this is a critically important effort. i want to thank the breath and campaign.

talk about in celebrates and the difference we believe the campaign made in the policymaking. and now the implementation of the legislation. on the awarding soon. so i'm going to start with you. introduce youel tell a little bit of your background but then talk about the work kansas is doing to help your cities adopt best practices. and what does it take for a town in kansas what you're trying to encourage and incentivize. >> thank you. around the state was on the private side. the did mostly rural communities for about seven years.

coming at this fromouple of different ways appreciate all the work the compass has done on elevating the permitting issuese avoided with education and community. wanting to build a $10 million facility are streamlined permits are wavered. rivate provider comes into a community invested in broadband hurdles are erected. it's a home rule state with

structures. it's a simple ordinance with a checklist■ to help ready their community. with all issues related to to reviewing permits in 30 days a commitment to reasonable fee structure outlined in the ordinance. and practicing and nondiscriminatory practices. we heard from our psome providet treated in the same fashion and they want to come to the community. it just a commitment to that. we'll revisit after every three years. >> i know kansas is tornado alley. you've been a burst of fresh air and the leadership you have

provided, understand the competitive industry and new entrants and fiber. just the challenges they historically have faced. but also all network companies are deploying networks right now.

and we are not stopping there. of course, to fiberoptics whether on the ground or on poles requires permits, locates a lot of you need that cities have. we very much from the broadband ready checklist, we are taking the incent opposed to a punishment approach. the carrot, not the stick. and the idea there is our cities are who weartnering with. when we are deploying assets on

the ground or on poles these are long-term commitments and we are not here for a few years. so we want to make sure that we are having healthy long-term relationships with communities so we are there, we show up and weishings that we are struggling with the cities, what can we be doing to help partner. we are not perfect on the private side as well so we want to make sure that we are offeringw good resources but it also means that there are a set of checklists that you'll see just on your screen here that we've come up as as whether the communities can be doing right now to help help bring broadban, we have had the opportunity to work with many incredible cities who are doing excellent work when it comes to permitting. on■e thing i have here, the city of raleigh north carolina is one that we've been really happy with deploying. they have and again these are things that you might think are happeng t are actually not, so e city of raleigh, for example,

their permitting is fully1mermis are online. yes, sometimes we have to fax them in depending on the city so that is an excellent one. they autogenerate unique numbers for every permit so that every builder can upload their plans to those permit numbers and also autogenerates e-mails to the operate distribution list for everyone that's on the permit to get relevant updates. i'm going to stop there. >> th w great. good morning, my name is dominic, i work for crown castle, external affairs and in that role i cover michigan, ohio, western pa, west virginia. what that means is i am really getting down into aand meeting s that are a lot more rural, they're smaller, so for me the best part of that is -- is the education piece, right, -- i get

to come to a jurisdiction and have a conversation with folks■f have no idea what we are doing and what we are talking about and bring them along the process. , so as far as using the checklist there are many things, we talk about innovation and we talk about how we can streamline the process to networks built and, you know, it's as simple as having an updated permitting system, right, it's as simple as being able to bring that permitting system online so folks can see it and have a transparent review of how their application is being handled. but to go into the local level and be able to educate local elected officials and leaders around how to do that is certainly a challenge, you know, a lot of local municipalities hey, this is the way we've done it here and this is the way we will continue to

do it here. i don't know what you're coming here to tell me or sell meut i don't want to hear it, right, and for me i take that as a challenge, right, because i want to educate and i want to get that community up to speed on what a, what's available to them as far as funding but also b, the benefit of us coming in here and building that network and i think jay touched on that a little bit. it's not something that you see, hear a loft elected officials say, well, what's in it for me to change our, the way we do things, right, and that's where the education piece goes in and that's where i get really excited when i start to have that conversation because they say what's in it for you is bringing your community into that -- into the 21st century, right, bringing your community and being able to have those opportunities for the constituents, being able to have ies for your schools, your hospital systems and even maybe your municipal network

that might need upgrading, so i will stop there but i could go on for the whole half hour, i won't, but that is really for me, you know, that piece, i think, is key in helping the■mif

administrative officer, granite serves businesses and governmental agencies taking a lot of the network infrastructure that we've been discussing and wrapping it up users for the schools andor end libraries in those communities for the small businesses, for the mid-size businesses, frankly for even the largest businesses that have very commonly broadly

dispersed retail stores, locations, other network facilities, pipelines for some of our federal customers, bases in -- in certain locations, frankly, recruitment centers for the army or air force, all of whom need the additional bandwidth that are often in unserved or underserved areas. the broadband industry has changed over the past ten involved in that change is ntia and i'm glad alan is going to be here to talk about the great work and policies they implemented with encompasses help but even before then leading to the changes there were other federal agency that is had foresight to think about the policies that should be in place when building out new

infrastructure with federal taxpayer expenses, money to build new network connections were first-time network connections in unserved areas, the department of agriculture as the broadband and internet of things spread to agriculture yos so many communities and so many served implemented in opennot access policy to try to have an option so that end users get better experience and there's more of a competitive presence even when there's only one physical network. the department of treasury, we will hear from joey who has led the capital project initiative also had the foresight to implement as part of their policies and open access preference which also got picked up by ntia and so that ntia

recommended for guarantees who would be applying for founds make their networks in those underserved -- unserved areas available and a number of states have come forward with plans that do exactly that as recommended by ntaa, as implemented by agriculture and treasury as part of the recent changes in broadband infrastructure so that states including massachusetts, colora, florida, pennsylvania have all implemented preference systems so that in evaluating guaranties, bids to provide services to unserved and underserved areas that that gets taken up. i know at granite and other resellers we have customers that

have hundreds or thousands of■ locations who have both cutting-edge ai initiatives, sana was here for those missed to help business customers do and they have the most advanced ai systems. they have fiber, data centers but they have hundred-year-old circuits at other locations and need that implemented and aggregated and resolve today make it functional for the business and that's the role that we serve and othersik us serve within the industry. we really think it's critically important to have open access at a state and federalevel. >> jade, one of the items on the checklist is innovative ways like micro trenching to speed deployment, minimize disruption or damage to the roads and the

rights of way, quick restoration. what are some of the things that you see that would encourage and send the most innovative deployment technologies and methods and talk to us a little bit about that, dominic hear from those ariane and dominic, anything that you would like to add from your view. >> i would just mention and i think there's a lot of hesitation in employing innovative methods especially when utilizing public funds, the publicto keen on trying new things because the risk tolerance is so much lower for public funds. policymakers to consider that if you do things the same way you've always done them you will get what you've always got which is lack of broadband parity and underserved areas and dye --distressed areas and we are

encouraging especially local policymakers to say we have always done it this way to really consider at least piloting more innovative options, seeing how it goes, recognizing that the world continues to spin and then maybe you can add as jumping off point to continuing their methods because we are know that we are not going to get there if we do things the way we have always done, deployment by definition are going to occur in areas that have been economically feasible without public investment right, without taking every single angle, you know, decreasing those costs decreasing time delays, we are not going to get to the internet for all.

chip you hit on it a on conditions of roads. that's a lot of the feedback they get when i meet with local jurisdictions, with their public works folks, their main concern is i want the integrity of that road to not be affected by whatever it is you're doing, right, and we know traditional construction methods, we are going to affect the integrity of that road and they are more timely and more costly, right, do when i'm having these conversations is really just emphasize the fact that we are here to -- we don't want to affect the integrity of your road, right, we want to use these innovative construction practices so that the integrity stays intact and getting past that hurdle, they become a little more open at least to the conversation but you're right, it's very hard get them past that this is the way we've always donet

conversation. road integrity concerns can help to a way. record levels of private investment, histoc federal investment, some people worry about supply chain, some people worry about workforce, any thoughts on -- on thousand best create and i will be having a great conversation with the ceo of tia later on efforts on workforce training but talk a little bit about supply chain, any otherges that we may face as you all look at pursuing, partnering with others firms, companies that are going to be■; going after bead, how do we address those issues, practical issues of workforce

and supply? >> i know that we look to partner with entities that have innovative products. i think you've mentioned a lot of the new wireless products, a lot of solutions. we and others have come up with other forms of tdm, replacement services that we fully intend to roll out as part next gen innovative solution. >> for workforce development. you'll find if your state is doing that and requirement and kansas is propin allocation go o workforce development opportunities in alignment with tia and other partners at the

those dollars up front so that we can put those programs into use and get those certifications done beforeual -- people are needed. >> as we close this panel we are going to premier, second premier video that mingon clyburn did. i want tokr recognize jeff sharp who help lead and run the campaign broadband created great content all the way through at different stages to have commere department, guidance and then to the states and localities and to the mayors and this video, i think, caprs what we are trying to achieve and it's extremely compelling i think, and so we will close we wanted our friend alan davidson to see this video. [laughter] >> and then we look forward to his keynote.

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me. [applause] >> companies who have sponsored the broadband campaign and work with us in our staff encompass teams to really achieve some tremendous legislative working close with ntia and the objecti. so thank y'all. [applause]