Successful broadband investment requires substantial planning « Knight Center Community Connection

May 6, 2009

To invest smartly in broadband networks in your community, the key is to plan, plan, plan. And it’s important that entities work together – cities, counties, states, universities, public schools, hospitals and others.

Without substantial planning, you risk wasting money on ineffective projects that you and your community will regret later.

Take Akron, Ohio, as a good example of the power of collaboration: A new broadband network is going live this summer...