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• Equipment locations and requirements Detailed breakdown of comprehensive county fiber underground broadband network option. Estimated cost based on current conceptional design and construction cost: • Total Fiber Mileage Backbone and Laterals 144 miles of underground and 6 miles of aerial for an estimated total of 150 miles of 288 fiber. • Current Estimated Construction Cost $25.42M • Estimated Network Cost Breakdown: o PM/CM Services 18 months build $1.1 M o Design/Engineering $870K o Construction Labor $15.7M o Additional 4" empty conduit for future use S1.1 5M (Optional) o Materials and Miscellaneous $6.25M o Core and Edge Electronics and Facilities $1.5M o New Data Center $500K Building Only (Optional) o Total Estimated Network Cost with Options $27.07M BUSINESS STRATEGY- OPTION 3 1. Build a high-capacity IRC Intranet backbone that would serve connectivity to all of the IRC facilities. 2. The network would be 99% underground and hardened inside of conduit. 3. The network would have redundant rings and diverse routes for high reliability. 4. The network would be a high -count fiber strands which would provide lots of capacity beyond the county's current needs. 5. This access Dark Fiber backbone would be offered to lease to ISPs or an RFP could be issued to select an ISP partner that could either co -invest or agree to fund the laterals to reach any underserved parts of the county as part of an overall agreement. 6. Funding would be a combinatior of ARPA and state and federal grant opportunities. 7. The network could be built in phases based on funding available. Indian River could create an infrastructure to support new entrants in an area with underserved broadband demand. The business strategy will define the IRFN's value proposition in the broadband infrastructure market. The core strategy will be to 43 www.MAGELLAN-ADVISORS,C0M 218