Telecom: Broadband Adoption

State & Local Broadband Best Practices Survey

1. ID (System Generated): 45312

2. Project Name (System Generated): CA The California Emerging Technology Fund funded California Telehealth Network

3. State: CA

4. Title of project or program: CA The California Emerging Technology Fund funded California Telehealth Network

5. Identify the type of organization that administers this project:

   1. Business Organization

   2. Other:

6. What is the project’s geographic coverage area? Statewide

7. Is the purpose of the project to construct broadband infrastructure in/to:

   1. Improve Health Care Delivery

8. Is the purpose of the project to promote broadband use by:

9. What technologies are used by the project?

   1. Fiber Optic

   2. Copper Cable

   3. Other technology:

10. If the project involves utilizing noteworthy hardware or software products, please identify the major vendors and/or partners for the project:HIPPA VPN and/or Private Circuits

11. Did the project involve building infrastructure that produced a new or faster broadband service? Yes

    1. What is the rated or marketed speed of the fastest new or updated broadband service offered to:

       Business consumers?1.5 - 45 mbps

       Residential consumers? mbps

    2. Are these “peak” speeds or “average” speeds? Peak

    3. Are these speeds “symmetrical?” (users can simultaneously upload and download at this speed): Yes

12. What consumers are served by the infrastructure project:

    1. Hospitals & Medical Facilities

    2. Office Buildings

    3. Other:

13. If the purpose of the project is to stimulate demand for broadband services, please indicate how it achieved this goal:

    1. Education & Training

    2. Application Development

    3. Other method:

14. If the purpose of the project is to improve affordability of broadband services, please indicate how it achieves this goal:

    1. Service Subsidies

    2. Other method:

15. If the purpose of the project is to promote the availability of broadband services in rural areas, please indicate how it achieves this goal:

    1. Telehealth & Telemedicine

    2. Other:

16. Please provide detailed project description including time sequence for the project's implementation: Establish the California Teleheath Network (CTN) to provide health and medical care access by connecting more than 800 clinics and hospitals to medical centers, with an initial priority on rural sites and tribal lands. The deployment is to begin in Q1 2010, with completion pending ongoing contract negotiation. The project is operated by the University of California, Office of the President and University of California Davis Medical Center.

17. Identify the project funding sources:

    1. Other: $3.6M by California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) and $22.1M by Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

18. What is the project cost?

    1. Total capital expenditures to date:

       $ 25,700,000 millions as of [fiscal/calendar] year 2010

    2. Annual program operating budget (estimated if not yet fully operational):

       $ millions as of [fiscal/calendar] year 20

19. What impediments or problems were encountered in completing the project or program?

20. What actions were taken to resolve or minimize project or program impediments and problems?

21. What other lessons were learned during the process of undertaking and completing this project or program?

22. Project or program website link: http://www.caltelehealth.org/

23. For further information contact:

    1. Name: Darren Sandford

    2. Title: Vice President for Technology Deployment

    3. Organization: California Emerging Technology Fund

    4. Telephone Number: 415-744-2389

    5. E-Mail Address: darren.sandford@cetfund.org