New Broadband Partnership!
ECC is proud to see Southern Tier Network and the Development Authority of the North Country partnering with National Grid. ECC played an integral part in the development of both STN and DANC networks. Their continued sustainability and growth into new opportunities is a competitive advantage for the regions they serve and is very exciting!
About Southern Tier Network
ECC conducted a broadband study that included the development of a business plan to support the development of the $10 million, 250-mile network to the original three counties of Steuben, Chemung, and Schuyler. Once the business plan was accepted, ECC assisted in the formation of a Local Development Corporation, securing regulatory approvals, pole attachment rights, and funding for the development of infrastructure to support community-wide broadband and Economic Development initiatives.
ECC was responsible for the standards-compliant design, bid, construction management, and ongoing operational and sales support services that have led to collaboration across all levels of the community, including incumbent providers.
OUTCOME
To date, school districts, healthcare institutions, library systems, local government, power utilities, and businesses have taken advantage of STN’s fiber-optic network to create their own high-speed private networks. In addition, eight carriers have signed on to leverage STN’s network to expand their service offerings into the eight counties’ STN services. These carriers have brought competitive Fiber-based services to businesses in the region. They have also brought Fiber to the Home (FTTH) at gigabit speeds to served, unserved, and underserved residential areas in the region. Through ECC’s sales consulting efforts, competitive local exchange carriers used the STN backbone to include FTTH deployments to the municipalities of Corning, Big Flats, Elmira, Naples, and Penn Yan.
ECC also developed supporting and grant documents needed to secure nearly $10 million in additional funds from the New York State Broadband Program Office to expand STN to Allegany, Broome, Tompkins, Tioga, and Yates Counties to complete the now 550-mile Open Access backbone.
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Development Authority of the North Country
ECC conducted broadband assessments across multiple counties and aided in the development and build of the network!
Excerpt from DANC website below:
The Development Authority’s extensive telecommunications network started out as a means of providing broadband access to schools in the North Country, but now the Authority’s network has literally connected the region to the rest of the world through more than 1,800 miles of fiber network that stretch across the top part of the state.
The Authority’s Open Access Telecom Network (so named because it means any provider can use the network) completed its initial backbone construction in 2003. It is a carrier-class telecommunications network that connects the region to carrier collocation facilities in Syracuse, Albany, and New York City. The network is comprised of approximately 1,800 miles of fiber optic cable and 31 Central Offices (COs), which contain the electronic and optical equipment that power the network.
Working in partnership with telecommunications carriers serving Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties, the OATN helps power the economic future of the North Country by:
Helping local businesses and institutions become more competitive and grow.
Creating job opportunities.
Making the region attractive to telecommunications-intensive businesses like back office support, publishers, hi-tech industries, or logistic services looking to relocate or expand.
Creating advanced networks for education, health care, and government.
Positioning the region for investment in economic development initiatives