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Fauquier County Broadband Demand Analysis


The Residential Broadband Survey Response map on the next page identifies clusters of residential
responses within Census block groups which indicate statistically significant limited Internet availability.
There were not enough business responses received to perform a similar analysis for businesses in the
county.
The three color shades on the map provide suggestions for setting priorities on where to improve
broadband in Fauquier County. Census block groups with high clusters of residential responses were
identified by performing a Hot Spot analysis for each survey dataset collected from an online and paperbased survey conducted by the County in late summer and early fall (2016). The survey asked respondents
to provide the kind of Internet technology, e.g., Cellular Wireless, DSL, T1 Line, Dial-up, wireless
broadband, or fiber broadband they were currently using.
Areas in red, with at least 95% confidence, are clusters of high responses within block groups indicating
limited broadband options. Areas in blue, with at least 95% confidence, are clusters of low responses
within block groups indicating broadband options are not as limited in the block groups that are red.
Limited includes commonly-known limitations of the Internet service whether it be reliability,
availability capacity and/or speed.

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Overview

Cedar Run Magisterial District

A pronounced cluster of responses within block groups were found to be limited in Internet availability.
Three hundred and sixty-one residents replied to the Residential Broadband Survey and twenty-two
businesses replied to the Business Broadband Survey. There are two separate maps to identify areas of
proposed broadband improvements based on residential and business survey responses. Areas in red, with
at least 95% confidence, are high clusters of survey responses within block groups indicating limited
broadband options. Areas in blue, with at least 95% confidence, are low clusters of survey responses within
block groups indicating broadband options are not as limited as the ares in red. Improving broadband
availability for high and/or medium priority block groups will have the highest impact because those
block groups contain the highest clustering of responses from the residential and business surveys.The
district also contains many residents who reported using the Internet for school at least once a month.
Residents and businesses indicated a combination of limited service capacity, service availability, and/or
service aordability. 100% of businesses that responded to the survey in the district indicated that
Internet is essential to my business.

Broadband Challenges
The K12 school within the district is H.M. Pearson Elementary. Twenty-two businesses within the
district replied to the business survey. Most of the businesses commented they could not perform a
required action in their business due to the lack of available broadband options and/or no options at all. In
particular, respondents asked for more reliable and faster Internet to increase productivity. Other
respondents indicated that they would prefer better cell coverage and more competition for Comcast in
the area.

Existing broadband assets


Two towers utilized by the County reside within the district as well as sixteen cell towers not utilized by
County and one FCC registered tower. The County Board of Supervisors owns the one tower located
within the district. Fiber cable routes within the district are owned by Zayo and Paetec Fiber. These are
long haul fiber routes that were not engineered for local residential and business access.

Potential solutions
Providing access to Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) on the existing county tower in the
district would provide substantially improved access to a large part of the county. A viewshed study in the
full report shows the kind of coverage that could be expected.

Costs
Upgrading the existing county tower to provide tower space to one or two wireless Internet providers
would cost in the range of $20,000 to $25,000. If a new tower were located in the district, it would cost
approximately $135,000 and could be located at the Mary Walter Elementary School. The estimated road
mileage within the highest priority residential cluster is 83.55 miles, or about 24% of the total road
mileage within the district. The estimated road milage within the highest priority business cluster is 65.83
miles, or about 19% of the total road mileage within the district.
Fiber deployments within the district would have to be designed carefully, given the large rural road
mileage and the relatively high cost of fiber compared to wireless broadband. Fiber could be deployed
incrementally based on additional market studies to identify pockets of guaranteed demand (i.e. residents
and businesses agreeing to purchase Internet services from the new fiber infrastructure. A hybrid
wireless-fiber network design will be the most economical approach.

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Overview

Marshall Magisterial District

A pronounced cluster of responses within block groups were found to be limited in Internet availability.
Four hundred and eighty-eight residents replied to the Residential Broadband Survey and forty-two
businesses replied to the Business Broadband Survey. There are two separate maps to identify areas of
proposed broadband improvements based on residential and business survey responses. Areas in red, with
at least 95% confidence, are high clusters of survey responses within block groups indicating limited
broadband options.
Areas in blue, with at least 95% confidence, are low clusters of survey responses within block groups
indicating broadband options are not as limited as the ares in red. Improving broadband availability for
high and/or medium priority block groups will have the highest impact because those block groups
contain the highest clustering of responses from the residential and business surveys. The district also
contains many residents who reported using the Internet for school at least once a month. Residents and
businesses indicated a combination of limited service capacity, service availability, and/or service
aordability. 100% of businesses that responded to the survey in the district indicated that Internet is
essential to my business.

Broadband Challenges
There are no K12 schools within the district and there are forty-two businesses within the district that
replied to the survey. Most of the businesses commented that they could not perform a required action in
their business due to the lack of available broadband options and/or no options at all. In particular, some
respondents indicated that they wanted both better cell service and better landline service. Also, some
respondents indicated they struggled with Internet reliability and had to buy Internet service from more
than one provider to have reliable service.

Existing broadband assets


In the district, the County leases space on three towers. There are no County-owned towers in the
district. There are fourteen cell towers within the district. Fiber lines within the district are owned by
Lumos and Paetec Fiber.

Potential solutions
There are no county-owned towers in this district. At least two new towers are recommended to provide
improved wireless broadband service in this district. A viewshed study in the full report shows the kind of
coverage that could be expected. A proposed new tower site for this district is Orleans Volunteer Fire and
Rescue Department which would improve broadband availability within the proposed high priority block
group for residential responses.

Costs
One new tower would cost an estimated $125,000 to $135,000, for a total of about $270,000 in capital
expense. Some modest revenue would be expected from wireless Internet providers using those towers. A
candidate tower location could include the Orlean Fire and Rescue Station.The estimated road mileage
within the highest priority residential cluster is 94 miles, or about 17% of the total road mileage within
the district. The estimated road milage within the highest priority business cluster is 250.40 miles, or
about 46% of the total road mileage within the district.
Fiber deployments within the district would have to be designed carefully, given the large rural road
mileage and the relatively high cost of fiber compared to wireless broadband. Fiber could be deployed
incrementally based on additional market studies to identify pockets of guaranteed demand (i.e. residents
and businesses agreeing to purchase Internet services from the new fiber infrastructure. A hybrid
wireless-fiber network design will be the most economical approach.

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Overview

Center Magisterial District

A pronounced cluster of responses within block groups were found to be limited in Internet availability.
Eighty residents replied to the Residential Broadband Survey and nineteen businesses replied to the
Business Broadband Survey. There are two separate maps to identify areas of proposed broadband
improvements based on residential and business survey responses. Areas in red, with at least 95%
confidence, are high clusters of survey responses within block groups indicating limited broadband
options.
Areas in blue, with at least 95% confidence, are low clusters of survey responses within block groups
indicating broadband options are not as limited as the ares in red. Improving broadband availability for
high and/or medium priority block groups will have the highest impact because those block groups
contain the highest clustering of responses from the residential and business surveys.The district also
contains many residents who reported using the Internet for school at least once a month. Residents and
businesses indicated a combination of limited service capacity, service availability, and/or service
aordability. 100% of businesses that responded to the survey in the district indicated that Internet is
essential to my business.

Broadband Challenges
There are four K12 schools as seen on the maps within the district and there are nineteen businesses
within the district that replied to the survey. Most of the businesses commented that they would like more
Internet options available within the district. In particular, some respondents indicated that they wanted
both better cell service and better Internet service. Also, some respondents indicated that better Internet
options would attract other businesses to the district.

Existing broadband assets


In the district, there are no County-owned or County-leased towers in the district. There are five towers
within the district. Three towers are FCC registered, one is owned by American Towers and one is an
unknown owner. Fiber lines within the district are owned by Lumos, Paetec Fiber. and Zayo.

Potential solutions
There are no county-owned towers in this district. At least two new towers are recommended to provide
improved wireless broadband service in this district. A viewshed study in the full report shows the kind of
coverage that could be expected. There are no proposed tower sites within this district at the current
moment.

Costs
The estimated road mileage within the highest priority residential cluster is 14.345 miles 17% of the total
road mileage within the district. The estimated road milage within the highest priority business cluster is
also 14.35 miles 17% of the total road mileage within the district.
Fiber deployments within the district would have to be designed carefully, given the large rural road
mileage and the relatively high cost of fiber compared to wireless broadband. Fiber could be deployed
incrementally based on additional market studies to identify pockets of guaranteed demand (i.e. residents
and businesses agreeing to purchase Internet services from the new fiber infrastructure. A hybrid
wireless-fiber network design will be the most economical approach.

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17

15

672
V
U
C M Bradley Elementary School

211

15
U
V

605
V
U

29

605
U
V

15

N/A

Fauquier High School

29

17

211

Warrenton Middle School

211
V
U
Warrenton
IWG TOWERS I, LLC
ASSESRA I, LLC

211

COMMON WELATH,
VIRGINIA
FAUQUIER CNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

15
U
V

643
U
V
643
U
V

29

Taylor Middle School


15
V
U

V
U
802

Centeral Elementary School

29

802
U
V

643
V
U

15

Center Magisterial District: Exisiting Broadband Assets and Analysis of Business Broadband Demand

#
#
V#
U
#
802

Cell Tower*
County Utilizes Tower*
American Tower

X
4

Business

Fire Station

Lumos

Improve Broadband Priority: Business

K12 Schools

Fire/Rescue Station

MBC Fiber

High Priority

Masgistertial District

Police Station

Zayo Fiber

Medium Priority

Paetec Fiber

Low Priority

FCC Registered Tower*

*Names next to towers are the owners. AmericanTowers are owned by American Towers

Rescue Squad

Interstate

Greater than or eqaul to 95% Confidence Interval

643
V
U
0.5

Primary Hwy
Secondary Hwy
Local Road
1

Miles

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Fauquier County

17

15

672
V
U
C M Bradley Elementary School

211

605
U
V

605
U
V

29

15

29

N/A

17

211
V
U
211

15
V
U

Warrenton Middle School

Warrenton
IWG TOWERS I, LLC
ASSESRA I, LLC

211

COMMON WELATH,
VIRGINIA

FAUQUIER CNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

643
V
U
643
V
U

15
U
V
Taylor Middle School

802
V
U

29

Centeral Elementary School


643
V
U

of Residential Broadband Demnd


802
V
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Center Magisterial
District: Exisiting Broadband Assets and Analysis
15

#
#
#U
V
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802

Cell Tower*
County Utilizes Tower*
American Tower

(
!

Resident

Fire Station

Lumos

Improve Broadband Priority: Residential

K12 Schools

Fire/Rescue Station

MBC Fiber

High Priority

Masgistertial District

Police Station

Zayo Fiber

Medium Priority

Paetec Fiber

Low Priority

FCC Registered Tower*

*Names next to towers are the owners. AmericanTowers are owned by American Towers

Rescue Squad

Interstate

Greater than or eqaul to 95% Confidence Interval

643
V
U

0.5

Primary Hwy
Secondary Hwy
Local Road

Miles

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Overview

Lee Magisterial District

A pronounced cluster of responses within block groups were found to be limited in Internet availability.
One hundred and seventy-three residents replied to the Residential Broadband Survey and ten businesses
replied to the Business Broadband Survey. There are two separate maps to identify areas of proposed
broadband improvements based on residential and business survey responses. Areas in red, with at least
95% confidence, are high clusters of survey responses within block groups indicating limited broadband
options. Areas in blue, with at least 95% confidence, are low clusters of survey responses within block
groups indicating broadband options are not as limited as the ares in red. Improving broadband
availability for high and/or medium priority block groups will have the highest impact because those
block groups contain the highest clustering of responses from the residential and business surveys.The
district also contains many residents who reported using the Internet for school at least once a month.
Residents and businesses indicated a combination of limited service capacity, service availability, and/or
service aordability. 100% of businesses that responded to the survey in the district indicated that
Internet is essential to my business.

Broadband Challenges
There are four K12 schools within the district as seen on the maps below and there are ten businesses
within the district that replied to the survey. Most of the businesses commented they wanted better cell
phone service and faster Internet service. In particular, a business commented they would like fiber optics
while another business commented they are researching other areas to move to for better Internet service.

Existing broadband assets


In the district, the County leases space on three towers. There are no County-owned towers in the
district. There are seven cell towers within the district. Fiber lines within the district are owned by Zayo,
Paetec and MBC Fiber.

Potential solutions
There are no county-owned towers in this district. At least two new towers may be needed to provide
widely improved wireless broadband service in this district. A viewshed study in the full report shows the
kind of coverage that could be expected. The proposed new tower sites are at Mary Walter Elementary
School and Liberty High School

Costs
One or two new towers would cost an estimated $125,000 to $135,000, for a total of about $270,000 in
capital expense. Some modest revenue would be expected from wireless Internet providers using those
towers. Two Candidate tower locations could include the Mary Walter Elementary School and/or
Liberty High School. The estimated road milage within the highest priority residential cluster is 14.35
miles 6% of the total road mileage within the district. There are no high priority business cluster within
the district.
Fiber deployments within the district would have to be designed carefully, given the large rural road
mileage and the relatively high cost of fiber compared to wireless broadband. Fiber could be deployed
incrementally based on additional market studies to identify pockets of guaranteed demand (i.e. residents
and businesses agreeing to purchase Internet services from the new fiber infrastructure. A hybrid
wireless-fiber network design will be the most economical approach.
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643
V
U

15

806
V
U

Calverton

643
V
U

Opal

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29

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p

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PROPERTIES
INC/TOW3

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616
V
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28
V
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Midland

28
V
U

17

Liberty High School

616
V
U

610
U
V

Grace Miller Elementary School


806
U
V

Cedar Lee Middle School


28
V
U

651
V
U

610
V
U

Bealeton

CROWN
CASTLE

SBA
TOWERS
806
V
U

15
15 U
V

V
U

806
U
V

610
U
V

651

MARC
LEEPSON

M M Pierce Elementary School


Remington

15
V
U

610
V
U

806
U
V

651
V
U

15

651
V
U

806
V
U

VEPCO

Mary Wlter Elementary School


Morrisville
VEPCO
651
V
U
AMERICAN
TOWERS INC

634
V
U

CROWN
ATLANTIC
COMPANY LLC

3
U
V

ou nty
ford C
nt y

V
U
651

Staf

CYNTHIA
E TIBBS

F a u q ui er C ou

651
V
U

651
V
U
Goldvein

LAURA
SMITH

17

3
V
U

Lignum

Lee Magisterial District: Exisiting Broadband Assets and Analysis of Business Broadband Demand
Cell Tower*
County Utilizes Tower*
American Tower

X
4

Business

Fire Station

3
V
U
K12 Schools
rC

3
U
V

Magistertial District

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Fire/Rescue
nt
ou
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Lumos
Station

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ge

#
#
#
#

FCC Registered Tower*

*Names next to towers are the owners. AmericanTowers are owned by American Towers

Police Station
Rescue Squad

Improve Broadband Priority: Business


Greater than or eqaul to 95% Confidence Interval

Interstate

MBC Fiber

High Priority

Primary Hwy

Zayo Fiber

Medium Priority

Secondary Hwy

Paetec Fiber

Low Priority
0

Local Road
2

Miles

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643
V
U

15

806
V
U

Calverton

643
V
U

29 Opal

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Fauquier County

28
V
U

616
V
U

SBA
PROPERTIES
INC/TOW3

28
V
U
Midland

28
V
U

17

Liberty High School


28
V
U

616
U
V
610
V
U

Grace Miller Elementary School

806
V
U

Cedar Lee Middle School


ty
r Coun
ui e
uq
County
Fa
pe r
lp e
Cu

V
U

651
U
V

CROWN
CASTLE

15

651
V
U

610
V
U

Bealeton

28

806
V
U

SBA
TOWERS

15
V
U

806
U
V
MARC
LEEPSON

29

610
V
U

Remington

15

610
V
U

806
U
V

651
U
V

15

651
V
U

806
V
U
VEPCO

Mary Wlter Elementary School


Morrisville
VEPCO

651
V
U

AMERICAN
TOWERS INC

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Goldvein

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651
V
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LAURA
SMITH

F a u q u ie r C

651
U
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V
U

CYNTHIA
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Staf

651
V
U

CROWN
ATLANTIC
COMPANY LLC

3
V
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Lignum

Lee Magisterial District: Exisiting Broadband Assets and Analysis of Residential Broadband Demand

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#

Cell Tower*

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Cu lp FCC Registered
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O r an g e C o u

Resident

Fire Station

3
U
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K12 Schools
Magistertial District

3
V
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Tower*

Lumos

Improve Broadband Priority: Residential


Greater than or eqaul to 95% Confidence Interval

Fire/Rescue Station

MBC Fiber

High Priority

Police Station

Zayo Fiber

Medium Priority

Paetec Fiber

Low Priority

Rescue Squad

*Names next to towers are the owners. AmericanTowers are owned by American Towers

Interstate
Primary Hwy
Secondary Hwy
Local Road

Miles

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Scott Magisterial District


Overview
A pronounced cluster of responses within block groups were found to be limited in Internet availability.
Two hundred and forty-one residents replied to the Residential Broadband Survey and sixteen businesses
replied to the Business Broadband Survey. There are two separate maps to identify areas of proposed
broadband improvements based on residential and business survey responses. Areas in red, with at least
95% confidence, are high clusters of survey responses within block groups indicating limited broadband
options. Areas in blue, with at least 95% confidence, are low clusters of survey responses within block
groups indicating broadband options are not as limited as the ares in red. Improving broadband
availability for high and/or medium priority block groups will have the highest impact because those
block groups contain the highest clustering of responses from the residential and business surveys.The
district also contains many residents who reported using the Internet for school at least once a month.
Residents and businesses indicated a combination of limited service capacity, service availability, and/or
service aordability. 100% of businesses that responded to the survey in the district indicated that
Internet is essential to my business.

Broadband Challenges
There are five K12 schools as seen on the maps within the district and there are sixteen businesses within
the district that replied to the survey. Most of the businesses commented they wanted more aordable and
faster Internet. In particular, businesses would like fiber optics for faster speed and more competition in
the area.

Existing broadband assets


In the district, the County leases space on five towers. There are no County-owned towers in the district.
There are five cell towers within the district. Fiber lines within the district are owned by Paetec.

Potential solutions
There are no county-owned towers in this district. There is one recommenced new tower location at
Claude Thompson Elementary School. A viewshed study in the full report shows the kind of coverage
that could be expected.

Costs
One or two new towers would cost an estimated $125,000 to $135,000, for a total of about $270,000 in
capital expense. Some modest revenue would be expected from wireless Internet providers using those
towers.The estimated road milage within the highest priority business cluster is 123.13 miles 40% of the
total road mileage within the district. The estimated road milage within the highest priority residential
cluster is 244.34 miles 80% of the total road miles within the district.
Fiber deployments within the district would have to be designed carefully, given the large rural road
mileage and the relatively high cost of fiber compared to wireless broadband. Fiber could be deployed
incrementally based on additional market studies to identify pockets of guaranteed demand (i.e. residents
and businesses agreeing to purchase Internet services from the new fiber infrastructure. A hybrid
wireless-fiber network design will be the most economical approach.

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V
U

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Middleburg

713
U
V

Lo ud
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C ou
Fau q
nty
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Co u
nty

50

734
V
U

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Fauquier County

626
U
V
615
V
U
15

713
U
V

626
V
U
713
V
U
710
V
U

713
V
U
17

Claude Thompson Elementary School

Bull Run
Mountain
Estates
626
V
U

710
U
V

USA

55
V
U

V
U

Marshall
710

V
U
647

U
V
V
U

721
V
U

55

55
V
U

17

17

626
V
U

15

Marshall Middle School


W G Coleman Elementary School
The
Plains
245
U
V

66

55
V
U

245
U
V

647
U
V

234
V
U

F auq uier
Cou nty
Pr i n c e
W i l l i am
Co unty

CROWN
ATLANTIC
COMPANY

55
V
U

GREAT
MEADOW
FOUNDATION

COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA

55
U
V

628
V
U

CECIL
CAMPBELL

Haymarket
55
U
V

15

29

628
V
U
New
Baltimore

COURTYARD
LLC

15

C Hunter Richie Elementary School


17

AMERICAN
TOWERS
INC

672
U
V

CROWN ATLANTIC
COMPANY, LLC
WKCW

CROWN
ATLANTIC
COMPANY LLC

GILBERT
DUCKETT

215
V
U

Vint Hill
Economic Devel
Authority

P B Smith Elementary School


Auburn Middle School

211

211
U
V

15

29

Warrenton

605
211
V
U

Scott Magisterial District: Exisiting


Broadband Assets and Analysis of Business Broadband Demand

#
V#
U
#
#
688

Cell Tower*
County Utilizes Tower*
211
American Tower

X
4

Business

V
U

Fire15
Station

K12 Schools

643
V
U
Fire/Rescue Station

Magistertial District

Police Station

FCC Registered Tower*


802
*Names next to towers are the owners. AmericanTowers are owned by American Towers

V
U

Lumos

15

SBA TOWERS
Rescue Squad
IV LLC

643
V
U

U
V
667
V
U

Improve Broadband Priority:


670 Business

V
U

Interstate
605

Greater than or eqaul to 95% Confidence Interval

MBC Fiber

High Priority

Primary Hwy

Zayo Fiber

Medium Priority

Secondary Hwy

Paetec Fiber

Low Priority
0

Local Road
2

667
U
V

Miles

28
V
U

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611
U
V

50

Middleburg

713
V
U

Lo ud
ou n
C ou
Fau q
nty
uier
Co u
nty

50

734
U
V

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Fauquier County

626
U
V
615
V
U
15

713
U
V

626
U
V

713
V
U

713
U
V

Claude Thompson Elementary School

17

Bull Run
Mountain
Estates
626
U
V

710
V
U

USA

55
V
U
CROWN
ATLANTIC
COMPANY
Marshall
17
UU
V V
U
V

721
V
U

647

55

626
V
U

Marshall Middle
School

15

W G Coleman Elementary School


The
Plains

17

55
V
U

245
U
V

66

245
V
U

647
V
U

234
V
U

55
V
U
F au

GREAT
MEADOW
FOUNDATION

am
illi
eW y
nc
t
Pri
un
Co
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qu

COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA

ty
un
Co

628
U
V

CECIL
CAMPBELL

55
V
U

Haymarket
55
V
U

15

29

628
V
U

New Baltimore
CROWN ATLANTIC
COMPANY,
AMERICAN
LLC
TOWERS INC
WKCW

17

15

C Hunter Richie Elementary School

COURTYARD
LLC

CROWN
ATLANTIC
COMPANY

GILBERT
DUCKETT
672
V
U

215
V
U

Vint Hill
Economic Devel
Authority

Auburn Middle School

211

211
V
U

15

29

Warrenton

605
211
V
U

Scott Magisterial District: Exisiting


Broadband Assets and Analysis of Residential Broadband
Demand

#
V#
U
#
#
688

Cell Tower*
County Utilizes Tower*
211
American Tower

(
!

Resident

V
U

Fire15
Station

K12 Schools

643
V
U
Fire/Rescue Station

Magistertial District

Police Station

FCC Registered Tower*


802
*Names next to towers are the owners. AmericanTowers are owned by American Towers

V
U

Lumos

15

SBA TOWERS
Rescue Squad
IV LLC

643
V
U

U
V
667
V
U

Improve Broadband Priority:


670Residential

V
U

Interstate
605

Greater than or eqaul to 95% Confidence Interval

MBC Fiber

High Priority

Primary Hwy

Zayo Fiber

Medium Priority

Secondary Hwy

Paetec Fiber

Low Priority
0

Local Road
2

667
V
U

Miles

28
U
V

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Wireless Propagation Analysis

The wireless propagation studies on the next two pages provide an analysis of how broadband Internet
coverage in the county could be improved by making more space available to WISPs (Wireless Internet
Service Providers) on county-owned towers.
The first map illustrates potential coverage if the customer receiving antenna is mounted approximately
twenty feet above ground level (e.g. at the peak of the roof ).
The second map shows potential coverage if the customer receiving antenna is mounted on a wooden
utility pole seventy feet above the ground. In this instance, coverage is substantially improved.
Not every home or business in rural parts of the county would necessarily have to install a private utility
pole. Where there are clusters of homes along a rural road, a single utility pole could provide much
improved broadband access to any home or business within line of sight of the pole for wireless access,
and for rural subdivisions, this could be an even more ecient approach, serving many homes within a
neighborhood.
These utility poles, therefore, could be used in three ways:
A single utility pole is mounted on a business or residential property with line of site to one of the larger
towers. In this approach, the single pole provides service to a single customer, with bandwidth available
at a minimum 5-10 Meg symmetric. This would be a substantial improvement over poor DSL or
satellite, and would support many common work from home or business from home services that
perform poorly over low speed DSL (e.g. Skype, Webex, GoToMeeting, VoIP phone service). Higher
speeds for more specialized business needs would also be possible.
A community utility pole could be installed on public right of way, a common space (e.g. local park,
fire station, etc.) or on private property with permission of the property owner. This pole would have a
point to point connection to one of the larger towers. Service providers could install local access radios
that would provide wireless Internet service to any customers with good line of sight to the utility pole
(as far away as a mile or more).
A community utility pole could be installed on public right of way, a common space (e.g. local park,
fire station, etc.) or on private property with permission of the property owner. This pole would have a
point to point connection to one of the larger towers. A cabinet at the base of the pole would contain a
fiber switch, and fiber could be deployed locally from that tower.

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