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  1. RT @UrekaBroadband: Verizon to Hulu: You’ll be dead in two years, anyway - http://shar.es/ai89p
  2. notes from the Blandin Broadband conference #mnbb09 will be showing up http://blandinonbroadband.org/ over the next day
  3. #mnbb09 Bad classes are too hard; bad games are too easy. Hmm – there’s a blind date that needs to happen.
  4. #mnbb09 google tagging - going to look into that later
  5. #mnbb09 - http://tinyurl.com/am4apd younger generation happy to sign up; older more interested in privacy
  6. #mnbb09 "students expect access, vast resources, autonomy, immediate response, entertainment, engagement" John O'Brien
  7. @geekandi raising the goal from 20Mbps (to 100 or Gig) was the main tenet of #mnbb09 keynote last night - Jim Baller
  8. #mnbb09 “place matters” Jack Geller talking about collaboration & broadband (in terms of ARRA)
  9. #mnbb09 “broadband collaboration stems from spirit of rural/urban connection based in history of ag exchanges” @ UrekaBroadband
  10. @geekandi #mnbb09 MN BB Task Force did a great job of modeling providers/local govs working together led by member moderator @OConnorStP
  11. @geekandi #mnbb09 - the BB Task Force is shooting for 10Mbps up/20mbps down by 2015 - also shooting to have MN rank in top 5 for BB in US
  12. "Students want to stay in their rural area – why are we pushing them out with poor technology and broadband?" Morris student #mnbb09
  13. #mnbb09 Minnesota shouldl not lose businesses or jobs due to lack of broadband.
  14. #mnbb09 what's important? Symmetric or adequate speeds up and down. BB Task Force went with adequate speeds over symmetry
  15. #mnbb09 "Economic develop issues have changed; access to the Internet is a utility today" Dan McElroy
  16. "Hope that by 2015 we can take broadband for granted" from Mary Ellen Wells - I like that! #mnbb09
  17. #mnbb09 - so far TF members seem to appreciate need for ubiquity. It's a goal that everyone seems proud of.
  18. @Ouch_ look forward to seeing you at #mnbb09 Have a fun/safe drive
  19. #mnbb09 @OConnorStP addresses Jim Baller's comments - MN task force got to speed goal via consensus & included rank goal
  20. I don’t think I could go back to my small hometown after living with the broadband in Mankato – quote from student at #mnbb09