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",-Text Generation Netw- ork Plan <br />.t A <br />Pace 7 <br />In <br />In addition to the obvious cost benefits, the advantage of fiber over existing leased <br />circuits is ch-amatic: fiber is more reliable, more scali�lb <br />le, more adaptable to emericring <br />needs and applications, and more future-proof. <br />1111111 1, IIIqI IIIII Ii III'', <br />M <br />an <br />CTC recomniends that the NSCC coordinate with each of its mie,,mbers regarding any <br />future or planned fiber optic or other communications projects. These projects may be <br />leveracycd or scoped to include the needs of other NSCC miamberis. Increased fiber optic <br />count or additional facilities may be added to a cioumiunicafionis project at an incremental <br />cost. <br />6 <br />Opportunities for cost-effective installation of fiber and other connectivity assets arise <br />each day as city crews' work in the right-of-way. At a minimum, all the NSCC cities <br />should immediately adopt future-looking policies to add to existing fiber and conduit <br />infrastructure at every opportunity to build up critical mass. Every municipal project has <br />r <br />the potential to provide long term cost savings on cloiTmiunications buriaistruicture., <br />k <br />Conduit and fiber are the key for future proofing the cities' infrastructure., There, is a low <br />L) <br />incremental cost to install fiber or conduit during any capital improvement project or <br />repair. Once installed, fiber and conduits are available for conununity use or can be <br />leveraged to entice commercial carriers to offer services in the, municipality or to build <br />municipal networks. <br />We therefore recommend speedy adoption of a regi'lon-ode poticy a�id dieltalled <br />s 'f I I I ring any relevant capital <br />peel icaflons for 'nstallation of conduit or fiber optics du <br />improvement project or repair, including:. <br />9 <br />• Road construction or repair by departments of public works <br />a Sewer or water line replacement or repair, <br />Electrical work <br />0 Sidewalk repair and replacement <br />0 Relocation to underground of aerial utilities by public and private utilities <br />0 Other open trenching opportunities initiated by private utilities <br />0 Any other circumstance under which any municipal department is working in the <br />right-of-way <br />lr=ediate' adoption of a fiber-placement str ategy would capture each of these <br />opportunities. <br />Conduit provides significant sa4gs—the cost of pulling fiber through existing conduit averages $ 6_,000 <br />to $12,000 per mile, as opposed to thf,-, cost of new underground fiber construction, which often exceeds <br />$100,000 per mile. <br />all test and dia <br />griarns i(D CTC 2011017 <br />