IEEE Meeting: BIG Broadband & Gigabit to the Home

Submitted by wcaswell on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 6:39am.
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09/11/2008 - 6:00pm
09/11/2008 - 8:30pm

DATE/TIME: Thursday, 9/11/08. Networking at 6PM. Program at 7PM to 8:30PM.
COST: $5 minimum for the restaurant. Optional supper at extra cost.
RESERVATIONS: Not required. All invited.
LOCATION: China Star Restaurant, 6134 Hwy 290E, on westbound access road of 290E, just east of I35

TOPIC: BIG Broadband & Gigabit to the Home
ABSTRACT: Understand the application possibilities and product design implications from the pending bandwidth Exaflood, which is enabled by Fiber-to-the-Home and Gigabit speeds (BIG Broadband). This presentation examines the capabilities of network alternatives like wireless and concludes that even 100 Mbps is not enough for a National Broadband Objective. And with a Gigabit objective, we can discuss bandwidth deployment obstacles and status and Internet issues facing the next administration.

SPEAKER BIO: Wayne Caswell
As a technologist, futurist and marketer with IBM, Dell, Siemens and CAZITech Consulting, Wayne knows the benefits digital technologies can have on society and the challenges of adopting them. His 30-year career progressed from punch card and computer operator through programming and systems engineering, and into marketing, product planning, and market strategy. He has a BS degree in Technology Management from American University and is a member of the Austin Wireless Alliance, Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA), Telecom ThinkTank, and the World Future Society.