Wireless Broadband Deployment - Small Wireless Facilities and HB 1440 (February 2021)

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A FEBRUARY 2021 document titled Wireless Broadband Deployment says broadband includes both wired and wireless solutions. It states that 45% of teens in households earning less than $30,000 a year at least sometimes rely on a cellphone to finish homework. Under challenges, it says the Federal Communications Commission requires jurisdictions to process permits to collocate small wireless facilities within 60 days of application and to install a new pole within 90 days, and that some Washington State jurisdictions have not processed permits for up to 2-3 years. Its solutions call for a statewide framework for rapid deployment of small wireless facilities (HB 1440), and for tying broadband funding to a streamlined permitting process.

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Wireless
Broadband
Deployment
When discussing broadband access, it’s important to remember that
broadband includes both wired and wireless solutions.
FEBRUARY
2021
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                                                                    The pathway to possible.
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  WIRELESS IS PART OF THE BROADBAND
               SOLUTION

• 45% of teens who live in households earning less than $30,000 a year, say
  they at least sometimes rely on their cellphone to finish their homework.
• Young, minority, and low-income users are disproportionately reliant on
  smartphones for access to information and resources. Expanding access and
  deploying 5G will be critically important for these users.




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                         CHALLENGES
• How to build a statewide broadband network with patchwork permitting?
• The Federal Communications Commission requires that jurisdictions process
  permits to collocate small wireless facilities (SWF) on existing infrastructure in
  the right of way (ROW) within 60 days of application and to install a new pole
  in the ROW with a SWF within 90 days from submittal.
• In Washington State, there are jurisdictions that have not processed SWF
  permits for up to 2-3 years (and still waiting).
• The only remedy for noncompliance is litigation, which further delays
  deployment.
• Although there has been significant attention to broadband funding over the
  last several months, deployment is an equally critical part of the solution.
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                                SOLUTIONS
• Create a statewide framework to facilitate rapid deployment of small wireless
  facilities. See HB 1440. 30 states across the country have already adopted
  similar bills and are seeing the benefits of 5G deployment. Here in WA, we’re
  still trying to build 4G.
• Tie broadband funding to a streamlined permitting process. This is not only a
  funding issue, it’s a deployment issue.
• We have a number of “best practices” that we’ve seen used effectively
  elsewhere. Let’s apply some of those here.




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Thank you
For further information please contact:
Dan Schweizer
Director, Government Affairs
Daniel.Schweizer@crowncastle.com




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