[Chapter-delegates] Do glance: A Billion Homes towards a gigabit Webinar tomorrow

[John More]

David

Thanks for the alert.  Looks interesting.

John More
On May 7, 2014, at 8:43 PM, Dave Burstein <daveb at dslprime.com> wrote:

> Folks - 
> 
>     Two world class experts will point to the way to affordable Internet gigabits and the Internet soon to come. Internet Hall of Famers John Cioffi of Stanford and MIT’s Dave Clark lead a Marconi Society Expertise webinar. I'm moderating and guarantee it will be lively. 
> 
>  Thursday May 8 10 a.m. California, 1 p.m. New York, 6 p.m. London
>  No charge; just register at http://bit.ly/1cNGfTK 
> 
> Short presentations and plenty of time for questions. Do join us. 
> 
>    Cioffi is working on ways to combine advanced DSL and WiFi to inexpensively deliver hundreds of megabits and even a gigabit. Vectored DSL, Cioffi’s invention, is now proven to deliver 100 megabits over a short loop. Gigabit WiFi chips are now shipping. Combine the 10 or 30 WiFis visible in most urban areas and a gigabit is in reach. He’s CEO of ASSIA, developing some of the systems needed for this and managing DSL.  
> 
>    (Marconi fellow Cioffi also will speak at a very strong Upperside event in Paris May 21-22 on fast DSL. I’ll be speaking as well. Say hello to the round fellow with a beard.) http://bit.ly/1c8GXwP
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>    Clark has recently done empirical work on network congestion - or lack thereof. “Can the Internet keep up with hundreds of gigabits to homes?” Clark has done seminal work on the design of the future Internet. He was Chair of what’s now called the Internet Architecture Board.
> 
> Dave Burstein
> Moderator for the Marconi Society, sponsor of this email 
> 
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