<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_default"><div><br>Friday April 26. Livestreamed from 9 a.m. D.C. time. <a href="https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/dc-broadband">https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/dc-broadband</a> <br>
<br>If you send me relevant questions by email ahead I'll make sure to ask them. <br> Jodie Griffin is a public interest lawyer and the other three panelists are pros bringing decades of experience. Presentations will be short and at least 3/4ths of the time will be devoted to comments and questions.<br>
I'm particularly interested in three areas most can agree we need good answers.<br><br> Putting more spectrum to use we all agree is worthwhile. How to do it<br><br> Is it practical to have more wireline competition? Can we bring to the U.S. what works elsewhere? <br>
<br> What are innovative solutions for the last 5-10% who don't have a clear path to 100 meg wired and 20 meg wireless? <br><br> Panelist Robert C. Atkinson of Columbia University wrote in 2009: <br><br>By 2013‐4, broadband service providers expect to be able to serve about 95% of U.S. homes with at least a low speed of wired broadband service and they expect to offer to about 90% of homes advertised speeds of 50 mbps downstream. Service providers expect to provide many homes with access to these higher speeds by 2011‐2012 Wireless broadband service providers expect to offer wireless access at advertised speeds ranging up to 12 mbps downstream...<br>
<br> A second conclusion that can be drawn is that a significant number of U.S. homes, perhaps five to ten million (which represent 4.5 to 9 percent of households), will have significantly inferior choices.” CITI Broadband in America Report for the National Broadband Plan<br>
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Bandwidth for the Buck: The State of Broadband Access & Competition in the US</h1><h3 dir="ltr" style="margin:2pt 0px 0pt;padding:0px;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.375;color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:Cantarell,arial,serif">
Event Details</h3><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">Access to broadband internet is vital for economic innovation and growth, therefore ensuring the highest levels of competition and access are key to the future of the economy. Recently several high profile studies have examined the state of broadband competition in the United States and reached different conclusions.</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">Please join ISOC-DC and our distinguished panel for a substantative discussion on broadband access and competition issues in the US:</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">
What is the state of broadband competition in the US?</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">Do American consumers really pay more for slower speeds?</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">
What is the best way to get to universal access?</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">What objectives should national broadband policy try to achieve?</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;padding:0px">
<b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'MS Serif';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;font-weight:normal"> </b><span style="line-height:1.15">The Panel</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. - President, <a href="http://www.itif.org/people/robert-d-atkinson" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(46,46,46);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration:none">Information Technology and Innovation Foundation</a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Ph.D. - Managing Director, <a href="http://www.naviganteconomics.com/who/eisenach_pri.php" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(46,46,46);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration:none">Navigant Economics</a>, Visiting Scholar, <a href="http://www.aei.org/scholar/jeffrey-eisenach/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(46,46,46);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration:none">American Enterprise Institute</a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">Jodie Griffin - Staff Attorney, <a href="http://www.publicknowledge.org/user/3624" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(46,46,46);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration:none">Public Knowledge</a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">Robert C. Atkinson - Director of Policy Research, <a href="http://www.citi.columbia.edu/atkinson.htm" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(46,46,46);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration:none">CITI</a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">Moderator - Dave Burstein, Editor, <a href="http://fastnetnews.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(46,46,46);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration:none">DSL Prime</a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">Schedule</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">8:30 - 9:10 Breakfast and Networking</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">
9:10 - 10:20 Panel Discussion</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.15">10:20 - 11:00 Question and Answer</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>