Wireless is changing the policy calculus for municipal broadband

Lehr, William; Sirbu, Marvin A.; Gillett, Sharon

doi:10.1016/j.giq.2006.08.001

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“…However, in other cases, they are galvanized by an existing market failure [23]. In certain cases the infrastructure can be developed and service delivered, but very few of the members will have a need for it.…”

Section: Community Based Networkmentioning

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Community Based Networks and 5G

Williams

2016

NBJICT

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The deployment of previous wireless standards has provided more benefits for urban dwellers than rural dwellers. 5G deployment may not be different. This paper identifies that Community Based Networks as carriers that deserve recognition as potential 5G providers may change this. The argument is hinged on a research aimed at understanding how and why Community Based Networks deploy telecom and Broadband infrastructure. The study was a qualitative study carried out inductively using Grounded Theory. Six cases were investigated. Two Community Based Network Mobilization models were identified. The findings indicate that 5G connectivity can be extended to rural areas by these networks, via heterogenous networks. Hence the delivery of 5G data rates delivery via Wireless WAN in rural areas can be achieved by utilizing the causal factors of the identified models for Community Based Networks.

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Section: Community Based Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Based Networks and 5G

Williams

2016

NBJICT

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“…In some cases, governance relationships also altered established structures of governance and autonomy: for example, Fiser (2009) describes how First Nations in Northwestern Ontario used the construction of the communications network as a means of concentrating funding, expertise, and governing autonomy. Scholars have since focused on the organizational, social, and cultural aspects of community networks, categorizing organizational models for non-profit networks (Tapia, Maitland, & Stone, 2006) and examining their design, management (Ortiz & Tapia, 2008), and ownership (Gillett, 2006;Lehr, Sirbu, & Gillett, 2006;Middleton, Longford, Clement, & Bryne Potter, 2006). Other work has critiqued references to the public good in the language of planning documents (Shaffer, 2007).…”

Section: Scholarly Perspectives On Local Wireless Networkmentioning

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Metaphors for Democratic Communication Spaces: How Developers of Local Wireless Networks Frame Technology and Urban Space

Powell

2011

Canadian Journal of Communication

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“…Municipal networks can be justified based on the assumption that the municipality has a function in providing basic infrastructure services. Such services should a) be used by all citizens and are considered as essential services; b) have the characteristics of a natural monopoly (or have some form of a public good); and c) be responsible for significant spillover benefits, which entail the role of government or complementary to it (Lehr et al, 2006). This rationale has frequently been used in close correspondence to the concept of Universal Service Obligations (USO).…”

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Providing incentives for private investment in municipal broadband networks: Evidence from the Netherlands

Sadowski

Nucciarelli

Rooij

2009

Telecommunications Policy

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The growth of municipal glass fiber networks across Europe has since the 1990s been surrounded by high uncertainty and risk. As the existing legal and regulatory framework in the European Union (EU) provided sufficient grounds for an innovation rationale, the Dutch government decided in early 2000s to provide subsidies for a regional experimentation and testing environment called "Kenniswijk" (Knowledge District) with Nuenen as location for a glass fiber network. In order to examine the effects of this network, we utilize the concept of local experimentation and testing system, i.e. an environment in which different actors are able to explore and learn from the implementation of new infrastructure technologies and services in a (local) real life setting. By undertaking a techno-economic analysis, we found a) that government subsidies have been vital for local municipal network in Nuenen; and b) that the knowledge gained about the characteristics of this network facilitated further investment of municipal networks throughout the Netherlands.

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Wireless is changing the policy calculus for municipal broadband

Cited by 49 publications

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Community Based Networks and 5G

Community Based Networks and 5G

Metaphors for Democratic Communication Spaces: How Developers of Local Wireless Networks Frame Technology and Urban Space

Providing incentives for private investment in municipal broadband networks: Evidence from the Netherlands

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