[CWN-Summit] FW: INVITE: 2/6 The Future of Municipal Wireless

Sascha Meinrath sascha at aya.yale.edu
Tue Feb 5 13:40:01 CST 2008


Dear Internationa Summit for Community Wireless Networks,
 
Sascha Meinrath has forwarded this email to you with the following message:
Hi everyone,

I thought this event would interest folks -- several IS4CWN
veterans will be presenting.  The event will be streamed
live and we'll have a web chat set up as well -- so you can
tune in from wherever you're located.

--Sascha

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Dear Colleague,
On Wednesday, the New America Foundation's Wireless Future Program will host an 
event on the future of municipal wireless with experts from the government, industry
and academia. This event will be webcast [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=tgo5gjcab.0.nf5dijcab.cssy7gcab.0&ts=S0316&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newamerica.net%2Fevents%2F2008%2Ftwo_states_pennsylvania]
LIVE starting at 12:00 p.m. EST. Additionally, we have set up an IRC chatroom to
 allow you to ask questions during the event.
Best,
Sascha Meinrath
New America Foundation
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The Future of Municipal Wireless
The Two States of Pennsylvania

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST
Lunch will be provided

New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Ave, NW
7th Floor
Washington, DC

When EarthLink announced its decision to withdraw further investments in municipal
wireless networks in November 2007, the future of Philadelphia's network, along 
with hundreds of municipal wireless projects, became uncertain. (NPR [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=tgo5gjcab.0.4ixmgjcab.cssy7gcab.0&ts=S0316&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fstory%2Fstory.php%3FstoryId%3D18632837]
recently reported on the withdrawal.) Wireless Philadelphia, the nation's first 
big-city municipal wireless initiative, led the way for cities to invest in broadband
infrastructure. Although a number of other muni wireless networks have been set 
up and are running successfully (such as St. Cloud, FL and Chaska and Minneapolis,
MN) troubles with the Philadelphia model serve as a warning for the future of municipal
wireless. Meanwhile, cities like Pittsburgh must overcome state pre-emption laws,
pushed through by incumbent carriers, aimed at preventing towns and counties from
filling broadband gaps with government-subsidized services.

Two new reports from the New America Foundation on the state of municipal wireless
in Philadelphia will be released: Joshua Breitbart, author of The Philadelphia Story:
Learning from a Wireless Pioneer [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=tgo5gjcab.0.yoiuajcab.cssy7gcab.0&ts=S0316&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newamerica.net%2Fpublications%2Fpolicy%2Fphiladelphia_story],
will discuss how Wireless Philadelphia evolved and will continue to impact the future
of public and private investment in municipal networks. Dr. Jon Peha uses Pittsburgh,
PA as a case study for his new economic analysis that compares four alternative 
models for muni wireless networks: Sustainability of Possible Models for a Wireless
Metropolitan-Area Network [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=tgo5gjcab.0.ajxmgjcab.cssy7gcab.0&ts=S0316&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newamerica.net%2Fpublications%2Fpolicy%2Fwireless_pittsburgh].

Our other panelists will describe several innovative and successful community wireless
networks including: the FunkFeuer network in Austria; the Austin Wireless City Project
of Texas; the City of St. Cloud's free citywide WiFi network in Florida; and Minneapolis's
wireless network in Minnesota. Each will discuss the future of municipal networks
and focus on key issues that impact the sustainability of networks, the roles of
 government agencies and decision-makers, the use of "open" technologies, and the
use of innovative business and pricing models.
Closing Remarks
The Honorable Mike Doyle (D-PA)
Vice Chairman, Subcommittee on Telecommunications
House Commerce Committee
Featured Speakers
Joshua Breitbart
Principal and Co-Founder
Ethos Wireless
Jonathan Baltuch
President
Marketing Resources, Inc.
Aaron Kaplan
Director
FunkFeuer (Austria)
Jon Peha
Associate Director of the Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking Carnegie-Mellon
University
Richard MacKinnon
Founder and President
Austin Wireless City Project
Sascha D. Meinrath
Research Director, Wireless Future Program
New America Foundation

To RSVP for this event, reply to this email: communications at newamerica.net [mailto:communications at newamerica.net]
with name, affiliation, and contact information.

If you have questions, call or email Liz Wu at (202) 986-2700 x315 or wu at newamerica.net [mailto:wu at newamerica.net]. 

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