We missed this item last week, but it seems that the MTA has put out an RFP for Wi-Fi service on LIRR and MetroNorth trains and at stations. You can download the PDF (3mb) or view it inline.
NYC MTA Wireless Broadband RFP 2010
Glenn Fleishman of Wi-Fi Net News has a great writeup about this RFP, [...]
LIRR and MetroNorth RFP for Train and Station Wi-Fi
Published by Dana Spiegel on March 22, 2010 under News
Tags: MTA, New York City, RFP, Wi-Fi
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Event: How the Internet Works – and how to Protect Freedom Online
Published by Dana Spiegel on March 20, 2010 under Events, News
Tags: Broadband, Community, Net Neutrality, New York City, Policy
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This is a great upcoming event, and NYCwireless will be there:
Voterbook Manhattan, the Media and Democracy Coalition, People’s Production House and Free Press invite you to a panel and town hall:
WHEN: Saturday, April 3, 2 p.m.
WHERE: P.S. 20, the Anna Silver School
166 Essex Street, Lower East Side
A town hall discussion and panel about Internet [...]
Free Wi-Fi in Penn Station!
Published by Dana Spiegel on March 4, 2010 under News
Tags: Amtrak, New York City, Wi-Fi
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Our intrepid, on-the-street Wi-Fi sleuth Klaus Ernst has discovered that Penn Station now has some free Wi-Fi courtesy of Amtrak. Wandering through the station, he snagged a screenshot of the login screen from his iPod Touch.
Klaus tells us that the connection is speedy (7Mbps down/1.7 up), and that its available throughout the Amtrak waiting area [...]
NYCwireless on Advertising Age: Chasing Mobile Audiences Beyond Phones
Published by Dana Spiegel on December 22, 2009 under News
Tags: Hotspot, Mobile, New York City, Wi-Fi
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I was asked to sit on a panel last Thursday about “THE FOUR SCREENS: Everything you had no idea you needed to know but were afraid to ask!” by my friend Bill Sobel at SobelMedia. My fellow panelists represented a great variety of old and new media expertise, and I brought some mobile knowledge to [...]
Community Broadband Hearing at Columbia University on Dec. 11
Published by Dana Spiegel on December 4, 2009 under Events, News, Policy
Tags: Broadband, columbia university, Community, FCC, Fiber, government, Net Neutrality, New York City, NY City Council, Policy, Spectrum, Telecom
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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 [...]
Municipal Vaporware: Why NYC’s Data Mine is A Data Dump
Published by Anthony Townsend on October 6, 2009 under News
Tags: Community, iPhone, New York City
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This morning, Mayor Mike Bloomberg unveiled New York City’s long-awaited Big Apps contest. Big Apps seeks to promote the Internet industry in the Big Apple (it’s sponsored by the New York City Economic Development Corporation) and make local government more transparent.
I’ve been following the evolution of open data initiatives at the municipal level for about [...]
Another Great Video of Local Kids Using Free Wi-Fi in the Playground
Published by Dana Spiegel on July 31, 2009 under News
Tags: Affordable Housing, CDSC, Community, Hotspot, Installation, New York City, NYCwireless, Wi-Fi
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Here’s some more videos from the new CDSC Hotspot in Clinton Hill:
Photos and a Video from our Clinton Hill Hotspot Launch
Published by Dana Spiegel on July 31, 2009 under Hotspots, NYCwireless, News
Tags: Affordable Housing, CDSC, Community, Hotspot, Installation, New York City, NYCwireless, Wi-Fi
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One of the reasons why we build free Wi-Fi hotspots is the impact it has on local communities. Our Clinton Hill Hotspot is no different — check out the great photos of kids surfing the internet. We’ve even found some budding TV stars in the 2 kids who were interviewed!
More photos after the break…
