For anyone else still interested this info can be found on both the MDBC and TRI-County County Council of Southern Maryland website also Im not saying it is or isnt verizons lines it is marylands lines to lease to whomever they wish to provide "last mile" services in rural or underserved areas Im just saying that from sources verizon is leasing one to bring fios in but anyway heres more info:
BROADBAND FEASABILITY STUDY
For the past five years the Southern Maryland Technology Task Force of the Tri-County Council of Southern Maryland has been actively working on an initiative to implement and expand Broadband technology infrastructure (Cable, Fiber, BPL, Wireless, Cellular, Satellite, etc.) in Southern Maryland.
In 2005 with funding provided by the County Commissioners of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's Counties, Maryland DBED and Maryland TEDCO, Tri-County Council selected Maryland-based CCG Consulting, Inc. to conduct a detailed Feasibility Study of Broadband in Southern Maryland.
The feasibility study is expected to set the foundation for many future phases of the overall broadband initiative. Successfully implementation and expansion of broadband will assist the region in advancing economic development, improving educational and institutional improvements and enabling development of new capabilities for local homeland security and first responders in the Southern Maryland Area.
MARYLAND BROADBAND COOPERATIVE
MISSION
The mission of the Maryland Broadband Cooperative is to drive economic development through universal, open access to broadband services via a fiber optic network that serves rural Maryland.
VISION
To build an advanced, world-class broadband telecommunications network across the rural communities Eastern, Southern and Western Maryland fostering economic development and supported by its’ members who will provide Last Mile services.
BENEFITS
Specifically, as engineered by MdBC, this universal, open access fiber optic network will provide the following benefits:
· Establish a public/private partnership to promote economic development.
· Advanced open-access fiber optic broadband infrastructure providing competitive carriers an opportunity to deploy innovative, next-generation technologies in local markets;
· Future-proofed assets for the unserved and underserved rural regions of Maryland and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The system has been designed for scalability, growth, and anticipated technology changes for the many decades ahead.
· A region-wide solution to the lack of advanced telecommunication facilities in rural Maryland/Virginia, while enabling local community conditions to be reflected through the equitable policy of “universal, open access” to all ILEC’s, ISP’s, CLEC’s, IXC’s and other broadband service providers;
· Create a competitive advantage for the region and its communities in the global network economy, which will provide superiority from a telecommunications standpoint with more urban areas;
· Development of local workforce skills for the new global network economy;
· Promote regional job growth, new industry and economic stability;
· Expanding and improving education, health care, government services, telemedicine, distance learning;
· Encouraging new research and development opportunities and initiatives, through partnerships with government research facilities, private institutions, universities, and community colleges;
· Empowering local communities and people to be producers in the new global network economy.
