Magellan Advisors Kicks Off Regional Broadband Plan for Northern Arizona Council of Governments
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“Our partnership with Magellan was exceptional! They provided the Navajo Nation with a comprehensive middle-mile broadband strategy that contained every possible aspect of development – from the initial design of network through development of the Navajo Nation's Middle Mile Strategic Broadband Plan, to keeping us fully advised and informed about federal grant and E-Rate programs. They effectively communicated with our team, generating ideas and providing solutions for distance learning during the pandemic. Magellan’s experience and history makes them an excellent partner for tribal nations looking to construct their next generation fiber broadband networks.”
Brent Nelson, Systems and Programming Manager
Navajo Nation Department of Diné Education
Denver, CO, April 4, 2021 – The Northern Arizona Council of Governments Economic and Workforce Development (NACOG EWD) has partnered with Magellan Advisors to develop a Broadband Strategic Plan that will lay out detailed, actionable steps for increasing broadband throughout the region promoting economic development and addressing the digital divide. The project will include strategies for enhancing connectivity throughout NACOG’s member counties, including Apache, Coconino, Navajo, and Yavapai Counties, as well as among the tribal organizations in northern Arizona.
Magellan Advisors’ team will consult with NACOG stakeholders to analyze the current state of broadband including asset assessment, gap analysis, and a detailed needs assessment including a broadband survey that identifies the issues faced throughout the region’s communities. Using this information, Magellan Advisors will identify strategies for expanding access to affordable, reliable broadband by using existing assets as well as deploying new infrastructure. The Magellan team will analyze opportunities for grant funding, regional partnerships, and a conceptual network design that will enable NACOG to move forward with both immediate and long term opportunities for expanding broadband to facilitate economic development, enhance quality of life, and support a growing, thriving region into the future.
About Magellan Advisors
Magellan Advisors provides planning, engineering, grant development, implementation and management of the fastest, most technologically advanced fiber and broadband networks.
Our mission is to connect the world one community at a time, to the digital economy so that no one is left behind. Our work ensures that communities are able to access every opportunity the internet has to offer so they can thrive in the connected world.
We work with municipalities, utilities, co-ops and regional governments but serve any organization that is planning, building or operating fiber and broadband infrastructures.
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