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

Sat Feb 9 01:00:09 CST 2008

Hi Sasha and the community...
It was very interesting to have the opportunity to listen to the 
speakers on that event.
I wish I was there to talk a bit about the efforts we are putting on 
getting our network grow in Montréal.
Our efforts are based on community a lot, quite like in Austin. This 
spring we might have help from the city to be more present in public 
places and in international events happening here. I should also mention 
the enormous efforts that were made thru the year by our neighbours in 
the cities of Québec, Sherbrooke, Ottawa-Gatineau and Drummondville. We 
are setting up a regionnal summet this spring to summarize the efforts 
made this year. We will keep you all informed.

Richard Lussier
Île sans fil

Sascha Meinrath wrote:
> 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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>>> several IS4CWN veterans will be presenting. The event will be 
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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*
>>>     
>>>
>>> *Wireless Future Logo
>>> *
>>>
>>> *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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