Lehr, Sirbu and Gillett Municipal Wireless Broadband Wireless is Changing the Policy Calculus for Municipal Broadband
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Historically, the justification for municipal provisioning of "last mile" infrastructure has focused on the natural monopoly aspect of wireline infrastructure (e.g., FTTH or small size of market). Growing interest in WISPs, municipal hot spots, and access to public buildings/space for siting base stations suggest new and expanded opportunities or roles for community ownership of last-mile services. This paper examines the implications of emerging wireless technologies for the policy debate over whether municipalities should be playing an active role in providing last mile broadband services, and if so, what the nature of that role should be.
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Wireless is changing the policy calculus for municipal broadband
Historically, the justification for municipal provisioning of “last-mile” communications infrastructure has focused on the natural monopoly aspect of wireline infrastructure. Growing interest in wireless ISPs, municipal hot spots, and access to public space for siting wireless infrastructure suggests new and expanded opportunities for local government participation in telecommunication services...
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