Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement
Who: Russell Senior
What: How to get a Municipal Broadband network in the City of Portland
Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level)
When: Thursday, February 1st, 2018 at 7pm
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live
How to get a Municipal Broadband network in the City of Portland
As many of you know, Russell has been kind of passionate about building
an open-access Internet infrastructure in Portland for the last decade
or more. No privately owned network would voluntarily allow open-access,
and hasn't since the DSL days (when they were required to), and the
Feds, namely the FCC has been steadfast in its refusal to enforce
line-sharing (essentially the same thing as open access) on
infrastructure built since 1996. Many of you may have heard about the
FCC action in December rescinding the relatively new Title II regulation
of ISPs and the Network Neutrality rules that went with it. With the
consciousness raising this event has provided, there is a new window of
opportunity from the groundswell of interest to create pressure on our
political systems, namely City Council in Portland OR, failing that, an
initiative petition to provide a local solution.
Russell will describe the problem and what a solution would look like,
where the user ends up in the driver seat.
Bring your Net Neutrality questions!
Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250473188
Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 1945 NW Quimby St. after the meeting.
Rideshares to the Lucky Lab available
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