2007 NYC Technology Sector Holiday Social

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on December 4, 2007 under Events   Tags Tags: ,    Comments Comments Off

[ December 13, 2007; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] NYCwireless is joining a bunch of other NYC-based Technology organizations in supporting the 2007 NYC Technology Sector Holiday Social. Keep the evening of Thursday, December 13th, 2007 open for FREE drinks and hors d’oeuvres.

Details and RSVP: http://www.orgcom.info/Holiday

Everyone is invited-open source or closed- CTO or junior admin-personal business or Fortune 500. Our mission is to host [...]


Community Access afforable housing wireless networks

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on October 29, 2007 under News   Tags Tags: , , , , , ,    Comments Comments Off

NYCwireless NeedyNets program has build wireless networks at 4 Community Access low incoming housing facilities in NYC:

Ave. D in Manhatann - 45 Studio Apartments
Dekalb Ave in Brooklyn - 64 Studio/1 & 2 bedroom
Franklin Ave in the Bronx - 66 Studio/1 & 2 bedroom
Davidson Ave in the Bronx - 74 Studio/1 & 2 bedroom

Community Access provides [...]


Send Hardware and Wireless Equipment to Help Katrina Emergency Relief

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on September 8, 2005 under News   Tags Tags: ,    Comments Comments Off

If anyone has wireless equipment or other hardware that they’d like to provide for Katrina relief, please contact Matt Barr below. He is going down to Texas tomorrow with other people to help establish wireless networks for emergency communications support.
From: Matthew Barr
Date: September 7, 2005 9:25:38 PM EDT
Dana- We have 3 people from [...]


Why Mesh-based Wireless Networks Are Ideal for New York

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on June 22, 2005 under From the Executive Director   Tags Tags: , , ,    Comments Comments Off

Mesh networks are wireless networks, based on Wi-Fi technology, where each wireless “node” or “access point” connects with a number of other wireless nodes. Information flows from node to node, winding up either at its destination or the internet in general. Internet connections, in a mesh-based network, are provided by one or more nodes that [...]


Wi-Fi and the Digital Divide

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on March 25, 2005 under From the Executive Director   Tags Tags: , ,    Comments 1 Comment »

The Digital Divide is a topic for great discussion for the past decade or two, since computers and information systems have permeated our society and culture. Many people have proposed solutions, and many have helped address some of the Divide’s many components. It is spoken about often, and has been categorized and explained from many [...]


Neighbornode and Community Hotspot Project in Wi-Fi Planet

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on March 16, 2005 under News   Tags Tags: ,    Comments Comments Off

John Geraci, an NYU ITP Student and one of the co-creators of the Community Hotspot Project was recently interviewed by Wi-Fi Planet about his research project NeighborNode, which is one of the pieces of software that is available on Community Hotspots.