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 [...]

On March 30, the New York City Broadband Advisory Committee will meet in the Bronx for the “first of five public hearings to both educate the public on broadband and learn from the public about their experiences, or lack of, with broadband and Internet technology in New York City.” Over the past couple of years, [...]

I just filed the comments to support the Media Access Project and the New America Foundation in fighting for more unlicensed spectrum in the 900 MHz spectrum band. Please add your support by filing comments in the box called Proceeding enter 06-49.
Your comments can be as simple as “I support the Media Access Project, the [...]

FreePress just launched the Save the Internet campaign and website, where you can find out more about the battle that is being fought to keep our internet freedoms (free as in unfettered access, not free as in no cost). I’d recommend that everyone read and contact their Senators and Representatives in order to make sure [...]

Many thanks to Council Member Gale A. Brewer for gaining approval of this important commission. NYCw looks forward to participating as a independent voice on broadband issues in NYC.
http://muniwireless.com/municipal/watch/955
The New York City Council has moved one step closer to bringing more competition into the market for high-speed Internet access to city residents and businesses. [...]

SBC fired the first shot. But Bell South has basically confirmed it was more then a misquote. Phone companies think they can control the Internet and select the content their paying customers get to see. “his company should be allowed to charge a rival voice-over-Internet firm so that its service can operate with the same [...]

The second FCC Consumer Advisory Committee meeting included panels on Telecommunications Competition and Consumers, and Media Ownership and Consumer Interest; passed recommendations on Access to Video Relay Service Networks and Public Interest Obligations and the Digital Television; and included briefings on Public Participation via New Information and Communication Technologies.
NYCwireless is being represented on the [...]

NYCwireless, along with a number of other public interest organizations, is part of the FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee. If you are interested in following the work that we do, the meetings are open to the public and are also broadcast online.
The Benton Foundation, an organization that NYCwireless works with on the Committee, is posting [...]