Lilac City Connect

Lilac City Connect

Coming in 2024

The purpose of Lilac City Connect is to provide pathways and low-cost options to significantly reduce the urban digital divide, provide open network options, and put Spokane on the “national digital map” for economic development by leveraging over $30M in existing broadband infrastructure for the benefit of the community.

PROJECTS

Digital Equity Pilot

Logan Neighborhood

Northeast Public Development Authority

S3R3 Public Development Authority

University District Public Development Authority

SERVICES

Lilac City Connect is primarily envisioned as a middle-mile facilitated marketplace of conduit, fiber, and related broadband services. Fiber services can be provided to the premises for anchor or economic development needs, and contract operated wired or wireless networks could lease dark fiber and wireless access points to retail service providers. Those retail service providers, in turn, link to their own network and sell retail services directly to customers. The City’s municipal broadband organization could also provide some direct-to-consumer low or no-cost “lifeline” broadband where the private sector broadband market cannot or will not provide service.

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Digital Equity and Access

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Open Access Network

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Economic Development