Delivering Broadband From Beginning to "End"

The journey to broadband connectivity begins with an internet service provider using its own funds and/or leveraging government funding programs to buildout or upgrade broadband to your specific area. But funding a project is just the start of the journey to bring broadband to your home, business, or community. At times the process, from the initial decision or funding award to invest to completion of deployment, seems slow and frustrating for members of the community looking forward to a better broadband connection (or to their first opportunity to enjoy one). The following report explains the numerous steps, and at times hurdles, that go into designing and delivering a reliable and robust broadband network and attempts to answer the often-asked question “why is this taking so long?” Additionally, this report addresses the fact that the job is hardly complete when constructing the network is “done.”