A broadband symposium organized by an upstate New York Congressman brought concerned residents and community leaders together with
experts from state and federal
government to discuss expanding high - speed internet
in rural
towns.
The
experts were full or acting members of a
government advisory body known as the National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major Risks that met
in L'Aquila on 31 March 2009 to discuss the ongoing seismic «swarm» — a magnitude - 4.1 tremor had shook the
town the day before.