In studying the role of municipalities in broadband infrastructure deployment, it is important to remember that municipalities act with a public motive and not a profit motive. Municipalities invest in schools, roads, hospitals, senior centers, marinas, airports, and convention centers, all assets that positively differentiate one community from another. In those areas, direct investment by municipalities is accepted and indeed often encouraged, even though private firms can (and do) build private schools, hospitals, health clubs, marinas, and conference centers that coexist with municipal infrastructure.
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Profile
Specializing in designing telecom plans for local governments, Ms. Stull’s twenty-nine years of public sector experience includes integrating telecom within municipal operating and economic development departments, training staff, restructuring delivery of public services, conducting needs assessments, implementing public, educational, government access and institutional networks. In the eighties, Ms. Stull acquired a grant from the John and Mary Markle Foundation to develop the first Local Area Network Telecom Plan for a major city. As a result of her work in the regulatory arena, Ms. Stull testified on behalf of National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) at the U.S. Senate Public Hearings opposing proposed legislation leading up to passage of the 1984 Cable Act. Ms. Stull presents seminars and training and helps communities identify initiatives needed to compete in a 21st Century, Internet dependent, global economy.
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