•Feasibility Study Lessons Learned, Ann Treacy, Treacy Information Services
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Presented at the 2014 Border to Border Broadband: A Call to Action conference in St Paul MN
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•Feasibility Study Lessons Learned, Ann Treacy, Treacy Information Services
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- 2. Click to edit Master Studies Communities with title style • •City of to edit Master Click Staples/ Todd County text styles – of Winthrop • City Second level • Third level (Renville County) – Fourth level • Cloquet Valley level » Fifth • Cook County • Kanabec County • • • • • Lac qui Parle EDA • Click to edit Master text styles Lakefield – Second Northfield level • Third level Red Wing Fourth level – » Fifth Redwood Falls/ level Redwood County • SouthWest Central Service Cooperative 2 www.treacyinfo.com
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- 6. Click to editCosts title style Master • Click to edit Master Planning and Engineering text styles – Second level • Construction • Third level • Equipment level – Fourth » Fifth level • Backbone Access • Operations (Marketing, customer support, technology management) • Click to edit Master text styles – Second level • Third level – Fourth level » Fifth level Fiber to the Farm is expensive! 6 www.treacyinfo.com
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- 12. Click to edit Master title style • Click to edit Master text styles • Click to edit Master text styles Thank you! level – Second level – Second • Third level Ann Treacy • Third level – Fourth level – Fourth level » Fifth level » Fifth level atreacy@treacyinfo.com 12 www.treacyinfo.com
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