The good news is some of them are ahead of the game by offering free webinars. Sure at the end of the day, they are also trying to get you to sign up to use their optimization tool or engineering skills or wholesale semiconductor widget blah, blah, blah...
Their hard sell pitch is your gain because you stand to get some free advice from industry leaders in the process...
It's all gravy baby.
Here is a selection of some I've gotten. Feel free to add your own or email me to update this post at broadbandlawyer (at) yahoo.com Oh and act fast because they may have limited capacity.
ENJOY!
Who: The Huron Group
What: Broadband Stimulus Award Reporting Webinar
When: Thursday, December 10 at 12pm
The Pitch: Broadband Stimulus Awards carry an unprecedented level of compliance requirements, creating a significantly increased administrative responsibility for the recipients of funds. Is your organization ready?
Join us for a complimentary webinar as Huron’s industry and functional experts discuss:
· Specific Compliance Requirements
· Stimulus Award Reporting
· Suggested Practices
Huron works with organizations to properly set up compliance and management processes for federal grant and loan programs and file required reports. To ensure your organization is in compliance, call on Huron to help.
More info: Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com/UtilARRA
HURRY UP AND HOP OFF THAT...cause these folks are on the same day
Who: Dragon Wave
What: Webinar: Addresssing Rural Broadband Backhaul Challenges
When: Thursday, December 10th, 2009 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM EST
The Pitch: Implemented under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the RUS Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) and the NTIA New Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) are facilitating new broadband infrastructure deployments of unprecedented scale, in rural and underserved markets.
As service providers evaluate their network infrastructure deployment options, they are faced with several unique backhaul challenges including:
* Long link distances
* Limited site deployment options
* Scalability and upgrade challenges
* High ongoing operating costs
* Short deployment timelines
Please join us for this informative webinar, where we will review several backhaul alternatives and discuss the key advantages of DragonWave's packet microwave solutions in addressing the critical technical, operational and economic requirements of rural broadband operators.
Presenter: Greg Friesen, Director of Product Management, DragonWave
More information: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/290193841
Who: idinsight
What: Want Great Broadband Strategy? Get Better Broadband Intelligence
When: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4-5pm
The Pitch:
From coast to coast, everyone wants to bring broadband to their communities. This Webinar shows you how to reach your goals by capturing better broadband data.
Formerly ranked first in the world, the United States has fallen to fifteenth in high-speed Internet penetration. What's it going to take to make us number one again? Better intelligence.
To be successful, we must capture and effectively use accurate data about who does and doesn't have adequate broadband to meet their needs. Local communities, Internet service providers and Federal policy makers need access to comprehensive and granular information about Internet usage in specific geographic areas. To date, this much-needed intelligence has been unavailable.
Please join us for this very important Webinar in which we will discuss how to meet the need for a coordinated local and national broadband strategy, and why access to better Internet usage data is absolutely vital to this effort. Presenting is Craig Settles, a broadband business strategist, marketing expert, author, internationally renowned speaker, and frequent industry resource for news outlets such as CNN, the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Time Magazine. Also presenting is Adam Elliott, President of ID Insight, an expert in digital market research and analysis.
Who should attend:
• Federal policy-makers
• Municipal planning teams
• Service providers strategic planners
• Consumer groups
• National broadband strategy supporters
• Anyone interested in using broadband to bridge the digital divide, enable economic growth, increase global competitiveness, and create a better way of life.
More info: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/212771379
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