The Planning and Design group develops system designs that are used to create a plan that allows companies to assess their investment needs for a telecommunications business venture. The design can be used as a guide for implementing the proposed system or to acquire outside financing.

Services include:

• Business Models
• Network design and economic studies
• Long Range Planning
• Outside Plant (OSP) design
• Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) design
• Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) design
• Environmental processing
• Loan application assistance
• RUS Telephone and Broadband loan applications