Design Nine, Inc. - we build networks that perform

Financial PerformanceOur financial analyses consider build out costs, operational costs, staffing, maintenance, and operations, and project cash flow, revenue, and income revenue. We will identify funding strategies and assist with funding proposals.Market PerformanceWe help you identify the best providers for your organization, business, or community/neighborhood network and make sure you have the right services.Technology PerformanceWe provide broadband planning to help you identify the appropriate technologies, including technologies like wireless mesh networks, community broadband fiber, and open open access business models.Project Management PerformanceWe get the network built right. We will manage the bid process for engineering, contractor, and equipment selection, provide oversight of design/build firms that are constructing the network, and make sure the system works properly when construction is complete.Operational PerformanceOnce built, the netwok has to deliver services reliably. We will make sure you have the right expertise to run the network.Economic Development PerformanceInvestments in basic broadband infrastructure should help attract and retain businesses and support job creation. Our networks are designed to enhance your economic development goals and objectives. Services

The Wired Road - The Wired Road is successfully implementing integrated fiber and wireless infrustructure in rural southwest Virginia. Design Nine is provding project management and engineering for a $2 million fiber expansion, including a rural FTTH project.
Danville, Virginia - nDanville is the first municipally owned open access, open services network in the United States. The nDanville fiber network won the Intelligent Community Forum's Smart 21 award for 2010
Palm Coast, Florida - Design Nine assisted the City of Palm Coast with the conversion of its city-only fiber network to a carrier-class open access network. Palm Coast FiberNet has four providers in the community colocation center, and the project is in the black in year one.
Rockbridge Broadband Authority - Design Nine is providing the project management and engineering for a $10 million open access network that includes 138 miles of fiber and a major regional data center.
New Hampshire FastRoads - Design Nine has been helping the 43 towns of the FastRoads region of New Hampshire since 2009. We are now guiding the development of a stimulus-funded regional fiber network that will provide access in 22 FastRoads towns.

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Designed by Design Nine, the nDanville fiber network has won the Intelligent Community Forum's Smart 21 award for 2010 and 2011.