Broadband Competition: Do We Have It, and How Do We Get More of It?
BroadbandCensus.com
Old Ebbitt Grill
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Washington, DC 20005
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The role of broadband competition is central to discussion about a National Broadband Strategy, and to the emerging process for states and companies to tap into the $7.2 billion in federal funds allocated last month for broadband services.
Five top officials from the companies Amazon.com, AT&T, and T-Mobile, and from non-profit groups Public Knowledge and the Technology Policy Institute, will assemble at the Broadband Breakfast Club on March 10, 2009, to discuss "" The event begins at 8 a.m.
Because of the public meeting on the broadband stimulus funds that is taking place at the Commerce Department at 10 a.m. on Tuesday — immediately following the Broadband Breakfast Club — this month's breakfast will conclude by 9:30 a.m.
The speakers at the breakfast, at the Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on March 10, 2009, will be:
- Art Brodsky, Communication Director, Public Knowledge
- Kathleen Ham, Vice President, Federal Regulatory, T-Mobile USA
- Brent Olson, Assistant Vice President, Public Policy, AT&T
- Emmett O'Keefe, Director, Federal Public Policy, Amazon.com
- Scott Wallsten, Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute
The event will be moderated by Drew Clark, Editor and Executive Director of BroadbandCensus.com.
Clark is a veteran telecom and technology journalist, and he founded BroadbandCensus.com in January 2008 as a means of providing the public with a free and objective resource of the wired and wireless local broadband carriers, grouped by ZIP code, by speed, by competition and by consumer satisfaction.
Telecommunications policy advocates, attorneys, policy-makers and journalists seeking to obtain insights from top officials in Washington can attend the Broadband Breakfast Club, which includes a full American and Continental breakfast, for as little as $45.00, plus a modest registration fee. The events are on the record and open to the public. Register here for the next breakfast event.
For individuals outside of Washington, or whose schedule doesn't permit attendance in person, archived webcasts of the Broadband Breakfast Club are now available on the BroadbandCensus.com channel on TV Mainstream. One full year of online access to each premium webcast is available for $40.00.
Individuals who register to attend the Broadband Breakfast Club will also receive a full year of complementary online access to the webcast.
Beginning at 8 a.m., an American plus Continental breakfast is available downstairs in the Cabinet Room. This is followed by a discussion, beginning shortly after 8:30 a.m. and ending before 10 a.m. (The March 10 event will end at 9:30 a.m.)