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 [...]

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 [...]

We’re very excited to announce the availability of our newest hotspot in Wagner Park at the south end of Battery Park City. This hotspot is a partnership with the Battery Park City Authority, and we hope will be just the first of multiple hotspots throughout Battery Park City.
Take a trip down to Wagner Park! It [...]

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 at 7:15pm
Bway.net
568 Broadway at Prince St, NE corner
Suite 404
New York, NY 10012
(lobby sign-in required)
Agenda
NYCwireless Parks 2006 — a round-up of our various projects in process and completed, including:

Brooklyn Bridge Park
Stuyvesant Cove Park
Madison Square Park
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza

Also updates on SuperNode, FON, lots more…

We will be installing of the Brooklyn Bridge Park on this Monday, May 22 at 5:30pm. Please email me (dana at nycwireless.net) directly if you are interested in participating. We will be installing the hotspot plus 2 antennas, doing some spectrum analysis, and also checking the coverage of the hotspot in the park.
We need [...]

Here are some news stories from yesterday’s hearing on the NYC Parks Department and their plans for hotspots.
New York Times: Deadline Set for Wireless Internet in Parks
NYCwireless, a nonprofit group that did the technical work for those projects, has also set up networks at Union Square, Tompkins Square and Stuyvesant Cove Parks, and is [...]

also published on Wireless Community blog
The New York Daily News published a poorly researched article today about new Wi-Fi hotspots in New York City. They fail to mention the dozen or so parks that NYCwireless has already helped “light up”. Here’s the letter I have written to the newspaper in response:
The article “Wi-Fi umbrella [...]