[Nets-seminars] Talk next Friday at UCL EE

[Richard G. Clegg]

Next Friday's talk (15th November 2013) is at 16:00 in GS/102. Our 
speaker is Arjuna Sathiaseelan (Cambridge) and the title is Lowest 
Common Denominator Networking (LCDNet).

I look forward to seeing people there.

Abstract:
The UK Government’s current efforts to address digital inclusion have
focused primarily on £530m to subsidise industry deployment of both
‘superfast’ broadband (predominantly to urban areas), and ‘standard’
broadband (mainly to rural locations). This approach is predicated on
a desire to support new digital economy services through improvements
in access speed, while simultaneously ensuring basic levels of access
for all.

Crucially, this approach addresses infrastructural barriers without
addressing economic ones. I believe that leaving connectivity for all
to be governed by market economics is a major impediment to achieving
the full benefits of the digital economy, and that basic Internet
access should be made freely available to all due to its societal
benefits.

I will talk about the Lowest Cost Denominator Networking (LCDNet)
initiative at Cambridge which is aimed exactly at solving the problem
by developing technology to enable free Internet connectivity to
access essential services, paving the way to new access models. My
talk will also provide some insights into the ongoing Public Access
WiFi Service (PAWS) project (www.publicaccesswifi.org).

-- 
Richard G. Clegg,
Dept of Elec. Eng.,
University College London
http://www.richardclegg.org/