Community Partners, the California Community Technology Policy Group (CCTPG), the BroadBand Institute of California (BBIC), and the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) are implementing the Wireless Comparative Analysis and Best Practices Education Project.  Funded by CETF, this project seeks to identify and highlight lessons learned and promising practices in the area of government-led wireless networks, with a special emphasis on Digital Inclusion.  The project findings and analysis are expected to help local governments, community representatives, and industry plan, develop, and implement the most effective, inclusive, and sustainable wireless networks as part of their broadband deployment plans.  The project findings and analysis will be presented in a final report expected to be released Summer 2008. 

Drafts of the report’s findings and analysis can be found below.  The Project Team invites community, government, and industry stakeholders to review the documents and submit their feedback.

The documents are in PDF format and can be viewed using Acrobat Reader .

•         Project Overview : An introduction to the project objectives and methodology.
  
•         Literature Review :  A comprehensive review of recent articles on broadband and government-led wireless projects.  (last updated 5/23/08)
•         Regulatory Review:  A review of wireless regulations to identify incentives and barriers that might support or constrain wireless implementation. 
•         Survey :  An online survey of cities and counties in California on the role of wireless networks in their broadband deployment strategies. (last updated 5/23/08)
•         Case Studies :  A comparative analysis of 25 case studies of government-led wireless projects – 20 from California, and five from outside of the state. (last updated 5/27/08, 4.6 MB)
•         Lessons Learned and Promising Practices :  An overall analysis of the findings that lead to lessons learned and promising practices. (last updated 5/23/08)

 
If you have any questions or feedback about the project or the draft documents, please contact Oscar E. Cruz, Program Director, Community Partners, at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it , or by phone at 213-346-3227.