Broadband resource center for state and local governments

Plan, operate, deliver, and scale a broadband network for today and the future

BROADBAND GUIDE

Exclusively for state and local governments

Transform your community with high-speed broadband that connects everyone while maximizing funding dollars. With pay-as-you-grow flexibility and future-ready speeds, you can deploy faster where you need it — even in challenging rural locations.

APPLICATION NOTE

Broadband for municipal governments

Reliable broadband is essential to the success of all members of your community. Discover how Ciena’s Residential Broadband Solution delivers digital equity for all citizens.

CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY

Kendall County delivers connectivity to thousands with Ciena's broadband solution

Selected by Pivot-Tech, Ciena played a key role in bringing high-speed internet to underserved residents in this sprawling Illinois county.

VIDEO

Public-private partnerships for broadband success: Webinar

In a county with the fastest growing population in the US, broadband connectivity hadn't kept pace. Discover how Pivot Tech helped Kendall County, Illinois remedy its insufficient broadband coverage, while building an open-access network that was locally-owned, fairly-priced and built for community growth.

CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY

How Ciena and Clackamas County teamed up to deliver residential broadband

As Clackamas County sought to remedy unserved and underserved areas, a collaboration with Ciena delivered fast, reliable broadband services to its citizens.

“We were seeking a 'core to door' solution that could address our needs for the coming decade - one that would provide a multiple 100G core optical network and PON at the edge, bringing to life our vision of an ultra-high bandwidth community. We found that with Ciena.”

—  Duke Dexter, CBX Program Coordinator at Clackamas County

CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY

Town of Dryden to become one of New York’s first municipal broadband providers

Learn how one of New York’s largest townships deployed Ciena solutions to bring reliable and affordable broadband to its residents, businesses, and schools.

CHECKLIST

Broadband network design checklist

Ten critical elements to keep in mind as you evolve your broadband network to meet surging customer demand.

Blog

A service provider's comprehensive guide for a successful broadband rollout

Identifying the value of a reference architecture when deploying broadband service.

Industry memberships

MARKETING AS A SERVICE

Accelerate your time to market

Marketing as a Service (MaaS) features customized marketing strategies and tactics designed to enable participants to get the most from their network investments. MaaS is available to participants in the CPNe program and/or select customers. MaaS support ranges from brand awareness and demand generation to content creation and execution enablement.

CIENA SERVICES

Our approach

Leverage the integration of our unique architecture and a range of pre-validated third-party components to accelerate time to market, reduce risk and cost, and streamline your broadband deployment.