Municipalities and their constituents rightly ask many questions about their priorities. As you look at a municipally-deployed UltraBroadband™ fiber network, you may hear suggestions like, “as great as this sounds, should we be doing this now?” Outlined below are some considerations:

• Do you want newer and more services/features now…or much less later?
• We’ve reached a sweet spot for technology pricing…do you want to pay less now…or make a larger investment if or when your incumbent providers ever get around to it? (Remember, most DSL barely qualifies as broadband, much less high broadband.)
• Do you want to lead, and gain economic advantage now…or do you want to wait and lose out to other places that are moving ahead now?
• Do you want new revenue source now…or wait for reduced revenue-flow at the whim of your incumbents?
• Do want to have a public infrastructure for part of your economic lifeblood…or control in your incumbents’ hands?
• And finally…do you want to bring the future to your place now…or do you want to wait 10+ years for a “maybe”?