[1st-mile-nm] Broadband Communities Conference: April 8-10, Austin, TX

Wed Apr 2 12:43:54 PDT 2014

The annual Broadband Communities Conference is being held next week in Austin.
Some subscribers to this list are organizing, presenting and attending this information and contacts-rich program, including the partnered annual Rural Tele Con sessions.     It is not too late to register and attend.    

Many of you already subscribe to the free Broadband Communities magazine, which provides monthly issues and articles of interest to this list.
Check it out.     

RL

SUMMIT BULLETINS:

Newest Speakers and Sponsors:

FCC's Jonathan Chambers - Chief of Office of Strategic Planning
Speaker at legal-regulatory workshop . . . special luncheon for electric coops

FCC's Julie Veach - Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau
Joins blue-ribbon economic development panel 

Jon Claffey - Director, Electric Staff Division, Rural Utilities Service 
Partnerships for serving our rural communities - see below

HOTWIRE Signs On As Newest Sponsor
Hosts exciting session on high-technology real estate developments

Check Out These Outstanding Sessions:

Triple Keynote: 
Austin's Competing Gigabit Deployers 
AT&T . . . Google Fiber . . . Grande Communications

How Advanced Broadband Adds Value to Communities
Largest-ever nationwide study of MDU residents

Jonathan Claffey Of The RUS
Partnerships For Serving Our Rural Communities
Utility providers across the country understand the challenges of providing basic infrastructure, often taken for granted in urban settings.  From safe water to affordable electricity, rural service providers are meeting those difficult challenges.  However, the lack of access to high-speed broadband, necessary for economic and socio-economic growth, puts rural America at a disadvantage for growing their economies, and providing the benefits of increased educational opportunities and improved health care.  By partnering together, rural utility service providers can make a difference.  Many existing assets have the potential to be leveraged to reduce the cost of deployment.  RUS's electric, telecommunication, and water programs are working together create partnerships to deploy the high speed broadband needed to sustain, and grow, our rural communities.      
Thursday Legal-Regulatory Workshop

Summit Co-Host

Full-Day Rural Program April 10

Day of Sessions Includes:

Financing Future Bandwidth
Working lunch with experts on multiple funding programs

Special Preview Issue on Rural Program
In-depth, 44-page publication on speakers and issues

Early Bird Rates End April 2
Register Now For Only 
$695
Save On Full-Price Admission of $895

Public Officials' Rate Still Just $350 / Register Now

Austin:
Center of the GIGABIT CITY REVOLUTION

Summit Dates:
April 8-10

Free Preconference Workshops: Monday, April 7
Open to all registered attendees - no extra charge.

Government Attendees: Lowest Rates Still In Place
Sign up soon to take advantage of $350 offer. 

Summit + FTTH Certification Training -- Only $1,500
Register Now. Save $195 on Summit discount.

Come to AUSTIN in April ...
The No. 1 Gigabit City

QUICK LINKS:

Agenda-at-a-Glance

Free Pre-Conference Workshops

Free Legal-Regulatory Workshop

Two-Day FTTH Certification Course

Rural Sessions And Rural TeleCon

Economic Development Program

Editor's Choice Program

Multi-Housing Program

 Corporate Host

Verizon Enhanced Communities
Diamond Sponsor

Platinum Sponsor

Gold Sponsors

Program Sponsors

Summit MDU Program Sponsor

Economic Development Program Sponsor

Featured Sponsors

Silver Sponsor

GigafyAmerica.com
Stay abreast of the gigabit revolution on this Broadband Communities site

To Exhibit and Sponsor:
Contact:  Irene Prescott
505-867-3299
irene at bbcmag.com 

 Click Here to Register for Only $695
Full admission will go to $895 on April 2
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Questions & General Inquiries? 
Contact Us at (877) 588-1649   

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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute          www.1st-mile.org  
P. O.  Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM    87504
505-603-5200                 rl at 1st-mile.org
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