Brooks Bulletin
City council on Monday unanimously agreed to accept a proposal from Lite Access Technologies to negotiate a mutually agreeable structure to provide city-wide broadband.
The city issued an RFP in August of which about 50 companies downloaded the information package, five companies met with the city and three RFPs were submitted.
While Lite Access was accepted for further negotiations, the other proposals that were received were from CCI Wireless (Xplornet) for a $4.140 million wireless solution and a wireless proposal from Valo Networks worth $12.120 million.
The $14.444 million proposal to provide broadband to the city could cost taxpayers $2 million to help finance the up front costs.