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San Leandro Commercial Broadband Strategy <br />of upgrades is relatively small and is spread over the entire region. The remaining <br />quarter or so were unlikely to be served by Comcast in the foreseeable future. <br />A Comcast representative made it clear that the company is not interested in paying for <br />extensions of service to vacant commercial properties. <br />Meetings were also held with representatives from the San Leandro and San Lorenzo <br />school districts. School sites located within the City of San Leandro are primarily <br />located in or near residential areas, and do not generally have problems obtaining <br />adequate broadband connectivity. Much of the cost of educational broadband <br />connections is paid for by federal and state grants and connectivity is provided primarily <br />by AT &T under multi -year contracts. Internet bandwidth is provided by the Corporation <br />for Educational Network Initiatives in California (CENIC), a non - profit corporation that <br />provides educational Internet access throughout the state. <br />Long haul and metropolitan fiber optic cable routes were identified from information <br />previously obtained by the City, released by long haul carriers and provided by local <br />business. These fiber lines are vital for providing connectivity in and out of the City as a <br />whole, but have limited usefulness for delivering broadband service to individual <br />locations. <br />Finally, information regarding broadband service availability collected by the California <br />Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) was obtained. This data was provided to the <br />CPUC by AT &T, Comcast and competitive carriers. <br />The information gathered from San Leandro businesses and residents, provided by <br />carriers and collected by the CPUC was combined into a multi - layered map by City GIS <br />staff. The pattern of this data is consistent with the information obtained locally. <br />A full set of maps is contained in Appendix C. These maps contain additional detail <br />regarding broadband service availability from Comcast and AT &T, availability analysis <br />by CPUC staff, Project Lightspeed and Lit San Leandro information and locations of <br />problem areas. <br />There are a number of smaller service providers that offer commercial broadband <br />service to businesses in the East Bay Area, including San Leandro. However, these <br />companies do not generally own their own fiber or wire line facilities in the City and <br />depend on either wireless connections or lines leased from AT &T to deliver service to <br />end users. <br />16 July 2012 Tellus Venture Associates Page 9 <br />