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What are your Broadband Options
http://BroadbandCensus.com

Broadband will be faster and better once everyone knows their Internet options. You can help by taking the Broadband Census. Learn about the companies providing broadband right now where you live.

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 We recently passed our six-month mark as a web site that is available for free to the public, having launched in January 2008. We are an adventure in "crowdsourcing," in that we are trying to get internet users to participate in our bottom-up collection of information about local broadband availability, competition, speeds, prices and quality of services.

Also, we just announced that, together with Carnegie Mellon, University of Texas at Austin and Virginia Tech, we will be sponsoring a conference entitled "Broadband Census for America." The conference is free for academics and government officials and will be held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science at 1200 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, September 26, 2008 -- just before TPRC begins in Arlington, VA, that afternoon.

Announcing a Half-Day Conference About Universal Broadband Data on September 26, 2008<http://broadbandcensus.com/blog/?p=331>

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2008 - BroadbandCensus.com, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Texas at Austin's Robert S. Strauss Center, and the Virginia Tech eCorridors Program invite government officials, academic researchers and other key stakeholders to a half-day conference on collecting and sharing public data about high-speed internet access.

The conference, "Broadband Census for America," aims to assemble state, local and federal officials engaged in gathering and mapping information about broadband availability, competition, speeds, prices and quality of service. Academic researchers will lend their perspective on the importance of universal broadband data.

Keynote speakers scheduled to address the conference include:

 *   Eamonn Confrey, First Secretary, Information and Communications Policy, Embassy of Ireland. Mr. Confrey has confirmed as the luncheon speaker on "Mapping out Broadband for Consumers: The Irish Experience."

 *   Massachusetts Representative Ed Markey*, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. (*Invited to present opening keynote.)

The conference will also feature two panel discussions assembling key officials from academia, the states, the federal government and private-sector initiatives to publish broadband information.

The panel titles are: "Why Does America Need a Broadband Census?" and "How Should America Conduct a Broadband Census?" More details will be forthcoming.

"Broadband Census for America" is being held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science at 1200 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC. (The building is at the corner of 12th Street and H Street, NW.)

The conference will run from 8:30 a.m. and conclude by 1 p.m., providing ample time for those seeking to make the short commute from Washington to the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference in Arlington, Virginia.

To place your reservation to attend, please e-mail: conference@broadbandcensus.com<mailto:conference@broadbandcensus.com>

read more<http://broadbandcensus.com/blog/?p=331>


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Drew Clark
Executive Director
BroadbandCensus.com

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