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Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 — Champions of Broadband: Don Means
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 — Champions of Broadband: Don Means
- Our guest Don Means, Director, Gigabit Libraries Network, will speak about the role he has played as a grass-roots activist, a broadband consultant, and an advocate for the role that libraries play in closing the digital divide.
- Don Means is principal investigator for a grant, from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, enabling libraries to explore deploying their own community-scale wireless networks. These secondary networks support new neighborhood public access stations and serve community inclusion and resilience goals. Since March, Means has hosted a 20 part series as Libraries in Response around the question, “What is a Library if the Building is Closed?” In 2013, Means created the Libraries White Space Project to advocate library leadership in utilizing public spectrum; the project is an initiative of the Gigabit Libraries Network, a project of Mean’s Sausalito, Calif.-based consultancy, Digital Village Associates. Means is founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, launched in 2009 as a Washington-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions.
- Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
Broadband Breakfast’s Champions of Broadband series features conversations with industry leaders who have devoted their careers to helping ensure better broadband and better lives for individuals across the country.
WATCH HERE, or on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
Guest resources
- Armed With Broadband, Libraries Are Resuscitating Communities Ravaged by COVID-19, Broadband Breakfast, May 27, 2020
- Special Webcast from Broadband Breakfast Partner Gigabit Libraries – What Is a Library if the Building is Closed?, Broadband Breakfast, March 27, 2020
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Broadband Breakfast on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 – Quantum Computing and Broadband
Quantum computing could be a harbinger of change for future broadband networks
Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place on Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. Watch the event on Broadband Breakfast, or REGISTER HERE to join the conversation.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 – Quantum Computing and Broadband
The application of quantum physics to traditional internet connections holds great promise for enhancing speed, efficiency, and security in future networks. As quantum processors venture out of physics labs and into data centers, hear how they could work in tandem with advancing broadband infrastructure to transmit vast datasets across future internet backbones. Tune in for a dynamic discussion on how quantum mechanics can transform computing, the internet and global communications.
Panelists
- Panelists have been invited
- Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
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Broadband Breakfast on February 7, 2024 – Social Media in the Courts
The Supreme Court ruling on state social media laws could shape broader tech regulation
Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place on Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. Watch the event on Broadband Breakfast, or REGISTER HERE to join the conversation.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 – Social Media in the Courts
Two cases that could set precedents for social media regulation are heading to the Supreme Court after lower courts issued divergent rulings. These center around Florida and Texas laws that bar platforms from suppressing users’ posts based on their opinions. With the high court poised to decide whether such statutes infringe on companies’ First Amendment rights, broader debates are simmering about overhauling long-standing legal shields for online networking sites. What exactly is at stake here? What ripple effects might these cases have on oversight and accountability across the social media landscape?
Panelists
- Panelists have been invited
- Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
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Broadband Breakfast on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 – Congress, Net Neutrality and Privacy
Sharply divided views pour in following the FCC’s proposal to reinstate the once-scrapped regulation
Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place on Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. Watch the event on Broadband Breakfast, or REGISTER HERE to join the conversation.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 – Congress, Net Neutrality and Privacy
The battle over net neutrality rages on as sharply divided views pour in following the FCC’s proposal to reinstate the once-scrapped regulation. In recent pitches, the Democratic-led agency has touted classifying broadband providers as Title II common carriers rather than information services – the crux of the net neutrality debate – would also safeguard customer privacy and public safety. But this would grant the FCC oversight powers that some argue fall outside its remit. What does the internet landscape look like presently, especially after Congress just pumped billions of dollars into expanding broadband access?
Panelists
- Panelists have been invited
- Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
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