Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) & New York Telecommunications
Reliability Advisory Council (NYTRAC) Present: Telecommunications Reliability
in the Information Capital of the World
May 17, 2007
Columbia University, New York
New York City depends on its telecommunications infrastructure. High
quality, high speed and highly reliable telecommunications services are the
lifeblood of the financial services, media, advertising and software
industries. The City's government has become information-centric, using
telecommunications to deliver critical municipal services to citizens.
Thousands of New Yorkers work for web-based businesses, delivering services to
clients around the world, and thousands more telecommute regularly.
Is New York's telecommunications infrastructure up to the challenge - is it
reliable enough to support an information-dependent economy and society? Could
it be more reliable? Are users willing to pay for an ultra-reliable
infrastructure? Could network operators provide such a network, and what would
it cost? What can (and should) government do to help? These questions are not
just relevant to New York. As the United States becomes increasingly dependent
on reliable telecommunications, the experience and lessons learned in New York
will be applicable across the country.
CITI and NYTRAC are organizing a full-day conference at Columbia University
to examine these and other questions. Expert representatives of major users,
suppliers of telecom services and all levels of government will ask and answer
the critical questions surrounding telecommunications reliability in New York.
Additional details will be posted on the CITI and NYTRAC websites, or for
more information, please contact John Heywood , CITI's Assistant Director, by
email or at 212-854-4222.
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