[CWN-Summit] Re: CWN-Summit Digest, Vol 40, Issue 2

Thu Feb 7 02:10:32 CST 2008

Thanks lot Mr. Sascha ... 

This is a great effort .... 

Regards, 

Dillip  

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>    1. FW: INVITE: 2/6 The Future of Municipal Wireless (Sascha Meinrath)
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>Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:40:01 -0500 (EST)
> From: Sascha Meinrath <sascha at aya.yale.edu>
>Subject: [CWN-Summit] FW: INVITE: 2/6 The Future of Municipal Wireless
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>Dear Internationa Summit for Community Wireless Networks,
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>Sascha Meinrath has forwarded this email to you with the following message:
>Hi everyone,
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>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.
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>--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
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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].
>
>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
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>To RSVP for this event, reply to this email: communications at newamerica.net [mailto:communications at newamerica.net]
>with name, affiliation, and contact information.
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>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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