Doc Searls (who wrote a great article in Linux Journal about NYCwireless in 2004) has a great blog post on the frustrating world of for-pay Wi-Fi in hotels and airports. NYCwireless has long said that public and semi-public spaces like hotels and airports (and parks!) have a lot more to gain if they make their [...]

We’re very excited to announce the availability of our newest hotspot in Jackson Square Park at Greenwich Avenue and Eighth Avenue in the West Village. This hotspot is a partnership with Hines, the developers of the One Jackson Square building that is next to the park.

One Jackson Square Brings FREE HIGHSPEED INTERNET to Jackson Square [...]

Laura and I had a lot of fun talking on the panel at the NY:MIEG event Wireless, Wimax & Mobile 2008 and Beyond: The Future of Communications. We talked about Wi-Fi, WiMax, and Cell networks, as well as devices and content. Laura talked about her research about how people use hotspots. Needless to say, lots [...]

Our own Klaus Ernst (he’s an active NYCwireless member) reports on some of availability of the CBS MobileZone on Wi-Fi Net News.
The 47th Street Subway entrance has the “CBS mobile ((ZONE)) surf the web here. Free!” orange banner (see picture) but there was no hotspot. Maybe next time.

Well, it’s not hopeless, but CBS is [...]

On December 12, 2007, I gave the following testimony to the New York City Council Broadband Advisory Committee. You can download a PDF version for printing as well.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Broadband Advisory Committee and Members and Staff of the New York City Council, I would like to thank you for inviting me here [...]

[ December 12, 2007; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] 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 [...]

[ July 25, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Wed, July 25th, 2007 at 7:00pm
Please note earlier starting time for meeting.

Bway.net
568 Broadway at Prince St, NE corner
Suite 404
New York, NY 10012
(lobby sign-in required)

Agenda
Ryan Sarver, Skyhook Wireless

Skyhook pioneered the development of the first ever metro-area positioning system to leverage Wi-Fi access points rather than satellites or cell [...]

[ March 28, 2007; 12:00 am; ] Wed, March 28th, 2007 at 7:00pm
Please note earlier starting time for meeting.

Bway.net
568 Broadway at Prince St, NE corner
Suite 404
New York, NY 10012
(lobby sign-in required)

Agenda:
1. Laura Forlano will present preliminary results from the WiFi? hotspot survey conducted in partnership with NYCwireless. Her findings may surprise you — don’t [...]

[ February 28, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Wed, February 28th, 2007 at 7:00pm
Please note earlier starting time for meeting.

Bway.net
568 Broadway at Prince St, NE corner
Suite 404
New York, NY 10012
(lobby sign-in required)

Agenda:

802.11n: Everything you want to know (so far) but were afraid to ask! by Brian Walden

Brian gives us an overview of this new standard, [...]

[ January 25, 2006; 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm. ] NYCwireless January Meeting Announcement
All are invited - please re-post everywhere!

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006 at 7:15pm

Bway.net
568 Broadway at Prince St, NE corner
Suite 404
New York, NY 10012

Agenda:

Dustin Goodwin: Designing Wifi Network for VOIP
So you think you can just buy a couple of Wifi Voip phones and start using them on your office network? Well unfortunately it’s not [...]

To whom it may concern at the Heartland Institute,
In your story, “Google Sponsors Bryant Park Wi-Fi“, published in the November issue of IT&T News, Mr. Steven Titch makes a number of factual mistakes.
Specifically, NYCwireless (the correct name and spelling for our organization) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed and run by volunteers from [...]

Also published on the Wireless Community blog
I’m a big fan of what’s going on in Philadelphia, but this article in The Philadelphia Inquirer has me thinking that maybe all of this talk about the end user cost of muni-networks is, in part, wrong.
One way that most Community Wireless networks are different from other broadband [...]

[ September 28, 2005; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Wednesday, September 28th, 2005 at 7:30pm sharp
NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)
721 Broadway (at Waverly Place) Room 406

A special meeting: Everyone is invited but space is limited
RSVP required for building admission
RSVP by Wed. 5pm to: joe@nycwireless.net

Agenda:

Wireless to the rescue: Restoring communications in Katrina’s aftermath - Report By Dustin Goodwin and Terry Schmidt
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Bruce Fein, a former general counsel for the FCC under President Reagan, published a letter to the editor in today’s New York Times. He claims that Nicholas D. Kristof’s recent column “wrongly chastises New York for neglecting to emulate the citywide wireless networks in rural Oregon” due to far greater cost of deploying Wi-Fi in [...]

“Loaded for bear.” That quaint phrase means that you have the biggest, baddest gun, loaded with the biggest, baddest bullet, because you may have to shoot a big, bad bear. It indicates that you have gone all out in an effort to be prepared for any situation.
“Loaded for bear” describes perfectly a team of [...]