Municipalities and Public Utilities Gather to Learn about Broadband Deployment at World Wide Packets Sponsored Conference

Officials from municipalities and public utilities around the U.S. and Canada gathered in Spokane, WA to learn about community-wide broadband deployment. One hundred representatives of 70 communities took part in World Wide Packets "Community Networks 2002: Negotiating the Path to Success."

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Municipalities and Public Utilities Gather to Learn about Broadband Deployment at World Wide Packets Sponsored Conference

Enthusiastic Participants Call Community Networks 2002: Negotiating the Path to Success" an Exceptional Value; Call for Replication of Event in Other Parts of the Country

Spokane, WA -July 8, 2002- Officials from municipalities and public utilities around the United States and Canada gathered June 17th through June 19th to learn about community-wide broadband deployment at World Wide Packets conference entitled Community Networks 2002: Negotiating the Path to Success". Approximately one hundred representatives of seventy communities listened to presentations from fifteen industry experts on a range of topics including containment of physical plant costs, aggregation of content, developing a business case and legal and regulatory issues.

Customers of World Wide Packets shared their respective experiences in deploying community networks, offering attendees the benefit of lessons learned". Concurrent with the program, World Wide Packets ran a full demo of its solution with the participation of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Eagle Broadband, and Purcell Systems.

From the outset, we were delighted with the enthusiastic response of the invitees -- the rate of acceptance was an almost unheard of 45%. This and the intense interest exhibited by the group is testament to the validity of the municipal market for broadband technology," said Barry Kantner, V.P. of Marketing for World Wide Packets.

World Wide Packets care in selecting seasoned presenters was rewarded by accolades from many conference attendees with exit surveys repeatedly citing the excellence of the content, its organization and the professionalism of the effort overall. Said Bob Lawler of the City of Ely, California, Excellent and very informative. Just what we needed to start the work on our broadband network," Presenters included Corning, Black and Veatch, Eagle Broadband, National Cable Television Cooperative, Asset Analytics, Emtelle, Threshold Fiber Solutions, DynamicCity, Aggregate Networks, LLC, and Ater Wynne, LLP.

Guest speakers were Senator Patty Murray via video, Martha Choe, Director of Washington States Office of Technology and Economic Development and Rick White, CEO of Technet. Event Sponsors included Eagle Broadband, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, SAIC, Purcell Systems, Metropolitan Mortgage and Securities and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati.

Dave Curry, Chief Operating Officer and President of World Wide Packets remarked, We aimed to provide an experience of unqualified value to municipalities dealing with the many challenges and opportunities inherent in broadband deployment. Its clear that we hit the mark." Curry announced that World Wide Packets would conduct a similar event on the east coast of the United States early in the fall of 2002.

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