[1st-mile-nm] Cohill: FTTH Webinar - Wed.

[Richard Lowenberg]

Open Access and Open Services Networks

A free Fiber to the Home Council webinar
with Dr. Andrew M. Cohill, President of Design Nine, Inc.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009
2:00pm EST;
12:00 Noon, New Mexico/Mountain Time

www.ftthcouncil.org/?t=303

(log on to register ahead of time)


Dr. Cohill, a 1st-Mile subscriber, will discuss open access and open services
networks, open projects that are underway in the U.S., the differences between
?open access? and ?open services,?  some of the advantages of open
services networks, and some common misconceptions about open networks.

Dr. Cohill is the President and CEO of Design Nine.  He is a broadband architect
with an international reputation for his work advising communities on technology
and telecommunications issues.   In the United States, he has worked with
clients across the country, with recent work in Minnesota, South Carolina, New
Hampshire, Virginia, Illinois, New Mexico, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Texas. 
His international work has taken him to British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Quebec,
France, the Guernsey Isles, and Japan.

He was the Director of the world renowned Blacksburg Electronic Village (BEV) at
Virginia Tech from 1993 to 2002.   He is a widely published writer, and author
and co-editor of the popular book about Blacksburg (Community Networks: Lessons
learned from Blacksburg, Virginia).   His numerous papers and reports are widely
circulated, and his technology news blog has thousands of readers per month.  
Dr. Cohill has an extensive background in technology and telecommunications
dating back to the early eighties, when he worked at AT&T Bells Labs and for
AT&T Technology Systems.

Cohill has a B.S. in Computer Science, a Master?s degree in Information
Systems, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning (all from Virginia
Tech).


-- 
Richard Lowenberg
1st-Mile Institute
P.O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-989-9110;   505-603-5200 cell
rl at 1st-mile.com  www.1st-mile.com

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