Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way:

Incentives to Innovate in Advanced Infrastructure


Background

Overview of Berkeley workshop
Describes the issues to be examined.
Participants
List of confirmed and invited participants.
Agenda
Topics to be discussed.

Relevant links

George Abe's PowerPoint presentation
Slightly sanitized version of George's overview of the technologies for delivering broadband to the home. [Office 97 format of PowerPoint]
Errata for George Abe's Book Residential Bandwidth
In Microsoft Word DOC format.
FCC Chairman William E. Kennard Outlines Guidelines for Bandwidth
"FCC Chairman William E. Kennard announced seven principles for increasing the availability of bandwidth for American consumers. Kennard outlined his "guideposts for bandwidth" in remarks to the Alliance for Public Technology in Washington, DC, after he received the organization's Susan Hadden Pioneer Award for pionering efforts in telecommunications and consumer access."
Prospects for Deregulation in Telecommunications
Speech by Joseph Farrell, former Chief Economist, FCC and Berkeley faculty member.
INDEX Workshop, Thursday, March 19, 1998
The INDEX workshop is being held the day before this workshop and may be of interest to some of the participants. The INDEX project is an innovate way to estimate consumer demand for Internet services of varying qualities.