The 3rd Annual BMI-T Digital Cities Forum is a two day event held on the 4th and 5th of October 2007 . The City of Cape Town is in the process of installing its own broadband telecommunications network. It is envisaged that not only will this network result in considerable cost savings for the City itself, but also has the potential to bring about significant social and economic benefits to the city at large. The objective of this presentation is to identify, explore and, where possible, quantify the potential economic and social benefits that would be generated as a result of the proposed broadband network.