Entries Categorized as 'Policy'

Response to City Wireless Internet Access for New York City Parks and Other Open Spaces (DoITT RFI)

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on June 9, 2009 under News, Policy   Tags Tags: , , , , , ,    Comments 6 Comments »

NYCwireless submitted this response to the DoITT RFI City Wireless Internet Access for New York City Parks and Other Open Spaces” (PIN: 85809RFI0045) [PDF].
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RFI Response to City Wireless Internet Access for New York City Parks and Other Open Spaces
Prepared by:

Dana Spiegel, Executive Director, NYCwireless
Rob Kelley and Anthony Townsend, Executive Board Members
Overview
NYCwireless is a [...]


Our Take: NYC RFI on “City Wireless Internet Access for New York City Parks and Other Open Spaces”

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on May 11, 2009 under NYCwireless, News, Policy   Tags Tags: , , , , , ,    Comments 2 Comments »

Earlier today (Wednesday) DoITT released an RFI for “City Wireless Internet Access for New York City Parks and Other Open Spaces” (PIN: 85809RFI0045). I’ve had a chance to review the RFI, and NYCwireless will be responding to it, but I wanted to provide a summary for those of you who haven’t had a chance to [...]


NY City Council Hearing: The Regulation and Use of the Unallocated Portion of the Radio Spectrum, Also Known as White Spaces on Sep 28 @ 10am

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on September 27, 2008 under Events, News, Policy   Tags Tags: , , , , ,    Comments Comments Off

The New York City Council is holding a hearing on “The Regulation and Use of the Unallocated Portion of the Radio Spectrum, Also Known as White Spaces” on Monday, September 28th @ 10am in the Committee Room at City Hall. I will be there presenting on behalf of NYCwireless. We need as many people as [...]


Diamond Consultants to publicly brief Broadband Advisory Committee regarding the Bloomberg Administration’s plans for bridging the digital divide

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on July 24, 2008 under Events, News, Policy   Tags Tags: , , , , , ,    Comments Comments Off

I just received this notice from a contact at the City Council. Everyone should attend if they can (unfortunately I won’t be able to go) and report back.
Very curious too that:
(a) The report from Diamond Consultants is only about the digital divide, since I was under the impression that the research was supposed to be [...]


New ITIF Report: “Explaining International Broadband Leadership”

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on May 4, 2008 under Policy   Tags Tags: , , ,    Comments Comments Off

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 [...]


Great Comic about Network Neutrality

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on April 30, 2008 under Policy   Tags Tags:    Comments Comments Off

Abell Smith’s Fighting Words Comics has a great panel about Network Neutrality. Thanks to Dave Isenberg for finding this!


AT&T Going to Provide a Filtered Internet all in the Name of Copyright Protection?

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on January 13, 2008 under Policy   Tags Tags:    Comments 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 [...]


NYC Broadband Advisory Committee Public Hearing in Manhattan

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on December 9, 2007 under Events, Policy   Tags Tags: , , ,    Comments Comments Off

On Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 from 1-4pm, the NYC Broadband Advisory Committee will be holding a meeting at the Manhattan School of Music, Greenfield Hall, 120 Claremont Avenue at 122 Street, New York, NY 10027 If you live or work in Manhattan, you should attend this meeting. NYCwireless will be there, representing our work building [...]