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

[Sascha Meinrath]

Hi Ben (et al.),

ben wrote:
> Will this webcast be archived anywhere?

Indeed -- it will be archived at:

http://www.newamerica.net/events/2008/two_states_pennsylvania

The event went really well!

--Sascha

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