Broadband policy reference materials for communities

Baller Herbst Law Group community broadband library – a wealth of information.
Broadband Deployment in California, California Public Utilities Commission, May 2005.
Building broadband: Strategies and policies for the developing world, World Bank, January 2010.
California Senate Bill 1161 signing message by California Governor Jerry Brown, September 2012.
California Senate Bill 1161, exempting IP services from regulation, September 2012.
Caltrans encroachments permit manual, January 2009.
Caltrans wireless telecommunications licensing manual, August 1997.
Canada’s Productivity Dilemma: The Role of Computers and Telecom, Bell Canada, March 2005.
Casestudy: $12 million raised for regional fiber optic network on California’s central coast, Tellus Venture Associates, March 2010.
City of Palo Alto fiber market research report, Tellus Venture Associates, May 2011.
Connecting California: Broadband Update, California Public Utilities Commission, September 2006.
Economic Effects of Increased Broadband Use in California, November 2007.
Economics of WiFi-based Metropolitan Internet Service: A Postmortem on the Wireless Internet Utility, Tellus Venture Associates, November 2008
Executive order S-23-06, issued by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, setting broadband policy for state agencies, November 2006.
Fiber Optic Network Master Plan, City of Victorville, July 2005.
Financial Analysis of FTTH System Proposals: An Operations-Based Approach, Tellus Venture Associates, October 2005.
Getting Connected for Economic Prosperity and Quality of Life: A Resource Guide for Local and Regional Government Leaders to Promote Broadband Deployment and Adoption, California Emerging Technology Fund, October 2010.
Guide to the Legal Aspects of Trench Cuts, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, September 1999.
Living in a Networked World: Humboldt County Telecommunications Infrastructure and Usage Assessment, Tina Nerat, NERATech, December 2004.
The State of Connectivity: Building Innovation through Broadband, final report of the California BroadbandTask Force, January 2008.
Strategies for effective communication in the new digital media landscape, Santa Cruz City Council Ad Hoc Committee on Technology, September 2011.
Technology Master Plan, City of Grover Beach, February 2010.
Telecommunications Master Plan, City of Corona, November 2002.
WiMAX feasibility study for the City of Folsom, Tellus Venture Associates, November 2005.
Wireless broadband feasibility study for the City of Oakland, Tellus Venture Associates, August 2009.

Supplemental policies, documents and staff reports

The documents below supplement the information in the Policy Bank

City of Berkeley – amendments to telecom excavations ordinance

City of Berkeley Staff Report And Ordinance 7159 Amendment To Adopt Implementing Regulations 7 Dec 2010
City of Berkeley Staff Report Ordinance 7165 Amendment To Codify Existing Application Process 25 Jan 2011
City of Berkeley Ordinance 7165 Amendment To Codify Existing Application Process 8 Feb 2011