\u201cShow Me the (Hidden) Money for community Broadband.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nThe article demonstrates the different ways in which a city can fund a community broadband project.<\/p>\n
Many communities feel they cannot achieve a fiber optic network in their city due to the lack of money however that is not the case any longer.<\/p>\n
SiFi Networks enters into a Private Public Partnerships with cities to fund, build and operate fiber optic networks upon which internet service providers can deliver next generation applications to the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cSiFi Networks\u2019 FiberCity\u2122 model offers the city a low risk option in which municipalities can own their own broadband infrastructure with no tax increase to the residents\u201d commented Ben Bawtree-Jobson CEO of SiFi Networks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe city in fact enters into a long-term lease with SiFi Networks and then can sell access to their network to internet service providers.\u201d Added Bawtree-Jobson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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