Setting a High Standard for Broadband Stimulus Funding (Updated)

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Must-Attend Event: "Setting a High Standard for Broadband Stimulus Funding"

Come one, come all... join us on May 7th from 12-3pm at the National Press Club for an event hosted by the Benton Foundation entitled, "Setting a High Standard for Broadband Stimulus Funding: Urban and Rural Examples of the 'Best of Breed.'" This event was inspired by a desire to elevate the dialog around the kinds of applications for stimulus dollars that we should be supporting.

Event Details

Date: May 7 2009 - 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Setting a High Standard for Broadband Stimulus Funding:
Urban and Rural Examples of the "Best in Breed"

Thursday, May 7th
12pm-3pm
National Press Club, The First Amendment Lounge
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20045

The Benton Foundation hosts a panel discussion on the characteristics of the "best of the breed" broadband stimulus applications.

San Francisco and Seattle provide excellent examples of innovative approaches like fiber-to-the-home piloting in low-income neighborhoods; public ownership; dark fiber construction for private sector leasing; and robust, energetic digital inclusion efforts.
Members of the Rural Fiber Alliance will examine approaches that make sense to reach Rural America
Measuring Success: We'll make the case for community-level metrics as a necessary component of the broadband stimulus projects

Panel 1: Best Practices/Case Studies from Urban and Rural America