for NYC Ipers -- Dec 10 Technology in Government Hearing - Broadband

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Bruce Kushnick <bruce () NEWNETWORKS COM>

For those of you in New York City,  Bruce Kushnick, Teletruth

Topic: "Municipal Broadband Policy and its Relationship to Small Business
and Community-Based Development"

On Tuesday, December 10 at 10:00 a.m. the Select Committee on Technology in
Government and the Subcommittee on Small Business, Retail, and Emerging
Industries will hold a joint hearing on broadband policy and its relation to
small business and community-based development.  Of particular interest to
the committees will be the effect that local broadband policies and
municipal practices can have in stimulating a wider and more affordable
dissemination of both fiber-optic and high-speed (DSL, cable modem)
networks.  Several of the major fiber-optic and broadband carriers in NYC
including Cablevision, Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Metromedia Fiber Network,
Con Edison Communications, and AT&T will provide public comment.  These
companies will be joined by representatives of national and municipal
entities who are working on innovative ways that cities can encourage
broadband development including representatives from Canada's national fiber
authority, the local non-profit NYCWireless, and several small businesses
and community-based organizations.

Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Date: December 10, 2002

Location: 250 Broadway, 14th floor Hearing Room (across from City Hall)

  


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