policy

Bakowski, A. (2003). Municipal Telecommunications Policy: A Guide to New Technologies. The Municipal Advanced Telecommunication Infrastructure Project (MuniTIP) CACP Policy Report. Georgia Tech. http://www.cacp.gatech.edu/Policy/munitip.php

The Municipal Advanced Telecommunication Infrastructure Project (MuniTIP) examines the role of municipal involvement in advanced information infrastructure development. The project and this report examine (a) cases of public involvement in this infrastructure, especially by local, municipal actors, and (b) outline a process, and a set of assessment tools to assist stakeholders and policy makers in choosing the right policy approach for their community. Policy approaches identified by the report include: 1) develop a municipally owned infrastructure; 2) expand/augment current infrastructure; 3) create public/private partnerships; 4) create public/non-profit partnerships; 5) stimulate the marketplace; or 6) do nothing. The report can help municipalities to think through whether or not to become involved with the provision of advanced telecommunications services, such as broadband internet, and what approach to provision makes most sense for the community.

Hoofnagle, Chris Jay (2005). Privacy Self-Regulation: A Decade of
Disappointment. Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). March 4,
2005. http://www.epic.org/reports/decadedisappoint.html

IT Facts (2007). Top 30 broadband countries with prices per megabit.
http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P8546

New Rules Project, ILSR, Ask Dr. Dave

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www.alliancecm.org
Center for Media and Democracy, Community Media Review,
People's Guide to the Telecommunications Act of 2006, pg 16

Baller Herbst Law Group. Community Broadband.

http://www.baller.com/comm_broadband.html

Fleishman, G. (2006) Advocates of Wi-Fi in Cities Learn Art of Politics. New York Times. January 19, 2006.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/technology/circuits/19wifi.html?pagewa...

Lehr, W. H., Sirbu, M. A., Gillett, S. E. (2006). Wireless is Changing
the Policy Calculus for Municipal Broadband. Government Information
Quarterly, 23:480–502. PDF:
http://cfp.mit.edu/groups/broadband/docs/2006/Wireless_Changing.pdf
This article summarizes traditional justifications for municipal entry
into communication services: (1) as a response to a market failure; (2)
as part of the local government’s role in providing basic
infrastructure services; or (3) as a way to opportunistically take
advantage of scale or scope economies afforded by investments or

Diebenow, Nathan (2006). Nothing But Net Neutrality. Interview with
Sascha Meinrath, Community Wireless Networks Expert. The Lone Star
Iconoclast, June 19, 2006.
www.lonestaricon.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=195&print=yes - 34k
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This is an interview with Sascha Meinrath of the Champaign-Urbana
Community Wireless Network (CUWiN). It is a readable, interesting
introduction to a range of issues, including: Meinrath’s take on the
congressional debate on network neutrality, the FCC’s failure to
investigate the Bush administration’s domestic spy program, as well as

Bakowski, A. (2005). Municipal Telecommunications Policy: A Guide to
New Technologies. The Municipal Advanced Telecommunication
Infrastructure Project (MuniTIP) CACP Policy Report.
http://www.cacp.gatech.edu/Policy/munitip.php
Direct link to report: http://www.cacp.gatech.edu/Policy/MuniTip/munitip.pdf