BROADBAND STRATEGY

Background:

OTHERSIDE Advisory was asked to develop a Municipal broadband strategy resulting in faster and more robust high-speed broadband availability throughout the Municipality.

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Key Value Proposition:

• OTHERSIDE developed and piloted a successful multi-party broadband approach resulting in significant broadband savings for our client.

• Leveraging the learning from this pilot project, OTHERSIDE'S broadband strategy included the following benefits:

  • Improves competitive tension of existing ISP’s within the Municipality thereby applying downward price pressure and better services for Residents.

  • Allows Residents to access and negotiate with multiple ISP’s when procuring its broadband services.

  • Influences ISP providers to expand their services into area’s of the Municipality which were previously not economically feasible.

  • Provides an additional revenue stream for the Town which could be used to expand this broadband strategy into underserviced parts of the Town.

  • Establishes a growing footprint of Municipal infrastructure which could be leveraged for “Smart City” or to facilitate other operational requirements in the future.

• Limited to no capital needed needed to support the strategy.