Project Title:
Tribal Broadband Feasibility and Design Project
Funding Program:
Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
Project Purpose/Type:
The proposed planning study will complete a detailed feasibility analysis and broadband design to determine the best way to provide broadband services to its government facilities, business enterprises, and its unserved housing units located on the Reservation.
State(s):
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$442,734.00Funding Amount
The project proposes the following activities in support of the broadband infrastructure planning study:
- Perform an assessment of the technical viability and project potential for broadband infrastructure ownership and develop a broadband design engineering approach (technical and feasibility and engineering design)
- Perform an evaluation of potential of partnering opportunities with third party vendors for broadband deployment and services delivery (potential broadband partnerships feasibility and research)
- Determine and documentation of the financial and organizational viability and project potential for delivering broadband services (financial and organizational feasibility)
- Perform research for opportunities that would expand the adoption of broadband services in LCO Reservation (adoption and use roadmap)
Deliver a plan supporting a “shovel ready” project that has been designed, vetted, and achieved leadership and community consensus and approval. The comprehensive analysis will also inform the number of potential jobs created by a future infrastructure deployment project.
The approximately 40% of Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians with no internet service available