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Broadband requirements and plans for RAD PACT developments
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Brett Sikoff from OTI explains the broadband requirements and plans for RAD PACT (Rental Assistance Demonstration Project-Based Action Contract) developments. These developments, while not part of Big Apple Connect, have their own requirements for providing free broadband to residents.
- RAD PACT contracts require private property managers to provide free broadband to residents.
- This broadband provision is part of larger renovation projects in these developments.
- OTI is in communication with NYCHA to get updates on the status of these broadband implementations.
- The broadband offerings in RAD PACT developments are expected to be comparable, though not identical, to Big Apple Connect.
- Implementation in RAD PACT developments is progressing, albeit slower than initially anticipated.
Brett Sikoff
0:51:01
So with specifically with respect to the RAD PACS, there is in the contract that NYCHA signed with the private property managers who are taking over those developments, a requirement that the property managers provide free broadband to residents.
0:51:18
So as they get started replacing roofs and boilers and elevators, as part of that they're also providing or will have to provide free broadband.
0:51:27
And it's my understanding, while we're not, OTI is not intimately involved in that, that they are working with the smaller ISPs or some smaller ISPs to be able to provide that service to residents.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:51:36
Are are you talking are is OTI in communication with those developments, those RAD PAC developments?
Brett Sikoff
0:51:41
We're in touch with NYCHA to get updates on the status of it because it's, like I said, it's part of a large scale, really, construction project to update and rehab the development.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:51:49
And what is some of that feedback from it?
Brett Sikoff
0:51:51
It's going well that there's some target dates for when the broadband will be available to folks, but that was always the reason why they were excluded initially from Big Apple Connect because there was an anticipation that there would be a comparable, not identical, but a comparable broadband offering.
0:52:06
And so those are unfortunately a little slower, but those are coming along.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:52:10
Is there efforts from OTI to expand beyond the existing NYCHA sites, the RAD PAC that you said that you're checking in with NYCHA about, and outside of this like Flume project?