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UTC Webinar: The Utility Lease Model: Building Gigabit Fiber Networks to Every Home & Business Without Increasing Rates
Date(s):
July 23, 2020
Venue:N/A
Website:Not available
Fee(s):This event has a fee
Description:This session will focus on the growing trend of utilities building fiber networks through the proven Utility Lease Model, as told by utility executives and industry leaders. These panelists will discuss how your utility can modernize the grid, while bridging “the digital divide” in under-served communities.
Regions outside the Top 20 markets routinely do not have the fiber optic network infrastructure needed to support today’s increasingly essential technologies.
Utilities in mid-size markets (such as Huntsville Utilities in Alabama and City Utilities in Springfield, Missouri) are modernizing their grids while bringing Gigabit fiber capable networks to residents and businesses citywide. Notably, these utilities remain focused on their core competencies without the risk of becoming an Internet Service Provider. Topics will include: ·How to Bring New Service Providers to Under-Served Markets
·Economic Development Impact
·Funding Model & Financial Structure of the Utility Lease Model
·Network Design & Engineering Considerations -Best Practices & Lessons Learned
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