Before a broadband renewal, make the offers comparable.
One application of connectivity options work: documenting a community’s requirements and provider tradeoffs.
Audeamus Group · Practical guidance · 21 October 2026
Define the community’s requirements
Record the units covered, existing infrastructure, resident needs, support responsibilities and the decision process. Gather the current agreement, amendments, service records and written offers. Have qualified counsel confirm notice dates and contractual obligations from the actual documents.
Compare the full obligation
Ask each provider to state recurring charges, installation responsibility, equipment, price escalation, service commitments, term and exit conditions on the same basis. Mark unanswered items as unknown rather than assuming they are included.
Agree priorities before scoring
Set weights for total cost, service and support, contract flexibility and transition readiness. Rate each written offer against the same requirements. The scorecard is a discussion aid, not a procurement recommendation or a substitute for technical and legal review.
Keep a decision record
Retain the comparison, unresolved questions, resident input and the reasons for the board’s choice. Projected benefits remain projections until delivery and service evidence support a measured outcome. Community renewals are one setting for this work, alongside broader network technology and deployment choices.