A free, comprehensive guide to the economic and quality-of-life benefits of robust fiber infrastructure for communities.
Description:
The Municipal & Utility Guidebook to Bringing Broadband Fiber Optics to Your Community is a free, comprehensive guide to the economic and quality-of-life benefits of robust fiber infrastructure. It examines in detail four communities that have successfully deployed fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services to their citizens and businesses.
“This guidebook helps government leaders build a strong case for investing in FTTH infrastructure,“ said Alan Shark, Executive Director of PTI. “With thorough analysis, interviews and painstaking research, it sets forth strategies that, if followed, will help American communities whose broadband needs are not being met by current market dynamics to prosper in the information age.“
The 136-page book investigates several benefits of FTTH in local sectors, including transportation and healthcare, both of which face intensifying pressures to become more efficient and less costly. It also examines the value a municipal fiber network can bring to wireless mobile services
Download 60 pages of ideas, analysis, case studies, and strategies to change your campaign, your community and your world.
Author:
Doyle Canning & Patrick Reinsborough
Description:
Re:Imagining Change is an interactive and accessible resource guide to smartMeme’s story-based strategy tools and methods. Download 60 pages of ideas, analysis, case studies, and strategies to change your campaign, your community and your world
Case studies and how-to guide for using mobile phones in your campaigns.
Author:
Michael Stein,
Description:
"The guide features case studies from around the world, strategies for using mobile phones in advocacy work, and a how-to section for advocacy organizations considering using mobile phones to advance their causes."
Webcast archives of the April 17, 2008 FCC Hearings at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Description:
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held a public, en banc
hearing hosted by Stanford Law School's Center for Internet &
Society on broadband network management practices and Internet-related
issues. The Commission heard testimony both from expert panelists,
and members of the audience who were permitted to speak directly to
the commissioners during the public comment session.
Some basic tips and guidelines on bringing together a group to advance the role of women in media, based in experiences from who have organized similar associations in countries around the world.
Description:
Women's media associations have been founded around the world to
support women journalists. Their focus and activities vary depending on
the needs and desires of members. Some associations lobby media owners
for changes in how women are portrayed in the media. Others arrange
conferences on issues related to women in journalism. Many organize
roundtable discussions on women in the media.
If
you are interested in starting a women's media association, these tips from members of existing associations can help you get
started.
A comprehensive international resource on gender issues in Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Policy. What does gender justice and gender equity in tech policy look like? How to analyze policy with a gender lens and advocate for change? Check here to find out!
This report examines how Philadelphia's municipal wireless initiative
helped shape the national debate regarding the need for public
broadband infrastructure and the impact the project's successes and
failures had on the local community.
The Philadelphia story told here is an analysis of one city's
efforts to build a municipal wireless network. This report examines how
Philadelphia's municipal wireless initiative helped shape the national
debate regarding the need for public broadband infrastructure and the
impact the project's successes and failures had on the local community.
The Philadelphia story holds numerous lessons for decision-makers and
regulators and is a powerful tool for understanding the interactions
between network implementers and the constituencies these networks are
supposed to serve.
The Philadelphia case study is presented in
chronological order, with recommendations for how to improve community
engagement highlighted throughout.
