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Community WirelessExploring the spectrum of community through public wireless networks URLLast update23 weeks 5 days agoJanuary 4, 200806:26
Google’s Android mobile OS is an interesting new technology that will open up the mobile space in 2008. Bill Sobel blogged about the platform in conjunction with our Jan 17th panel “Wireless, Wimax, Mobile and Beyond: A Look at the Future Communications”.
Android will enable a multitude of new mobile applications. Along with the iPhone’s soon [...]
Categories: Community Networks
December 31, 200704:57
Bill Sobel, founder of NY:MIEG (New York: Media Information Exchange Group), has organized a very exciting and informative event on looking at where we are and where we are going with wireless communications technologies. The event, Wireless, Wimax, Mobile and Beyond: A Look at the Future of Communications, will take place on January 17 at [...]
Categories: Community Networks
December 22, 200715:40
Please help spread the word!
The New America Foundation, CUWiN Foundation, the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program, and the Acorn Active Media Foundation will be hosting the annual International Summit for Community Wireless Networks in Washington, DC on May 28-30, 2008. More information will be forthcoming at wirelesssummit.org in coming weeks.
Hosted by the world’s largest [...]
Categories: Community Networks
December 13, 200721:36
On December 12, 2007, I gave the following testimony to the New York City Council Broadband Advisory Committee.
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 today to provide my testimony and provide what I hope [...]
Categories: Community Networks
December 5, 200703:27
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 [...]
Categories: Community Networks
November 26, 200705:29
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 [...]
Categories: Community Networks
November 15, 200720:19
Wow… this is big news. CBS is using its outdoor billboards to broadcast out a ubiquitous free Wi-Fi network in midtown Manhattan.
I gave a quote to Silicon Alley Insider:
Its great to see that free, public Wi-Fi is becoming more available in New York City. CBS’s program is an innovative way to get more free internet [...]
Categories: Community Networks
November 13, 200716:55
So its a stupid popularity contest, but its a good idea none-the-less. If you think I do good work with NYCwireless, I’d love it if you would vote/nominate me and leave comments. And don’t forget to vote for other Alley folks too!
Silicon Alley 100 – Dana Spiegel
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October 29, 200720:55
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has just released a great research paper titled The Role of Competition in a National Broadband Policy:
This paper argues that the consensus in favor of more broadband competition ignores the fact that because broadband displays natural monopoly or duopoly characteristics there are significant trade-offs between more competition and goals [...]
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