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• NEW help from vendors eager to get your business –
if you know how to ask.
• NEW mapping software that allows ISPs to phase
the build for maximum early cash fow and thus
minimum cash outlay.
• NEW customer software that allows even the
smallest network providers to manage thousands of
online services.
• AND data centers are morphing into managed service providers, helping an entire region's ISPs and
municipal networks ofer high-revenue services.
Just one example: Here's an innovative
fnancing idea we'll explore: A fnancial
instrument that combines a loan for the
network build with income to the investor from
prepaid annuities. It can go cash-fow positive
in less than two years, attracting investors
scared about what they see as a long payback
from the network alone, but looking for higher
coupon rates than an annuity can provide.
And yes, real estate developers and
MDU owners can borrow at a rate far
lower than can broadband providers.
How do all parties navigate the
fnancial shoals?
One preconference workshop provides a FREE investor model
of PCO/CLEC MDU network cash fows.
Ken Demlow of Beehive Industries notes that our industry can
ofer quite diferent services – dark fber, pole licenses, triple
play, quadruple play and more – how
can the pre-project marketing and
sales of those be managed? He'll
explain how.
Doug Dawson of CCG Consulting will
tell how to get into the voice and cable
business without putting in a headend,
reselling services provided by others.
There's even a talk on getting money
for rural builds out of the USDA – but
not from the Rural Utilities Service!
Learn to phase a network
build to maximize early
cash fow and minimize
cash outlay.
Is reselling
cloud-based
services a
cost-effective
approach
for your
operation?
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