October 7 public hearing on muni broadband in Santa Clara, CA

On 7 October 2006, Santa Clara University%u2019s Center for Science, Technology, and Society and the Broadband Institute of California will host a public hearing on municipal broadband and the underserved from 9 am to 4 pm in the Arts and & Sciences Building. The hearing is part of a unique project to educate representatives from the region%u2019s underserved groups (including low-income people, seniors, the disabled, people of color, rural residents, and English language learners) so that they can make well-informed policy recommendations to regions like Silicon Valley about commissioning their own broadband networks.