Local government broadband initiatives

A growing number of communities across the United States are adopting policies to promote advanced telecommunication services, including broadband access. This paper offers a taxonomy for classifying these local government initiatives and provides preliminary empirical results for a sample of commun...

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Published inTelecommunications policy Vol. 28; no. 7; pp. 537 - 558
Main Authors Gillett, Sharon E, Lehr, William H, Osorio, Carlos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2004
Butterworth-Heinemann
Subjects
Broadband
Broadband networks
Empirical research
Internet
Internet access
Local government
National policies
Policy studies
Public infrastructure
Studies
Technology policy
Telecommunications
Telecommunications industry
Telecommunications policy
U.S.A
Urban communities
USA
United States > US
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Summary:A growing number of communities across the United States are adopting policies to promote advanced telecommunication services, including broadband access. This paper offers a taxonomy for classifying these local government initiatives and provides preliminary empirical results for a sample of communities with municipal electric utilities 1 1 The database on MEUs and their communications service offerings was provided by the American Public Power Association (APPA), a trade association of public power companies (http://www.appanet.org). In particular we acknowledge the assistance of Ron Lunt, Director of Broadband Services for the APPA, who provided invaluable help in acquiring and interpreting the data. that are in the forefront of efforts to deploy publicly owned communications infrastructure.
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ISSN:0308-5961
1879-3258
DOI:10.1016/j.telpol.2004.05.001