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EN's Solution The City of Hillsboro hired EN to develop a citywide fiber backbone and fiber to the home broadband network. EN approached the design by working with School District staff to determine their most important needs— high bandwidth, reliability, and redundancy across all schools. Through the planning process, EN designed a highly redundant, multi-ring fiber backbone to connect 34 schools with dark fiber. Concurrently, EN engineered an optimal fiber to the home architecture using the backbone network as a launchpad for broadband. Our design furnished the City with a blueprint for broadband across 44,000 homes and businesses. We provided detailed fielding, utility assessment, permitting, make-ready, prints, costing and as-builts for each phase of construction. The design delivers 1 and 10 gigabit capabilities natively in the network. To enable seamless deployment of the network, the City also selected EN to manage construction, given our deep experience constructing municipal fiber and our collaborative approach with the City's internal departments. Our Client's Success Today, 34 schools are connected to the network, providing nearly unlimited bandwidth to support their current and future needs, while reducing its operating budgets by $200,000 annually. The fiber backbone and the first phase of fiber to the home construction have been completed to enable the City to launch its gigabit internet services to the first homes in Hillsboro. Feasibility Study and Fiber Design — City of Waterloo, Iowa Contact Eric Lage, General Manager of Telecommunications Phone: 319-291-0175 Email: eric.lage@waterloofiber.com Challenge The City of Waterloo, Iowa selected EN in 2019 as its partner in the development of a Broadband Study and Action Plan that will identify needs and opportunities for future broadband expansion and growth. EN assisted the City of Waterloo in preparing for the internet of things by integrating fiber-to-the-home broadband and smart city technologies into the City's Broadband Study and Action Plan, a long-term plan, which will ensure that Waterloo is prepared to take advantage of all future wired and wireless applications which may benefit the community. EN's Solution EN engaged the City of Waterloo leadership and studied the state of broadband throughout the community, while gathering and presenting information to assist City leadership in making informed decisions as it relates to deploying broadband citywide. The EN team developed supporting financial models and presented multiple options to the City for its consideration. Our team developed an implementation strategy and action plan for Waterloo, allowing the City to immediately begin making improvements to the community's broadband services. This plan will enable the City of Waterloo to also support retaining and attracting new businesses, improving residential and business broadband services all while making Waterloo a high-tech competitive community. The project's final report will serve as an implementation roadmap to ensure the broadband needs of Waterloo are served today, and well into the future. Page 11