The success of every community network is dependent upon solid pre-planning and a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities and impact the network will have on your community. DynamicCity’s experience with planning, financing, building, and operating community networks provides a firm base of expertise you can rely on to help you get a sharp and clear understanding of the risks, costs, and benefits (both financial and non-financial) of the network you are considering for your community. Our feasibility study will help you confidently determine the critical success factors, potential challenges, financial requirements, and the direct and indirect impacts of your project before you commit capital in any significant way.

DynamicCity’s feasibility study includes a detailed network asset assessment. This analysis of your existing infrastructure will identify any conduit pathways, fiber, physical facilities, utility easements, and other assets that could potentially be used or considered in a community network build. Using GIS-based network engineering tools, our network design experts will then create a community-wide preliminary network design in which all fiber routes, interconnects, and physical facilities are considered. With further consideration given to applicable local ordinances community topography, and existing public utilities (electrical, gas, sewer, and other telecom facilities), we will determine the optimal and most capital-efficient combination of buried and aerial cable routes. From this pre-engineering work, we will provide a construction and implementation cost estimate, which will include the fees, materials, labor, equipment, and systems required to begin to provide services within your community.

Once the costs are detailed, a basic revenue model is created. The revenue model takes into account residential demographics, local business climate, the competitive environment, future network expansion opportunities, and available census and available survey data. DynamicCity uses all of these inputs to project network take rates, service mixes, and product price points.

The cost and revenue models are then combined to form a complete project feasibility study. The comprehensive study is then delivered to key community stakeholders for their review and consideration.