Businesses invited to provide input regarding Fiber Feasibility Study

The City of Mission Viejo is seeking input from local businesses regarding a Fiber Feasibility Study designed to gauge how the City could expand broadband in the community.

This study will:

Define the City's strategic goals, objectives and roles of deployment for broadband network services;

Develop an understanding of community-wide need for fiber-based broadband;

Document fiber-based broadband demand in the City that leverages the City's existing relationships with local businesses and stakeholder.

Assess the feasibility of using existing right-of-way, existing and new conduit pole lines and other assets to reduce the cost of FTTP deployments throughout the City;

Determine the benefits a fiber network would provide relating to economic development, education, healthcare, municipal government and the quality of life of its constituents, residents and visitors;

Determine how a fiber network could create added-value through economic efficiencies and cost reductions;

Determine the most feasible options to gain consensus on the path forward to achieve the City's goals.

To gain insight into the broadband needs of the Mission Viejo business community, the City invites businesses to take the Broadband Business Survey.