October 2021| | 19Network InfrastructureNational Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Infrastructure Program. One area where the company has been successful is bringing various local entities ­ cites, counties, municipalities, libraries and school districts together to agree on the same fiscal budget cycles. Providing this level of consultation helps many stakeholders maximize the benefits available for improving networking infrastructure."Our strategy has been to build private networks for cities, counties, municipalities or school districts across America," says Oyler, Founder, and CEO. "Our executive management team has built over 200 school districts across 24 states."A prime example of WANRack's ability to deploy funding mechanisms to build up an entire community's broadband infrastructure is Yuma, Arizona. WANRack first built out the school district's network and from that framework was able to offer services to the medical community, city and county, and eventually homeowners under one private network. The incumbent was a bigger organization who wasn't motivated to serve a relatively more minor market and were wary of investing additional capital as they were the only player in the town. Some parts of the city had conduits while others didn't. Within 18 months, WANRack changed the entire network infrastructure and got all the schools, hospital locations, medical offices, and satellite offices throughout the whole town. The revamp made it more affordable for the hospital system to get on board. "We certainly stimulated the local economy as well as the competition in Yuma," says Oyler. "We will even go further than that, and potentially be offering fiber to the home."Backed by a large international infrastructure fund that can infuse some speculative capital and success-based capital into WANRack, the company now has much deeper pockets. The addition of CBRE Venture Capital is further adding fuel to the growth of WANRack and its ability to serve school districts, cities, counties, municipalities, hospital systems, data centers, and wireless towers.
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