Feasibility of Using Interstate Highway Right-of-Way to Obtain a More Survivable Fiber-Optics Network
Abstract
This report documents an analysis of the legal, institutional, and economic feasibility of a possible solution for hardening the nation's emerging fiber-optics communications "backbone" at no out-of-pocket cost to the government. The proposed solution would exchange access to Interstate highway right-of-way, which telecommunications companies are currently prohibited from using but which is quite attractive to them from the perspective of installation cost savings, for the hardening of fiber-optics systems using such right-of-way. The study was sponsored jointly by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Communications System (NCS). It is the stated intent of these government entities to use the information contained herein, along with other technical and policy information, to reach conclusions regarding appropriate government policy with respect to the proposed exchange concept. However, neither DOT nor NCS necessarily endorses all the conclusions of this report.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA596080
Entities
People
- Barry M. Wolf
- Bridger M. Mitchell
- Don H. Jones
- Eleanor C. River
- Ronald W. Hess
Organizations
- RAND Corporation