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San Leandro Commercial Broadband Strategy <br />2. Commercial Broadband Assessment <br />2.1. Introduction <br />The purpose of this report is to assess commercial broadband availability in San <br />Leandro and current City of San Leandro policies and initiatives related to broadband, <br />and then make general and specific recommendations for addressing any gaps identified <br />and to guide future development of this utility. <br />Access to broadband service — fast, reliable, high quality links to the Internet and <br />internal networks — is a basic competitive requirement in the 21 st Century economy. <br />Broadband availability is one of the first criteria assessed when businesses consider <br />relocating or expanding. It is considered to be a non - negotiable resource that is <br />necessary for businesses to operate and to keep pace with global competitors. Appendix <br />E contains a list of documents, including municipal case studies, that discuss broadband <br />as an essential utility and consider its vital role in economic development. <br />As an example, the City of Santa Cruz has seen a significant increase in the number of <br />people and businesses added to its downtown economy since an independently -owned <br />dark fiber link was built to Silicon Valley, which provided competition to and a wider <br />range of choices than the services offered by AT &T and Comcast. Several co- working <br />centers have sprung up to support entrepreneurs, freelancers, telecommuters and others. <br />City government has proactively supported construction of fiber connections, worked to <br />put more municipal operations online and included broadband connectivity as a master <br />plan element. <br />Taken together, these policies produced a broadband -ready attitude in the business <br />community and amongst local agencies. In some respects, San Leandro's current <br />initiatives and policies are even more advanced. By extending some and focusing <br />others, the City can gain the same kind of benefit, perhaps to an even greater degree. <br />3 "Broadband" refers generally to any telecommunications service capable of supporting digital data <br />transmission at high speeds. These services can include and/or support Internet, television, telephone, <br />private data networks and various specialized uses. Broadband service can be delivered in a variety of <br />ways, including telephone lines (e.g. DSL), coaxial cable (e.g. cable modem), fiber optic cable (e.g. Lit <br />San Leandro), wireless cellular /mobile service (e.g. cell phones, tablets, wireless modems), WiFi, point - <br />to -point and point -to- multipoint wireless service (e.g. TelePacific, Etheric) and hybrid networks (XO <br />Communications). Although different organizations use different criteria, the California Public Utilities <br />Commission considers 6 Mbps download and 1.5 Mbps upload speed to be a standard for adequate <br />broadband service availability. Unless otherwise stated, this report uses the CPUC definition. <br />16 July 2012 Tellus Venture Associates Page 5 <br />
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