tailieunhanh - Municipal provision of wireless internet

The FCC “has generally advocated market-based mechanisms that will promote competition, provide flexibility to broadband providers, and stimulate investment in broadband networks.”5 It believes that “[w]ireless broadband, as well as other alternative broadband platforms such as satellite and broadband over power lines, can create a competitive broadband marketplace and bring the benefits of lower prices, better quality, and greater innovation to consumers.”6 Although traditional telecommunications and cable companies increasingly added broadband Internet services to their product offerings in the late 1990s, hundreds of municipalities throughout the country also have considered whether they should provide broadband Internet access to their residents, and if so, During this time, some municipalities installed. | municipal provision of wireless internet ftc staff report September 2006 Federal Trade Commission DEBORAH PLATT MAJORAS PAMELA JONES HARBOUR JON LEIBOWITZ WILLIAM E. KOVACIC J. THOMAS ROSCH Chairman Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Report Drafters and Contributors Maureen K. Ohlhausen Director Office of Policy Planning Christopher M. Grengs Attorney Advisor Office of Policy Planning Alden F. Abbott Associate Director Bureau of Competition Patrick J. Roach Deputy Assistant Director Anticompetitive Practices Bureau of Competition Patricia Schultheiss Bureau of Competition Denis A. Breen Assistant Director Office of Economic Policy Analysis Bureau of Economics Nicholas M. Kreisle Bureau of Economics Lisa M. Harrison Office of General Counsel This Report represents the views of the FTC staff and does not necessarily represent the views of the Commission or any individual Commissioner. The Commission however has voted to authorize the staff to issue this Report. Table of Contents Part I Major Wireless Internet Technologies and the Mechanics of A. Wireless Internet Standards Using Unlicensed Radio Band B. Wireless Internet Standards Using Licensed Radio Band C. Satellite D. Broadband Over Power E. Legal Status of Wireless Broadband Part II Operating A. Non-Profit B. Cooperative C. Contracting Out D. Public-Private Partnership E. Municipal F. Government Loan-Grant part Ill Arguments in Favor of Municipal Wireless A. Incumbent Providers Have Been Slow to Offer Broadband in Certain Areas and Municipal Provision Could Increase B. Wireless Internet Networks May Improve the Efficiency of Traditional Municipal C. Municipal Provision of Wireless Internet May be More Cost-Effective Than Traditional Wireline Technologies or Private D. Wireless Internet .