[IMC] Urbana IMC presents: Models for Building Local Broadband - Wed 9/19 4:30pm CST

[Danielle Chynoweth]

Please note the time for this event is 4:30 central time today. - Danielle

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Danielle Chynoweth <chyn at ojctech.com>wrote:

>  Please considering attending this important event about the future of
> broadband in our community. - Danielle
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> *Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center presents:*
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> *Models for Building Local Broadband:*
> *Public, Private, Coop, Nonprofit*
> Wed, Sept. 19th - 4:30pm CST
> Urbana City Hall - 400 S. Vine St.
> *Watch and chat questions live <http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ucimc>*
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> *Presenters:**
> Chris Mitchell<http://www.ilsr.org/about-the-institute-for-local-self-reliance/staff-and-board/christopher-mitchell/>
> ,* Institute for Local Self Reliance (expert in municipal broadband)
> *Greta Byrum* <http://newamerica.net/user/385>, Open Technology Institute
> (field analyst in broadband)
> *Joanne Hovis <http://www.ctcnet.us/who-we-are.html>,* CTC Technology &
> Energy (public interest telecom expert)
> *Wally Bowen* <http://main.nc.us/about/wally_bowen.shtml>, Mountain Area
> Information Network (non-profit internet provider)
> *Brandon Bowersox-Johnson* (Facilitator) *- *Chair, UC2B Policy
> Committee, City Council Member, Urbana IMC member
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> Urbana-Champaign in Illinois is completing construction of a public system
> - called UC2B <http://uc2b.net/> - that will connect 10% of the community
> with fast broadband they can use to access the internet, share videos, make
> phone calls and more.  The project was made possible by federal funds.
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> *How do we connect the other 90% of our community to fast broadband? *
> ***With what funds?  Who will control it? *
> *How can these models support digital inclusion for minority and low
> income users?*
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> Urbana IMC has gathered some of the top experts in the field of community
> broadband to join in a discussion of these questions. During this forum,
> which will be webcast nationally, we will explore public, public-private,
> non profit, and cooperative models for building out broadband.
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> We will discuss the benefits and challenges of each model to inform our
> community's upcoming decision about building out the rest of the UC2B
> network. Champaign-Urbana recently applied to build out the network with
> Gigabit Squared in a public-private partnership where the network is owned
> by a private company and the public sets the terms of use. The community
> is also exploring municipal and co-op models and has a request for
> proposals<http://www.news-gazette.com/news/politics-and-government/2012-08-17/big-broadband-seeking-information-building-out-network.html>to seek other partners and solutions.
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> For more information contact: Danielle Chynoweth, UCIMC board member, at
> chyn at ucimc.org.
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> The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center <http://www.ucimc.org/> uses
> media production and distribution as tools for promoting social and
> economic justice. UCIMC provided intensive support for our community's
> successful bid for federal broadband funds is a anchor in the Media
> Action Grassroots Network <http://www.mag-net.org/> (MAGNet).
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