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You'll hear about a variety of successful
eforts to fund broadband – including
investments in education, healthcare
institutions and community anchors in
underserved areas.
Diane Kruse, CEO and Lead Consultant,
NEO Fiber, and former chair of the FTTH
Council, presents sessions on Leveraging
Your Assets And Creating Partnerships
For Building Fiber Networks. Kruse notes
that building a high-speed broadband
network requires combining assets and
expertise from various stakeholders.
Putting all these pieces together is often
a challenge. Find out how communities
are solving this problem, often using
unconventional partnerships and
incentives, to make the most of assets
already in place – including middle-
mile fber, conduits, poles and other
infrastructure. It's all changing the
fnancial dynamics for potential providers.
EXCLUSIVE SURVEYS:
Organizations pay $50,000 or more for
reports like the following. But they're
free to Summit attendees!
• MDUs: Researcher Michael Render
will present two new MDU studies,
both the largest ever of their kind.
One is an extensive survey of MDU
owners and operators; the other,
MDU residents.
• Communities: Economist Michael
Curri of the Strategic Networks Group
will host a workshop for communities
on driving adoption and economic
growth based on research from
60,000+ business respondents.
• IEDC Annual Survey: Craig Settles
presents the results of his annual
survey of economic development
specialists at the International
Economic Development Council on
what works.
How can
you make
the most of
assets your
community
already has
in place?
Preeti Singh, Assistant General Counsel, Sales
and Operations, Verizon
Nancy Green, Managing
Principal, Verizon Connected
Healthcare Solutions
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