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To prepare for negotiating a cable franchise renewal with Time Warner Cable (TWC), the city of Syracuse hired Sue Buske of The Buske Group, Inc. to perform a needs assessment for community broadband services. A large component of this was a series of six public workshops in which participants expressed their views,concerns, and desires regarding the cultural and economic development of Syracuse, and how public access to our local broadband infrastructure can strengthen the community.

We have created a rationale and proposal document describing the Syracuse Municipal Broadband Initiative in greater detail. You will find the HTML and PDF versions here. This will probably be a "living" document, updated over time as the project evolves.

Our local telecommunications (TV, Internet, phone) infrastructure is crucial to the social, economic, and democratic health of our community. It is equal in importance to our public roads, schools, and utility services. As technology progresses, and the diversity of services grow, we will become evermore connected, reliant, and dependent on our communications network. We are foolish if we as a community do not take action to secure public control of our communications network.