Published by Dana Spiegel on May 13, 2008 under News 
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Earthlink today announced that they are discontinuing their Philadelphia muni-wireless network. Apparently, the company has been trying to work with the city and Wireless Philadelphia (the non-profit formed by the city originally to manage the Wi-Fi network) to transition the wireless network assets and maintain its operation.
Those discussions have fallen apart, and now Earthlink has [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on May 4, 2008 under Policy No Comments »
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has just released a new report examining in depth broadband policies in 9 nations, and concludes that while we shouldn’t look to other nations for silver bullets or assume that practices in one nation will automatically work in another, U.S. policymakers can and should look to broadband best [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on April 30, 2008 under Policy No Comments »
Abell Smith’s Fighting Words Comics has a great panel about Network Neutrality. Thanks to Dave Isenberg for finding this!
Published by Dana Spiegel on April 24, 2008 under Hotspots No Comments »
We’re very excited to announce the availability of our newest hotspot in Wagner Park at the south end of Battery Park City. This hotspot is a partnership with the Battery Park City Authority, and we hope will be just the first of multiple hotspots throughout Battery Park City.
Take a trip down to Wagner Park! It [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on April 23, 2008 under News No Comments »
I just received this email from Sascha Meinrath about the speakers that have been annouced for the 2008 IS4CWN conference:
IS4CWN is pleased to announce our opening plenary session will feature Amir A. Dossal, Executive Director of the UN Fund for International Partnerships and Agnes Callamard, Executive Director of Article 19.
Amir A. Dossal, guides the development [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on March 31, 2008 under News Comments Off
Doc Searls (who wrote a great article in Linux Journal about NYCwireless in 2004) has a great blog post on the frustrating world of for-pay Wi-Fi in hotels and airports. NYCwireless has long said that public and semi-public spaces like hotels and airports (and parks!) have a lot more to gain if they make their [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on March 23, 2008 under Hotspots Comments Off
Gramstand, one of our favorite NYCwireless hotspots, is in the final running for the Ideablob Competition. Go vote for this great coffeeshop and friend of NYCwireless!
Gramstand Friends and Family,
Thanks to your lovely support, we are now in the finals of the Ideablob Competition… so WE NEED YOUR VOTE, ONE LAST TIME. If we win [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on February 25, 2008 under News Comments Off
Cédric Calvignac, a French PhD student, is conducting a study of Community Wireless Networks around the world. If you’d like to participate, please read below.
I’m a French PhD student in sociology. My research focuses on “innovations made by and for users”. I have decided to particularly focus on “Wireless Community Networks” which are illustrative of [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on February 19, 2008 under News 1 Comment »
We’re very excited to announce the availability of our newest hotspot in Jackson Square Park at Greenwich Avenue and Eighth Avenue in the West Village. This hotspot is a partnership with Hines, the developers of the One Jackson Square building that is next to the park.
One Jackson Square Brings FREE HIGHSPEED INTERNET to Jackson Square [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on January 18, 2008 under News Comments Off
Laura and I had a lot of fun talking on the panel at the NY:MIEG event Wireless, Wimax & Mobile 2008 and Beyond: The Future of Communications. We talked about Wi-Fi, WiMax, and Cell networks, as well as devices and content. Laura talked about her research about how people use hotspots. Needless to say, lots [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on January 14, 2008 under News Comments Off
Sascha Meinrath has posted a call for panels for the 2008 IS4CWN. Be sure to send panel proposals to summit@chambana.net.
CALL FOR PANELS — Due March 31, 2008
International Summit for Community Wireless Networks
May 28-30, 2008, Washington, DC
Send panel proposals and questions to: summit@chambana.net
Since the first National Summit for Community Wireless Networks in 2004, hundreds of community [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on January 13, 2008 under Policy Comments Off
David Isenberg talks on his blog about how AT&T is going to filter all of the internet they provide looking for copyright violations. He importantly teases apart the difference between filtering for copyright violations and general network congestion management:
I nominate the end-user to make the decision. If, as I propose above, Internet access providers were [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on January 13, 2008 under News 3 Comments »
Our own Klaus Ernst (he’s an active NYCwireless member) reports on some of availability of the CBS MobileZone on Wi-Fi Net News.
The 47th Street Subway entrance has the “CBS mobile ((ZONE)) surf the web here. Free!” orange banner (see picture) but there was no hotspot. Maybe next time.
Well, it’s not hopeless, but CBS is [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on January 4, 2008 under News Comments Off
Google’s Android mobile OS is an interesting new technology that will open up the mobile space in 2008. Bill Sobel blogged about the platform in conjunction with our Jan 17th panel “Wireless, Wimax, Mobile and Beyond: A Look at the Future Communications“.
Android will enable a multitude of new mobile applications. Along with the iPhone’s soon [...]
Published by Dana Spiegel on December 31, 2007 under Events 1 Comment »
[ January 17, 2008; 7:30 am to 10:00 am. ] Bill Sobel, founder of NY:MIEG (New York: Media Information Exchange Group), has organized a very exciting and informative event on looking at where we are and where we are going with wireless communications technologies. The event, Wireless, Wimax, Mobile and Beyond: A Look at the Future of Communications, will take place on January 17 at [...]
