Redondo Beach City Council
February 20, 2024

Public
Broadband
February 20, 2024
Mike Cook, Information Technology Director
City of Redondo Beach
• Cellular
• 3 Technologies
• 4G, 5G, 5G+, 5G UW, etc.
• Wired Internet
• Coaxial Cable
• Telephone Based (DSL)
• Fiber Optic Based
• Fixed Wireless
• Microwave
• Satellite
• Cellular
Broadband
Nationwide
• 2000 ISP’s - 9 make up 92% of market
• 42 Million Americans do not have ability
to purchase broadband at their home or
business (8.1% of addresses)
• FCC Data has a 12% margin of error
• Success measured by access to 1 non- satellite broadband carrier 95% 98%
Addresses with
access to at least
one broadband
provider
Access to at least
one broadband
provider
Major ISPs Major Cellular
Providers
Redondo
Lacking for between
594k and 3.9 million
residents, state-wide
Most addresses
covered by at least 2
wired ISP’s and all 3
cellular carriers
California
Cellular
AT&T
Cellular
Advertised
T-Mobile
Cellular
Advertised
Verizon
Cellular
Advertised
Fastest
Cellular
(Drive Test Data)
T-Mobile
Verizon
Actual
Speed
North Redondo
(Grey = Commercial)
Actual
Speed
South Redondo
(Grey = Commercial)
Redondo Pier an
Waterfront
What Do
You see?
Near 100% coverage City-Wide
Dead and Slow Spots Near Pier and
north Redondo near large structures
Home &
Business
Spectrum
Legacy Coaxial Cable
Advertised
Frontier
Legacy DSL
Advertised
Spectrum
Fiber Optic Cable
Verified
sonic
Fiber Optic Cable
Advertised
sonic
Fiber Optic Cable
Verified
Starlink
Satellite
(Blue – Service Available)
What Do
You see?
Near 200% (Cable and DSL) coverage
City-Wide
Very little fiber optic infrastructure
What You
don’t see
Hyper local isp’s
Relationship between population
Density and service
The Last Mile
and Infrastructure at waterfront
Limitations
What
are we
doing?
• Infrastructure
• Towers (T-Mobile)
• 5G Upgrades (All Carriers)
• Fiber (Slow Expansion)
• Conduit
• Partnerships and Competition
• Encourage Hyper-Local ISP’s
• Frontier, Spectrum, Crown Castle, TMobile, Verizon, AT&T • Dig Once Policies
• Wireless at Waterfront – In Design
WiFi Cellular
Questions?
February 20, 2024
Mike Cook, Information Technology Director
City of Redondo Beach