Since earning his B.S. degree in computer engineering from Rutgers University in 1976, Jim Forster has spent 30 years in the computer industry, specializing in communication, networks and operating systems. After working for two Silicon Valley startups that failed he joined a "completely different" fledging company with about two dozen employees, Cisco Systems, in 1988.

Forster wrote Cisco's first OSI implementation in 1989 and subsequently managed engineering development or led architecture in various areas of router software, including routing protocols, X.25, Frame Relay, ISDN, ATM and DOCSIS Cable Routers. He is currently working on wireless Internet Access systems for developing countries. Forster is an author RFC-1613, "X.25 Over TCP", has been awarded several patents, and is a Cisco Systems Distinguished Engineer.

Session: Free and Low Cost Wireless: Beyond Coffee House Loitering