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Opening
Keynote Address
- 8am to 9am:
A
Cisco Adventure, What a Ride!
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Speaker: - Mary Brown,
Director Technology and Spectrum Policy/Global Policy and
Government Affairs, Cisco Systems
9:00am
- 9:15am - Morning Refreshment Break (Sponsored
by TBA)
9:15am
- 10:15am - Sessions
From
9/11 to Hurricane Katrina - Advances in Public Safety
Communications - A
Medical Perspective -
This session will
contrast and compare public safety communications in the
post-9/11 and post-Katrina world. We will also review pending
legislation and regulations that are pertinent to emergency
communications.
Speaker:
- Steve Delahousey
11:00am
- Exhibit Hall Opens
10:15am
- 11:15pm - Sessions
Municipal
Wireless
- Federal
Trade Commission Staff Report -
Improving consumer access
to broadband Internet service is an important goal for federal,
state, and local governments. The possibility of competitive
risks arising from municipal participation in wireless Internet
service, however, calls for a careful analysis by policymakers
considering if, and to what extent, a municipality should
involve itself in such service, according to a report prepared
by Federal Trade Commission staff. The
report, “Municipal
Provision of Wireless Internet,” offers guidance for
policymakers considering these questions. According to Maureen
K. Ohlhausen, Director of the FTC s Office of Policy Planning,
“Many leaders in the U.S. acknowledge that broadband Internet
service is crucial to the American people and our economy.
However, municipal provision of wireless Internet service raises
important competition issues that policymakers should consider
when determining whether and how municipalities should provide
that service.”
Speaker:
- Maureen K. Ohlhausen,
Office of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission
11:15am
- 12:15pm - Sessions
CALEA
- Mandated
CALEA Requirement for WISPs. This session addresses the concerns
of the WISP industry as they relate to mandatory government
CALEA requirements
Speaker:
- Kris Twomey
12:15pm
- 1:30pm - Lunch/Visit Exhibitors
1:00pm
- 4:00pm - Manufacturers Sessions
Trango
Broadband - Whether you
are a WISP looking to expand your network or to improve your
current bandwidth performance; or a government entity looking to
add broadband connectivity to your critical facilities, Trango
has the wireless solutions to fit your needs. Trango equipment
is deployed by most WISPs around the world as well as power
plants, industrial complexes, mining operations, universities
and others using the unlicensed 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 5.3 GHz, 5.8
GHz frequencies. Police and fire departments, cities, ports and
airports, military installations and other use Trango gear in
the licensed public safety band 4.9 GHZ. Don't miss this chance
to learn about real-life deployment and configuration techniques
of the leader in fixed wireless broadband equipment.
Speaker:
- TBA
1:30pm
- 2:30pm - Sessions
Basic
Routing - This
session will discuss basic routing principles as well as to show
the need for routing of wireless networks.
Speaker:
- Doug Hass,
ImageStream
2:30pm
- 3:30pm - Sessions
Building
Your Own Kiosk - This
session will show attendees a step-by-step walk through of how
to build a money making Kiosk. Can your WISP afford not to have
a Kiosk? Superior Wireless Kiosk machines produce over $4,000
monthly.
Speaker:
- Joe Laura, Superior
Wireless
3:30pm
- 4:30pm - Sessions
Intermediate
Routing - This
session will discuss intermediate routing principles as well as to show
the need for routing of wireless networks.
Speaker:
- Doug Hass,
ImageStream
Self
Paced Learning
1:30pm
- 4:30pm -
Emergency Communications - GETS,
WPS, TSP - Priority
Communications When You Need It. - During
a major emergency and large scale disaster, getting a busy
signal when you are trying to coordinate relief efforts is
unacceptable. GETS, WPS, and TSP can get you past all those busy
signals. Relief efforts during Hurricane Katrina were stifled in
part, because of the sheer volume of phone calls. GETS, WPS, and
TSP are designed to provide 90% call completion when call volume
is eight times greater than normal capacity. In actual
emergencies, GETS has consistently met or exceeded this
completion rate. Think of it as "Priority Calling".
This session will provide an overview of eligibility, costs,
policies and procedures of these three programs: GETS -
Government Emergency Telecommunications Service Program, WPS -
Wireless Priority Service Program, and TSP - Telecommunications
Priority Program. Session include three videos (NCS GETS/WPS
Introduction, GETS, WPS and TSP) as well as power point
presentations on overview and Eligibility. Speaker:
- Video, Power Point
Presentations, and Open Discussion
The
"Infamous" Al's Charhouse Steak Dinner - For
those of you unaware - this is the ultimate steak dinner outing.
If you enjoy a good steak - You'll love place we've picked out. Please
make sure you sign up for the outing to ensure we make
appropriate reservations for everyone. To sign up, there will be
a roster at the registration booth and also at the message
center board.
The
entire group will get together at 6:30pm at the main WISPCON
Registration Booth and assign transportation at that time. Those
of you that have vehicles, please volunteer at that time to help
those who don't have transportation. We've managed to not
leave anyone behind so far....
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