Shoot I just scheduled a meeting for this time on that day. Can anyone else go?
Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: New America Foundation > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 6:58 AM > 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 > 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. 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 > > > To RSVP for this event, reply to this email: [EMAIL > PROTECTED] with name, affiliation, and contact information. > > > If you have questions, call or email Liz Wu at (202) > 986-2700 x315 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > Forward email > > This email was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED], by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with > SafeUnsubscribeT | Privacy Policy. Email Marketing by > > > New America Foundation | 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW | 7th Floor | > Washington | DC | 20009 > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
