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DESCRIPTION:IEEE New Hampshire Section Broadband Forum\n\nApril 21\, 2021\,
  7:00–9:00 p.m.\n\nThe IEEE Broadband Forum is a free\, virtual event ad
 dressing the challenges of providing broadband internet access to sparsely
  populated states such as New Hampshire. The forum will discuss the networ
 k technologies used and proposed for broadband access and address the tech
 nical and economic viability of each for urban\, suburban\, and rural area
 s. Open to the public and civic leaders\, the speakers will answer questio
 ns from the online audience.\n\nThe goals for the event are to provide att
 endees with\n\n(1) An understanding of the demographic and economic issues
  hampering wide deployment of broadband access\n\n(2) The technology optio
 ns currently proposed for delivering broadband\n\n(3) The status and outlo
 ok of state and federal programs to extend broadband access to un-served a
 reas of New Hampshire.\n\nEvent description and registration for Zoom acce
 ss is at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/269186\nThe event will be recor
 ded and posted on the IEEE New Hampshire Video Newsletter page\nhttps://ww
 w.youtube.com/channel/UCcLiKOBdfNh6vV2RZFQ9lHQ\n\nThe speakers are\n\n- Er
 ic Burger\, research professor of computer science at Georgetown Universit
 y\, formerly an assistant director of the White House Office of Science an
 d Technology Policy and CTO of the FCC.\n- Steve Camerino\, president and 
 chief executive officer of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative\, which is w
 orking to expand high speed internet service in the under-served communiti
 es in New Hampshire.\n- Larry Press\, professor emeritus of information sy
 stems at California State University Dominguez Hills\, Larry has followed 
 internet via satellite projects since the first generation of low earth ob
 servation constellations.\n\nBackground\n\nAccess to broadband has become 
 a national priority\, as the COVID-19 pandemic amplified the significant g
 aps in coverage and data rates in many areas\, gaps which limit the abilit
 y to connect to work and school from home. Where coverage is available\, t
 he high cost of service may prevent many from accessing it. As unparallele
 d federal investments are being proposed to close the digital divide\, com
 munities and their leaders should develop an understanding of the options 
 and trade-offs to determine which technologies and business models best se
 rve them.\n\nThe broadband internet forum is organized by the IEEE New Ham
 pshire Section. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organ
 ization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.\n\n
 Best wishes\,\n\nJim Isaak\n\nAdvocating the expansion to [universal affor
 dable broadband](https://ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/ccp/)\n\nConcer
 ned about [Digital Privacy and Trust\, join the IEEE Collabratec Community
 ](https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/app/community/1304/Digital-Privacy-and
 -Trust)(membership not required)\n\n2019/20 Chair IEEE USA [Committee on C
 ommunications Polic](https://ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/ccp/)y\n\n2
 020/21 NH IEEE Section Chair \,[IEEE NH Section](http://ieeenh.org/)\n\n20
 15 Vice President\, [IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology](ht
 tp://www.ieeessit.org/)\;\n\nPresident Emeritus\, [IEEE Computer Society](
 http://www.computer.org/)\;\n\n2003/2004 IEEE Division VIII Director\n\n--
 -\n\n[www.JimIsaak.com](http://www.jimisaak.com/)\n\nVirtual: https://even
 ts.vtools.ieee.org/m/269812
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/269812
ORGANIZER:ot@ieee.org
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SUMMARY:IEEE NH Broadband Forum
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/269812
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IEEE New Hampshire Section Broadba
 nd Forum&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;April 21\, 2021\, 7:00&amp;ndash\;9:00 p.m.&lt;/em&gt;
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The IEEE Broadband Forum is a free\, virtual event addressing the
  challenges of providing broadband internet access to sparsely populated s
 tates such as New Hampshire. The forum will discuss the network technologi
 es used and proposed for broadband access and address the technical and ec
 onomic viability of each for urban\, suburban\, and rural areas. Open to t
 he public and civic leaders\, the speakers will answer questions from the 
 online audience.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The goals for the event are to provide attendees 
 with&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;(1) An understanding of the demographic and economic issues h
 ampering wide deployment of broadband access&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;(2) The technology op
 tions currently proposed for delivering broadband&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(3) The s
 tatus and outlook of state and federal programs to extend broadband access
  to un-served areas of New Hampshire.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Event description and regist
 ration for Zoom access is at: &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/
 m/269186&quot;&gt;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/269186&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The event
  will be recorded and posted on the IEEE New Hampshire Video Newsletter pa
 ge&lt;br /&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcLiKOBdfNh6vV2RZFQ
 9lHQ&quot;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcLiKOBdfNh6vV2RZFQ9lHQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p
 &gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The speakers are&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Eric Burger\, research professor of 
 computer science at Georgetown University\, formerly an assistant director
  of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and CTO of the
  FCC.&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Steve Camerino\, president and chief executive officer of 
 New Hampshire Electric Cooperative\, which is working to expand high speed
  internet service in the under-served communities in New Hampshire.&lt;/li&gt;\n
 &lt;li&gt;Larry Press\, professor emeritus of information systems at California 
 State University Dominguez Hills\, Larry has followed internet via satelli
 te projects since the first generation of low earth observation constellat
 ions.&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;h1&gt;&lt;u&gt;Background&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Access to broadband has 
 become a national priority\, as the COVID-19 pandemic amplified the signif
 icant gaps in coverage and data rates in many areas\, gaps which limit the
  ability to connect to work and school from home. Where coverage is availa
 ble\, the high cost of service may prevent many from accessing it. As unpa
 ralleled federal investments are being proposed to close the digital divid
 e\, communities and their leaders should develop an understanding of the o
 ptions and trade-offs to determine which technologies and business models 
 best serve them.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The broadband internet forum is organized by the 
 IEEE New Hampshire Section. IEEE is the world&amp;rsquo\;s largest technical p
 rofessional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit
  of humanity.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Best wishes\,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;J
 im Isaak&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Advocating the expansion to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ieeeusa
 .org/volunteers/committees/ccp/&quot;&gt;universal affordable broadband&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;Concerned about&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/app/com
 munity/1304/Digital-Privacy-and-Trust&quot;&gt;Digital Privacy and Trust\, join th
 e IEEE Collabratec Community &lt;/a&gt;(membership not required)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;2019/20
  Chair IEEE USA&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/c
 cp/&quot;&gt;Committee on Communications Polic&lt;/a&gt;y&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;2020/21 NH IEEE Sectio
 n Chair \,&lt;a href=&quot;http://ieeenh.org/&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;IEEE NH Section&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 2015 Vice President\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ieeessit.org/&quot;&gt;IEEE Societ
 y on Social Implications of Technology&lt;/a&gt;\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;President Emeritus\,&amp;
 nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.computer.org/&quot;&gt;IEEE Computer Society&lt;/a&gt;\;&amp;nbsp\
 ;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;2003/2004 IEEE Division VIII Director&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a hre
 f=&quot;http://www.jimisaak.com/&quot;&gt;www.JimIsaak.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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