As we are slowly proceeding to our fundraising efforts, we needed to specify our project in more detail. We thought it would be interesting for our supporters and well wishers to see what those specifications are. Let me first start by stating that our $70 Billion (with a B) Ultra-High-Bandwidth Access rollout in the USA will be the largest privately developed project ever. Also, as you will see below, we have chosen for Next Generation 802.11 N technology for our wireless project, and we have chosen to go for Fiber To The Home/ Office at 10 Gbps per connection. The reasons as to why we chose these technologies, and how we will make it work better and be more successful than the competition will be explained in later posts, most likely in some form of a White Paper. For now, you will find below the general project specs, the wireless rollout specs, and the FTTH/O rollout specs.

UHBA USA PROJECT SPECS

General Specs:

• Total Project Cost: Approx. $70 Billion

• Break Even Point (investment capital requirement): $2B

• Wireless Rollout timeframe : 2.5 years – 2010 -2012

• FTTH/O Rollout timeframe: 6 years – 2010 – 2016

• Employees: Y1 1100+; Y2 5,500; Y3 10,500; Y4 15,500; Y5 20,500; Y6 25,500

• Marketing Budget: 2010 $40+M; 2011 onwards: $100+M p/a

• Global Higher Level Architecture and Infrastructure: $500M until DEC2012; $4B until 2016

• Total Fiber: 30,000+ Fiber Route Miles

Wireless @ 100 Mbps per user

• Wireless LAN Technology: 802.11N

• Devices: 2.5 million 802.11N access points

• Fixed Wireless Backbone: approx. 5,000 links

• Fiber to the Base Station: approx 5,000 Fiber Route Miles

• Region: Grand Lakes Region & Northeast Corridor

• Coverage: 160,000 Square Miles

• POPS: 90 -100 million people

• Aimed subscriber base: 25 million users

• Average Oversubscription Ratio: 10:1 ( ten subscribers per access node)

• Rollout Period: 2.5 year period – 2010-2012

• Total Wireless Rollout Cost: Approximately $6.5 Billion

Fiber To The Home/ Office @ 10 Gbps per connection

• Home Devices: State-of-the-art, advanced Set Top Box (RC, Wireless Keyboard, etc. + Extra Monitor)

• Fiber: 25,000+ Fiber Route Miles

• Region: Grand Lakes Region & Northeast Corridor

• Coverage: 160,000 Square Miles

• Households: 33 million

• Aimed subscriber base: 20 million connections (households/ businesses/ institutions)

• Rollout Period: 6 years – 2010-2016

• Total FTTH/O Rollout Cost: Approximately $63-64 Billion

General Specs:

• Total Project Cost: Approx. $70 Billion

• Break Even Point (investment capital requirement): $2B

• Wireless Rollout timeframe : 2.5 years – 2010 -2012

• FTTH/O Rollout timeframe: 6 years – 2010 – 2016

• Employees: Y1 1100+; Y2 5,500; Y3 10,500; Y4 15,500; Y5 20,500; Y6 25,500

• Marketing Budget: 2010 $40+M; 2011 onwards: $100+M p/a

• Global Higher Level Architecture and Infrastructure: $500M until DEC2012; $4B until 2016

• Total Fiber: 30,000+ Fiber Route Miles

Wireless @ 100 Mbps per user

• Wireless LAN Technology: 802.11N

• Devices: 2.5 million 802.11N access points

• Fixed Wireless Backbone: approx. 5,000 links

• Fiber to the Base Station: approx 5,000 Fiber Route Miles

• Region: Great Lakes Region & Northeast Corridor

• Coverage: 160,000 Square Miles

• POPS: 90 -100 million people

• Aimed subscriber base: 25 million users

• Average Oversubscription Ratio: 10:1 ( ten subscribers per access node)

• Rollout Period: 2.5 year period – 2010-2012

• Total Wireless Rollout Cost: Approximately $6.5 Billion

Fiber To The Home/ Office @ 10 Gbps per connection

• Home Devices: State-of-the-art, advanced Set Top Box (RC, Wireless Keyboard, etc. + Extra Monitor)

• Fiber: 25,000+ Fiber Route Miles

• Region: Grand Lakes Region & Northeast Corridor

• Coverage: 160,000 Square Miles

• Homes Passed: 37.5 million

• Households Passed: 33 million

• Aimed subscriber base: 20 million connections (households/ businesses/ institutions)

• Rollout Period: 6 years – 2010-2016

• Total FTTH/O Rollout Cost: Approximately $63-64 Billion