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Presentation to the Association of Washington Cities Conference June 20, 2001

Presentation to the Association of Washington Cities Conference June 20, 2001. Keeping up with demand: Is your City ready to accommodate new Telecom Infrastructure? - a few things to consider. Presentation Overview - some things you need to know. Demand for Bandwidth and Broadband rollout

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Presentation to the Association of Washington Cities Conference June 20, 2001

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  1. Presentation to the Association of Washington CitiesConference June 20, 2001 Keeping up with demand: Is your City ready to accommodate new Telecom Infrastructure? - a few things to consider

  2. Presentation Overview- some things you need to know • Demand for Bandwidth and Broadband rollout • Where things are headed • Infrastructure requirements • What can go wrong • What to consider • Legal issues • Emerging issues • Conclusions

  3. Broadband • There’s Bandwidth and there’s Broadband • HFC • FTTH • DSL • 3G Wireless • Satellite

  4. Where things are headed • Broadband • Convergence • Interactivity • Fixed wireless • Mobile communications

  5. Infrastructure requirements • More boxes (D-slams, cable equipment) • More wires on poles and conduit • Antennas • Cell towers

  6. What can gowrong • Traffic disruptions • Multiple street cuts • Relocation delays • Damage to City infrastructure • Unknown contractors or operators in the ROW • Techno-clutter • Litigation

  7. What to consider • Where are current installations located • aerial • underground and above ground • antennas • Who are the wireless: can you know expansion plans • Do you lease ROW to wireless providers? • Your costs • Coordinating utility placements • Notification requirements

  8. What to consider (cont.) • Land use decisions • Leasing City property • Consistency between policies and procedures

  9. A few legal issues • Bankruptcy • Level playing field • Section 253 • 9th Circuit (Auburn Decision) • Cable Modem decision

  10. Emerging areas of concern • Privacy issues • Potential reopening of 1996 Telecom Act • Saturation of ROW • Loss of local control

  11. Conclusions • Know your needs; plan • Stay current: Have a dream team advise you • legal, technical, financial, economic development, city services etc. • Develop processes • Join WATOA and NATOA

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