Dark Fiber Lease & Fair Shake PPP RFI

An extensive, redundant fiber network connecting 880 City buildings, 360 traffic signal cabinets, and other City resources. DT also leverages this fiber network to serve the Fiber to Housing (FTH) program that provides free, high-speed internet service to over 150 affordable housing sites with more than 20,000 residential units. In partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), FTH is part of a citywide strategy to bridge the digital divide that provides multilingual support services for FTH users as well as grantmaking to community-based organizations for device distribution and digital literacy training. A new “Fair Shake Internet” project to expand the FTH network to deliver high-speed internet service. Request for Information (RFI), DT invites telecommunications carriers, ISPs, and network operators to submit information and ideas for partnering with the City to expand a diversity of high-quality internet options for residents, businesses, and City needs. This solicitation has some or all Local funding, additional requirements may apply.