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<br /> 59 | P a g e <br />City of San Leandro, CA <br />Fiber Master Plan <br />Fixed Wireless: Etheric Networks offers fixed wireless (requiring line-of-sight to the <br />business) to 100% of San Leandro area. While the fastest offering is classified as <br />broadband (download speeds of up to 25 Mbps are available), and coverage exists to all <br />points in the San Leandro area, cost of this service is extremely high, and cheaper base <br />service offerings fail to meet the FCC broadband definition. The internet plan for Etheric <br />Network is $349.00 per month for 25 Mbps and includes Symmetrical speeds of 25 Mbps <br />guaranteed and 100 Mbps maximum with a 2400 GB per month data cap. A 2-year <br />contract is required, and setup fees include a $99 labor cost for the first two hours of <br />installation and a $338 one-time purchase fee for a modem. Residents can save $239 on <br />equipment by using a promo code42. Etheric’s adoption rate is low and throughout the <br />course of the study, we were unable to identify anyone who subscribed to their service. <br />This leads us to believe their footprint within San Leandro is relatively small. <br />Satellite Providers: HughesNet and Viasat offer satellite internet service with 100% <br />coverage. Pricing is approximately $50 for around 12Mbps of download service. Plans <br />offer 12 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up with no data cap on a three-month promo rate; the <br />regular rate is $70.00. After 40 GB of data usage, users’ data may be prioritized behind <br />other customers during network congestion. A contract term of 2 years applies, along with <br />a $9.99 monthly modem fee. Installation is free. <br />To illustrate how data services will require next generation networks, Netflix cites the <br />following typical usage on its support page: <br /> One hour of standard definition (SD) video viewing uses approximately <br />700MB of data hourly; one hour of high-definition (HD) video consumes 3GB <br />hourly; one hour of ultra-high-definition (UHD), on one’s 4K flat-screen <br />monitor, consumes 7GB hourly. Binge-watching is clearly not feasible. <br />Similarly, YouTube estimates data usage as follows: at standard 30 frames- <br />per-second (FPS), video content consumes about 264MB hourly; HD video <br />consumes 870MB hourly; and full HD uses about 1.65GB hourly. Streaming <br />YouTube videos of cats or family can consume an entire month’s worth of data <br />in the first few days.43 <br /> <br /> <br />42 Promo code NEWYEAR18 <br />43 Netflix Support Page, December 2017