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Module 26 Notes

Topic 2-

  1. These were the subject of the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee recently created by FCC chair Ajit Pai, the FCC’s recently completed small cell inquiry, and legislation being proposed in several states. See “Comment Sought on Streamlining Deployment of Small Cell Infrastructure by Improving Wireless Facilities Siting Policies; Mobilitie, LLC Petition for Declaratory Ruling,” Federal Communications Commission, December 22, 2016, https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-1427A1.pdf.

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Topic 4-

  1. See Site Management Handbook, application forms, rental fee schedules, and a template for development plans on the USFS website: https://www.fs.fed.us/specialuses/special_comm.shtml.
  2. The US Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration website contains relevant information in the “Federal Rights-of-way: Application Process for Telecommunications Projects,” at https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/FROWsite/rowapplprocess.htm. A list of federal agency contacts can be found on the NTIA website at https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/FROWsite/rowagycontacts.htm. See also the Federal Rights-of-Way Working Group’s report, “Improving Rights-of-Way Management across Federal Lands: A Roadmap for Greater Broadband Deployment,” April 2004, https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/frowreport_4-23-2004.pdf.
  3. For more information about USFS special-use permits see http://www.fs.fed.us/specialuses. A 2009 handbook (http://www.fs.fed.us/specialuses/special_comm.shtml) addresses the agency’s policy for communication site management processes, along with other useful reference links, such as the Telecom Act of 1996, the original USFWS 2000 guidelines for towers with respect to migratory birds (updated in 2013, as noted elsewhere), and the USFS 2017 rental fee schedule for communications site uses on USFS lands. Additional planning documents and application forms are available on this page as well. For BLM processes, procedures, policies, application forms, rental schedules, and other useful links see “Communication Site Management,” Bureau of Land Management, https://www.blm.gov/nhp/what/lands/realty/management.htm; and “Communication Sites,” Bureau of Land Management, https://csrc.blm.gov/csrc/index.cfm, regarding right-of-way on BLM lands.
  4. For developer process and procedural information in locating wireless facilities on federal lands see “Federal Rights-of-Way: Application Process for Telecommunications Projects,” National Telecommunications and Information Administration, https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/FROWsite/rowapplprocess.htm.

Topic 6-

  1. These include companies such as Allo (https://www.allocommunications
    .com), Google Fiber (https://fiber.google.com), Zayo (http://www.zayo.com), and Ting (https://ting.com). For more see http://broadbandnow.com and Sean Buckley, “From AT&T to Fatbeam: Top 25+ U.S. Business FIber Providers,” Fierce Telecom, June 6, 2017, http://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/from-at-t-to-fatbeam-top-25-biggest-u-s-business-fiber-providers.
  2. See the Cable Communications Act of 1984, Section 622, regarding franchise fees, at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/STATUTE-98/STATUTE-98-Pg2779/content-detail.html and https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-98/pdf/STATUTE-98-Pg2779.pdf.

Topic 7-

  1. “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,” Federal Communications Commission, November 20, 2007, https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-98/pdf/STATUTE-98-Pg2779.pdf.