SFBay ACM: Empowering Internet Users: Two Ideas to Reshape Broadband Policy April 15, 2009

Presented by Derek Slater, Policy Analyst at Google

Join Google Policy Analyst Derek Slater to discuss the state of broadband policy in the U.S and the importance of sustaining the Internet as an open platform for consumer choice and end-user innovation. Slater will provide an overview of possible legislation to ensure robust access to the open Internet. He'll also present two novel ideas that could help transform broadband policy in fundamental ways: customer ownership of last mile fiber, and Measurement Lab, a new research platform for broadband testing tools.

Official Website: http://www.sfbayacm.org/events/2009-04-15.php