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[Greg Wood <>]

THE FUTURE OF CONNECTEDNESS: Broadband and Beyond

Thursday, 31 January 2002
3:30-5:00pm ET
Washington, DC

Live Webcast available at:
http://www.newamerica.net/frames/fr_events2.cfm?EveID=170

with
Douglas Van Houweling, President and CEO
Internet2

with commentary by
Michael Calabrese
Director, Public Assets Program, New America Foundation

Karen Kornbluh
Markle Fellow, New America Foundation

J. H. Snider
Markle Fellow, New America Foundation

TechNet and CSPP, two coalitions of high-tech CEOs, recently asked the
government to set an ambitious goal - a National Broadband Policy - to
connect 100 million homes and businesses to a next generation Internet
50 to 100 times faster than today's broadband connections. Since 
Internet connections at these faster rates cannot be delivered on the 
current infrastructure that carries DSL and cable broadband, the 
challenge will be how to facilitate a wired and wireless infrastructure 
that is both affordable and accessible to most Americans.

A prototype of the high-performance Internet of the future already 
exists. Networks used by the Internet2 community connect universities 
and research labs at speeds that can support advanced applications such 
as tele-medicine and streaming HDTV quality video.

Douglas Van Houweling, President and CEO of Internet2 will outline this
technology, its advanced network applications, and the infrastructural
challenges to broadening its reach.

Internet2 is a not-for-profit consortium led by over 190 US universities 
and partnered with over 70 leading companies.  New America's Calabrese, 
Kornbluh, and Snider will comment on the policy and political challenge 
involved in providing the wired and wireless connections necessary for 
achieving universal and affordable access to the next generation Internet.

For more information about the New America Foundation, see:
http://www.newamerica.net/

For more information about Internet2, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/

Seating for this event at the New America Foundation offices in 
Washington, D.C. is available but limited. To RSVP, please contact Laura 
Gillespie at 202-986-4901 or  .



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