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Massachusetts Telecommunications Symposium Funding Community Broadband Networks Tom Moylan Ashby Telecom Group, LLC July 26, 2004
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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) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MassachusettsTelecommunications
Symposium
MassachusettsTelecommunications
Symposium
Funding Community Broadband NetworksFunding Community Broadband Networks
Tom Moylan
Ashby Telecom Group, LLC
July 26, 2004
07/26/04
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How do other community assets get funded?
Roads
Bridges
Sewers
Schools
Hospitals
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Two types of funding requirements
CAPEX
OPEX
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CAPEX
Float a bond!
Build Partners (ILECs, CLECs, xSPs)
Institutional Users
Local Philanthropy
Federal/State Grants
Economic Development Funds
FCC Approved Local Surcharge
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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
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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
