UPDATE: This is a Community Broadband Hearing by Columbia University, not an FCC Field Hearing. Sorry for the confusion!
Friend Bruce Lincoln, Entrepreneur in Residence at Columbia Engineering’s Center for Technology, Innovation & Community Engagement, sent us an invite for a Community Broadband Hearing taking place next Friday, December 11 at Columbia. I’m planning to attend, and [...]

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 [...]

The BBC has an excellent map that shows the disparities of broadband access speeds in 8 very different countries. Of particular interest is the exponential drop off between the few countries that have the fastest speeds and the rest of the countries in an OECD report. The US, which is in the middle of the [...]

This is the type of project that our broadband stimulus plan dollars should be used to create. In particular, the network will be created as a wholesale network, which means that all ISPs can take advantage of the fiber conduit, and should help to create a vibrant, competitive market for broadband down under.
(thanks to Dave [...]