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San Leandro Commercial Broadband Strategy 7. Lateral and System Expansion Opportunities 7.1. Need for new connections As described in Chapter 2 above, four areas of the City have a particular problem with commercial broadband availability: Downtown San Leandro, the Davis/Doolittle/ Adams tract area, the 880 Industrial Corridor and the Shoreline. Although each of these areas has unique characteristics, there is a common need to build service connections from current and planned fiber routes to businesses. The City's existing conduit, including that leased by Lit San Leandro, goes through or near three of the four areas (the Shoreline area is the exception). Fiber routes owned by other providers also pass through the three areas (again excluding the Shoreline). In order to fully serve these areas, extensions and lateral connections will have to be built to existing lines. A proposal to fund construction of lateral connections to the Shoreline, the 880 Indutrial Corridor and the Davis/Doolittle /Adams Tract area has been submitted by the City to the federal Economic Development Administration. The application is currently being evaluated by EDA staff. Other work could be paid for by service providers, however in the past the providers have not always been able to justify the investment. To assist in identifying opportunities that meet investment goals, junction boxes, empty conduit, splice points and other potential connection points should be mapped. This information, together with the schedule for any planned public works projects in the area and metrics for local businesses, should be presented to potential wholesale and retail service providers to make them aware of opportunities to inexpensively reach new customers. 7.2. Recommendation 4: encourage expansion via cooperative efforts Promoting the opportunity Wholesale level "middle mile"' companies provide backbone connectivity to "last mile" broadband companies who then provide a managed level of retail Internet service to 8 "Last mile" refers to infrastructure (e.g. fiber optic lines, distribution boxes, equipment vaults, poles, conduit) that provides broadband service to end users or end- user devices (including households, and businesses). "Middle mile" refers to broadband infrastructure that does not predominantly provide broadband service to end users or to end -user devices, and may include interoffice transport, backhaul, Internet connectivity, or special access. Middle mile facilities are the link between last mile facilities and major interconnection points, such as those that form the core of the Internet. 16 July 2012 TellusVenture Associates Page 30