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Reference & Resources

Legislative

• Texas House Committee on Regulated Industries Report
• Senate Bill 560
  
• House Bill 1777
• Senate Bill 5 (summary)
• City of Austin Resolution: principles for national franchising
• TML comments on FCC proposed rulemaking affecting SB5

 

Franchises

• Austin Cable Franchise - Time Warner Cable & Exhibits
• Dallas Cable Franchise
• Farmers Branch Cable Franchise
• Lewisville Broadband Franchise - WOW
• Lewisville AT&T Transfer Approval
• Sachse Cable Franchise - Verizon
• San Antonio AT&T PEG Test Agreement

Texas Telecommunications Information

• TCCFUI - Texas Coalition of Cities on Franchised Utilities Issues
• Search the Texas Legislation Gopher Server
• LoneStar Broadband - Advocacy for rural broadband access

Cable

• Texas Cable Rates

Presentations

• "Being Heard... But Not Seen" Siting Wireless Antennas
  by Margaret Somereve - NCSL Fall Forum, 12/07/2006
• "A Texas Tall Tale, or The True Story of SB5"
  by Margaret Somereve - TAMIO, 6/07/2007
• "State Telecommunications Law: Time for a Change"
  by Rondella Hawkins - Minnesota Association of Community Telecommunications Administrators, 9/13/2007
• "The Transition to All-Digital Television"
  by Alan Petty - TATOA West Texas Regional Conference, 2/8/2008
• "Cable Televsion in Texas - SB5 and DTV"
  by Margaret Somereve - TAMIO, 6/12/2008

Articles

• "Being Heard - Not Seen"
  by Margaret Somereve - NATOA Spring 2007 Journal

National Telecommunications Sites

• NATOA - National Organization of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors.
  - Links to NATOA chapters and many relevant national sites.
• Federal Communications Commission
• Southwestern  Bell Telephone
• CableLabs
• Cable and Satellite Television Information
  - The Multichannel News Digest
• Parrot Media Network
  - Online databases relating to cable and telecommunications.
• Cable Net
  - Links to telecommunications information.
• Center for Civil Networking
  - Municipal government and telecommunications.

Technical

• Telecom Acronyms

 

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