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Overview of Study
The Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission (MHCRC or “Commission”), in conjunction with CBG Communications, Inc. (CBG) and its team partners, Riley Research Associates and Dr. Constance Book of Elon University, has conducted an extensive community communications technology, including cable-related, needs and interests ascertainment covering a wide variety of Communities of Interest (Communities) within the jurisdictions that are members of the MHCRC (Cities of Fairview, Gresham, Portland, Troutdale and Wood Village and Multnomah County, Oregon).
The term “Communications Technology” was broadly defined and included infrastructure, services, service platforms, end-user devices and applications. An emphasis was also placed on cable communications-related needs and interests since the MHCRC is currently engaged in the cable franchise renewal process, which requires an understanding of such needs and interests as part of the overall ascertainment.
The Communities ascertained were broad-based and covered a variety of components and sectors of large communities such as residential, government, education, non-profits, community media, immigrant and refugee, ethnic and cultural, business and others.
The results of this study on communications technology are now available to empower people – and to help decision makers understand how technology decisions affect our future.
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Our Key Questions
1) What is the level of communications technology in our communities today?
2) What are our communities' immediate (up to 3 years) communications technology needs?
3) What are our communities' future (3-15 years) communications technology needs?
4) What are the differences in communications technology needs and interests among our communities?
5) What is the role of local government in meeting the communications technology related needs of our community?
6) What has been the impact within our communities of existing public benefit requirements of the cable communications franchise agreement?