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

[ben]

Will this webcast be archived anywhere?

Sascha Meinrath wrote:
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> 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
> 
> NAF Header
> *The Future of Municipal Wireless*
> *The Two States of Pennsylvania*
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> *Wireless Future Logo
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> *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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