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The broadband
lifecycle: e-strategy, pre-planning, and building capacity
This
month we continue our three-part series covering the steps of the
broadband lifecycle as we focus on the strategy and the decision to
invest, as well as the network build, or expansion.
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Broadband networks can create a “platform for productivity,
competitiveness and innovation” in your community – delivering
the infrastructure to capture economic and social opportunities,
some known, some yet to be invented. Many communities fail
during the broadband strategy, build-out and adoption phases as
they lack focus and/or sufficient investment of time, energy,
and resources.
Too often communities develop strategies based on following
recipes from other regions. Instead of uncovering what the
needed resources are, or how to leverage current efforts to best
serve the specific and unique needs of the community, civic
leaders race to “do what they did.”
There is no ‘one size fits all’ solution for successful
broadband strategies that bring economic and civic benefits to a
region and its citizens. Each community not only has different
needs, but different strengths to best leverage the broadband
platform. Strategic Networks Group (SNG) has for years been
helping governments, at municipal, regional and |
Welcome to the relaunch of our newsletter
Why
Bandwidth? Well, for many reasons – not the least of
which being that the amount of bandwidth your broadband network
provides is key to the economic and social advancement your
broadband “platform for innovation” will deliver your community.
Additionally, Bandwidth is exactly what SNG brings its
clients: extra capacity to make sure your community’s initiative
is successful. Whether you use SNG for readiness assessments,
benchmarking, strategy, or tracking – we provide you with the
resources to help ensure your project has the best chance to be
a transformational force for your community.
Bandwidth is also what this newsletter will provide you.
Every month, we’ll examine the industry’s major issues and
trends, bringing context and breaking it down for you to quickly
understand how it impacts your efforts.
Thank you for your continued support, if you have feedback or
topic requests, email us at
bandwidth@sngroup.com.
Michael Curri
President, Strategic Networks Group |
national levels, to best understand where investment will make
the biggest impact – and each and every time the best approach involves
following the broadband lifecycle.
Strategic Networks Group (SNG) has for years been helping
governments, at municipal, regional and national levels, to best
understand where investment will make the biggest impact – and each and
every time the best approach involves following the broadband lifecycle.
Please click here to read the full article on our blog, and share your
comments.
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What's your
broadband score?
While we’re on the topic of steps 3 and 4 and developing e-strategies
for successful broadband initiatives and network builds, have
you ever been asked by your constituents – how do I compare to
my competition? What are other communities doing to better
leverage broadband? What are the benefits of broadband should I
be leveraging? In general, how am I doing?
SNG has recently announced our Digital Economy Index (DEi) – an
assessment tool, an organization-specific “scorecard” that draws
on information from eSolutions Benchmarking to assist small
businesses and other organizations see where they stand. SNG’s
DEi is a composite score of how organizations use Internet-enabled
applications, or “e-solutions,” to drive productivity and
competitiveness. By providing organizations’ with their DEi
score, you are providing them insights into their utilization of
e-solutions, how they compare to their peers, and where they can
adjust to increase efficiencies, innovation, and profitability.
The Digital Economy Index helps organizations develop their own
broadband adoption plan (and economic growth path). Which leads
into the next step, awareness & adoption support (Step 5 of the
Broadband Lifecycle, which we will discuss next month).
Please click here to share your
comments on our blog.
Broadband in
a down economy
Across the globe the global downturn has had deep impacts. Many
households are stretched thin, looking for ways to supplement
lost income or to supplement declining or stagnant salaries.
Recently SNG worked with the e-North Carolina Authority to
conduct “eSolutions Benchmarking” across the state to understand
how households are using broadband to tackle some of their
challenges.
The study revealed the potential of broadband for
competitiveness and economic opportunity.
Click here to find out more, read the full article on our blog, and share your
comments.
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As always, thank you
for your continued support. If you have any questions or feedback,
please don't hesitate to get in touch!
Michael Curri
Founder/President
mcurri@sngroup.com |
Strategic Networks Group
800 W. St Clair Avenue
Cleveland OH 44113
1300 Richmond Road,
Ottawa, K2B 8L2 Canada
+1.888.815.2SNG (2764)
info@sngroup.com |
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