For Municipalities

Local control. Professional delivery.

GSMB helps municipal leaders investigate community broadband while keeping major commitments behind clear decision gates.

Understand the Market

Availability, competition and funded builds

Measure Demand

Residents, businesses and community priorities

Model the Project

Costs, operations, finance and downside cases

Make the Decision

Advance, revise or stop based on evidence

What GSMB helps evaluate

Existing broadband availability and competition
Resident and business demand
Preliminary network concepts and costs
Grant, financing and partnership options
Operating and maintenance requirements
Legal, procurement and governance considerations

Taxpayer protection starts before construction.

GSMB's approach is to establish the business case, demand, preliminary engineering, downside scenarios, operating model and procurement path before recommending a municipality make a major capital commitment.

Potential project structures

A community network can be structured in different ways. The appropriate model depends on local objectives, law, financing, market conditions and qualified partner participation.

Municipal Ownership

Public infrastructure with contracted professional operations.

Open Access

Shared infrastructure designed to support multiple service providers where feasible.

Public-Private / Hybrid

Responsibilities and investment divided among public and private participants.

Important: GSMB does not present a single ownership or financing structure as appropriate for every New Jersey municipality. Legal authority, procurement, finance and regulatory requirements should be reviewed for each project with qualified counsel and advisors.

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