Municipal Broadband
I was at a meeting this morning and the mayor shared that there is a FREE one day seminar coming up in May about bringing broadband to your community. I know some of you have talked about the possibility of making this happen, perhaps this is the networking you need.
Symposium Details:
Leveraging Success - Making Muni-Broadband a Reality
May 14, 2008 - Minneapolis Embassy Suites - Airport Bloomington
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Covers:
- Overview of Muni programs from around the country
- Legal: What are the legal and regulatory hurdles? How to avoid them?
- Funding: How do you pay for it? What have others done?
- Triple Play Business Models: Open Access, Sole Provider and Hybrid
- Lessons Learned: What has worked and what didn’t for the various business models
Register and get more info at: http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/us/ftps/?_requestid=11121
March 29th, 2008 at 2:48 am
I think this will be a great session. I hope this won’t seem too self-serving but the Blandin Foundation maintains a blog on broadband geared towards community leaders. They also provide support to rural communities that are interested in pursuing broadband strategies (http://www.blandinfoundation.com/html/public_bb_cbr.cfm).
Thanks! Ann
March 30th, 2008 at 9:58 am
This looks like a good conference - I look forward to seeing who all shows up. For those who are thinking about municipal broadband, I have recently published a report that looks at different options and the strengths/weaknesses of each.