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SPRINT Nextel Service in NEW YORK CITY:: Me and my Palm Pre:: Going on the road!
Sep 26th
All I have to say about my SPRINT service is this: I was riding on the N train to a meeting in mid-town and my phone rang. If you have been to New York City and seen our “sub” way system you know it is deep underground and no one gets calls on the train in a tunnel. In other words, AWESOME!!
As for my SPRINT EVDO card, Speedtest.Net is telling me I have over 2Mbps on th UP! What??? I started getting these readings after installing an update that was pushed out – took an hour and a half, but if the speedtest is an indication of the kind of up-grades being made available over “affordable” means, that’s great for streaming!
I know, I need to do more testing and I will. Admittedly the spattering of APPS that were made available did not live up to the hype this past week. Alas.
The one thing I need to do immediately is set up VNC or RDP on my device, then we will really kick around some tires in the field. And I will get to the testing and I will tell the world… I love my Pre!
FCC FREE WORKSHOP TODAY :: Technology/Applications and Devices
Aug 27th
You can sign up for FREE to view the Webex session hosted on the FCC website: More info here
Date and time: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:30 pm
Date: 8/27/09
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Room TW-C305 (Commission Meeting Room)
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20554
Directions
Coordinator: James Miller
Phone: (202) 418-7351
Eastern Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
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Program: Broadband
Duration: 2 hours
Description: Topics (Preliminary)
The following are some of the preliminary topics that will be covered at this workshop. If you would like to discuss any other topics, please send us your suggestions.
1) Trends
What are innovative ways consumers are using broadband today?
How are the ways consumers use broadband changing?
How are evolutions in devices facilitating what consumers can do with broadband?
How will applications evolve in the next 5, 10, and 15 years?
2) Needs
What advancements in broadband infrastructure could make possible applications currently limited by the available pipe?
What are the challenges to developing broadband applications for fixed and mobile broadband?
What changes in broadband devices and development platforms could realize new growth in applications?
How may changes in applications drive changes to networks?
What regulatory or legal barriers constrain the growth of broadband applications and devices?
In what ways do applications and devices leverage legal, social, and technical features of cybersecurity?
Agenda
| 1:30 pm | Panel Session 1: CURRENT EXPERIENCES AND TRENDS IN APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES (90 minutes: 5 minutes from each panelist followed by questions from the FCC moderating panel and audience) Anoop Gupta, Corporate Vice President for Technology Policy and Strategy, Microsoft Tim Napoleon, Chief Strategist, Digital Media, Akamai Technologies Robb Topolski, Chief Technologist, Open Technology Initiative, New America Foundation, Public Knowledge, Free Press Evan Young, Senior Director, Product Marketing, TiVo Inc. Bill Gurley, General Partner, Benchmark Capital |
| 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:10 pm |
Panel Session 2: EMERGING APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THEM Sunil Daluvoy, Senior Manager, New Business Development, Google |
| 4:40 pm | Closing Statements/Adjournment
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let me know what you thought of this session if you attended – I will be monitoring and recording in its entirety!
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