Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians

This planning study intends to fund network planning activities in order to develop a solution for broadband infrastructure connection, construction, and service deployment for currently unserved Native American households, businesses, and community anchor institutions in and around reservation land located in Lincoln County, Oregon.

Project activities in support of the planning study include:

• Recruiting a Project Manager to oversee the planning and future implementation of the broadband infrastructure deployment project. The Project Manager will be an employee of the Tribal government and oversee the entirety of the project lifecycle including the initial network planning phase that is the focus of the study as well as the subsequent broadband infrastructure construction and service deployment that results.
• Conducting a market study for Lincoln County that comprehensively analyzes the market for broadband service in the proposed service area.
• Performing an assessment of potential partners for broadband infrastructure construction and service deployment in the proposed service area.
• Conducting preliminary engineering and network design for the future broadband infrastructure construction and service deployment project.
• Conducting a financial feasibility and sustainability study to confirm that the broadband infrastructure construction and service deployment is financially stable into future years.

A well developed and documented solution for future broadband infrastructure deployment for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.