Sandel & Associates works with cities, developers and providers to accelerate the development of their Smart or Gigabit City initiative. We assist organizations to better understand and benefit from our unique experience and know-how, enabling cities, developers and providers to implement their programs successfully. The metropolitan Internet has emerged as a cornerstone of every economy around the world. Internet capability is rapidly becoming an integral part of all aspects of urban economic development, including the attraction and retention of business as well as the need to improve the quality of residential life. Just as successful cities have planned for the economic development of their individual communities, cities and service providers that will successfully compete in the new economy will also be the same cities that have looked forward to develop a plan for their Smart or Gigabit initiative or pilot project