Wireless

2024 Co-chairs 

Michael Calabrese

Open Technology Institute

Philip Neufeld

Fresno Unified School District

SHLB Staff Contacts: Kristen Corra and Eric Fredell

The group serves as a discussion forum to educate participants and the broader SHLB community about emerging trends and technologies in the wireless space, and advocate for policies that support the needs of anchor institutions and their surrounding communities.

October Meeting Summary 

October 17, 2024: 

The SHLB Wireless Policy Group met together on Thursday, October 17. Esther Jang, Director of the Local Connectivity Lab, kicked off the call and shared details about the Seattle Community Network (SCN), a wireless network using CBRS spectrum and WiFi to provide free internet to low-income residents. The SCN also empowers residents to run their own local, community-centered, and community-owned Internet access networks and digital infrastructure.

The group also discussed the FCC’s pending NPRM regarding updates to CBRS, including proposed changes in power levels.

Full meeting notes for this and prior meetings are available to members here.

Focal areas of the group include:

  • Showcasing anchor institutions projects/initiatives that make use of, and especially innovative use of, spectrum to serve their constituencies, including the surrounding community. 
  • Providing educational content and information exchange to members who are planning to use wireless technologies and spectrum in their communities and wish to learn from others who have done so. 
  • Identifying and shaping policy solutions that ensure adequate unlicensed and licensed (including shared-licensed) spectrum is available for use by anchor institutions, and the providers that serve anchor institutions. 
  • Identifying and shaping policies that make (anchor-led) wireless networking solutions that serve the public interest eligible for (federal) financial support/subsidies.
  • Executive Officer, Information Technology,
  • Executive Officer, Information Technology,
  • Matthew Elder, IT Business Operations Director, Boulder Valley School District
  • Melissa Slawson, General Counsel and V.P. of Government Affairs and Education, GeoLinks
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