On December 12, 2007, I gave the following testimony to the New York City Council Broadband Advisory Committee. You can download a PDF version for printing as well.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Broadband Advisory Committee and Members and Staff of the New York City Council, I would like to thank you for inviting me here [...]

Our own Dana Spiegel was just voted the #1 People’s Choice on the Silicon Alley 100 List of the most influential and important people in the New York digital community.
Open wireless Internet access provides crucial support for New York City’s digital community — bloggers, freelancers, artists, geeks, serial entrepreneurs, and everybody else.
Congrats Dana for the [...]

The Ethos Group announces our first Masters of the Muni-Verse Challenge, a contest to identify and share the best free online resources available on municipal and community broadband with fabulous prizes.
Send us your recommendations for the best freely available municipal broadband resources by filling out our online entry form at http://www.ethoswireless.com/mastersofthemuniverse. We’ll choose the [...]

I am conducting a short survey on the use of WiFi? hotspots for my dissertation in Communications at Columbia University. The survey will help NYCwireless to develop the next generation of content, applications and sponsorship for Wi-Fi networks.
I need your feedback in order to make this project a success. Take the survey at the [...]

[ September 22, 2006; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] On September 22 at 12pm Eastern, as part of OneWebDay, NYCwireless will be hosting a live video conference with community wireless groups around the world. We will be discussing the ways that free, public hotspots have contributed to our own and other local communities. We expect the video conference to last about 30 minutes.

The [...]

from Eric Griffith for Wi-Fi Planet:
Professor John McMullen and his Monroe College Computer Information Systems students have installed wireless Internet access in a Harlem coffee shop, a Brooklyn day care center, and in Bronx restaurants. McMullen teaches his students everything from Wi-Fi to WiMax to cellular connections and potential tech of the future, and [...]

A New York Times editorial on June 6 advocates both free public Wi-Fi in NYC parks as well as universal affordable broadband. The article specifically mentions NYCwireless’ work in these areas, and calls for the Mayor and the rest of the City’s leadership to step up and start addressing some real issues. Far from the [...]

Here are some news stories from yesterday’s hearing on the NYC Parks Department and their plans for hotspots.
New York Times: Deadline Set for Wireless Internet in Parks
NYCwireless, a nonprofit group that did the technical work for those projects, has also set up networks at Union Square, Tompkins Square and Stuyvesant Cove Parks, and is [...]