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San Leandro Commercial Broadband Strategy <br />8. Lit San Leandro <br />In 2011, the City of San Leandro worked closely with a local entrepreneur, Dr. J. Patrick <br />Kennedy, to provide non - exclusive access to city -owned conduit for the purpose of <br />building an 11 -mile fiber optic loop through commercial and industrial areas of the City. <br />The agreement reached provides the City with direct benefits, including ownership of a <br />substantial number of dark fibers in the system and potential future revenue. The <br />indirect benefits to local business activity and property values are likely much greater. <br />t i <br />r [. <br />aav l slDool l ttl elA.di+ <br />4 <br />"t <br />5 <br />s ti. <br />' i <br />i <br />. <br />i <br />4 <br />Priority Areas <br />Lit San Leandro <br />Figure 8.1 Path of Lit San Leandro's dark fiber loop. Construction is underway. <br />The Lit San Leandro project will provide industrial -grade connectivity directly to <br />companies on or near its route, with two already signing up for service. It will also <br />provide backbone connectivity to commercial -grade Internet service providers, both <br />incumbents and new entrants into the local broadband market. It provides a high level of <br />commercial broadband service availability to San Leandro that few cities can match. <br />The Lit San Leandro public - private partnership provides opportunities for the City and <br />private businesses to cooperate on expansion efforts aimed at promoting the public <br />good. For example, Lit San Leandro is actively pursuing expansion of its service into <br />the four underserved areas of the City identified in this report. By cooperating with <br />these efforts — or with similar efforts by other service providers — the City can increase <br />16 July 2012 TellusVenture Associates Page 33 <br />