It would be interesting to find out what these folks have to say on this issue.
Anyone in the DC area able to go to this and represent wisps? I think we'd
also all like to know what was said and how it went over.
laters,
marlon
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From: New America Foundation
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Subject: INVITE: 2/6 The Future of Municipal Wireless
The Future of Municipal Wireless
The Two States of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Ave, NW
7th Floor
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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. 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, 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.
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.
Featured Speakers
Joshua Breitbart
Principal and Co-Founder
Ethos Wireless
Jonathan Baltuch
President
MRI
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, New America Foundation
Wireless Future Program
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