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Funding Community Broadband Networks. Tom Moylan Ashby Telecom Group, LLC. July 26, 2004. How do other community assets get funded?. Roads Bridges Sewers Schools Hospitals . Two types of funding requirements. CAPEX OPEX. CAPEX. Float a bond! Build Partners (ILECs, CLECs, xSPs)
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Funding Community Broadband Networks Tom Moylan Ashby Telecom Group, LLC July 26, 2004
How do other community assets get funded? • Roads • Bridges • Sewers • Schools • Hospitals Page - 2
Two types of funding requirements • CAPEX • OPEX Page - 3
CAPEX • Float a bond! • Build Partners (ILECs, CLECs, xSPs) • Institutional Users • Local Philanthropy • Federal/State Grants • Economic Development Funds • FCC Approved Local Surcharge Page - 4
OPEX It all depends what you are OP-ing • Monopoly Network • Open Access • Separation of Network Owner and SPs • Wholesale vs Retail vs Dark Fiber • Staffing vs Outsourcing • Service Revenues Page - 5
At the end of the day… • Fiduciary Duty • Community Network not Telecom Network • 100 Mbps or wasting time • Regional/Municipal Pride • Prepare for the future not the present Page - 6