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LE-ll. City Involvement with Telecommunications Providers . Problem: Deregulation of telecommunications threatens to override local authority to govern public rights-of-way within cities for private development of the "infonnation superhighway" through neighborhoods and over city streets. . Solution: Cities should have the authority to require telecommunication providers to: . obtain permits and follow local standards for the use of local rights-of-way and property to lay wire, cable, or other facilities to carry voice, video, or data signals to locations within city corporate boundaries; . prohibit redlining and uphold nondiscrimination standards in the provision of telecommunications services at the local level; . support community access to voice, video and information services offered at the local level; . design of the local telecommunications infrastructure to meet community information needs, including community programming services; . compensate cities for the use of public rights-of-way from any provider of telecommunication services, including telephone and power companies, as well as . local cable operators. LE-12. Telecommunications as an Economic Development Opportunity Problem: Telecommunications providers may decide whether or not to serve the needs of cities regardless of size and location. This will restrict local economic development opportunities. Solutions: . Local businesses, schools and educational institutions, and government offices should have access to information technology and services that meet technical standards for signal quality at reasonable rates; . Cities should identify how information technology can strengthen local economic . activity, education, workforce training, health care, etc,; . Local units of government should work together to maximize effective use of information technology to assure that the local information infrastructure can . respond to the variety of needs at the local level, 1995 City Policies 11