Please take a moment to sign this petition from Free Press. Thanks! --- "Timothy Karr, Campaign Director" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:26:10 -0500 (CDT) > From: "Timothy Karr, Campaign Director" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Demand affordable Internet for all New > Yorkers > > Dear Media Reformer: > > Internet access is becoming a basic public necessity > just like water, gas or electricity. But far too > many New Yorkers are finding themselves on the wrong > side of the digital divide, priced out by high > monthly fees or stranded by corporation that have > deemed their neighborhoods unprofitable. > > It's time to bring New York City into the 21st > century and connect every New Yorker to the > Internet. Philadelphia, San Francisco and Boston are > doing it so should New York City. > > Urge city leaders to provide low-cost, high-speed > Internet access for every New Yorker by 2007. Go to > http://www.freepress.net/action/nycwireless > > Verizon, Cablevision and Time Warner charge working > families around $600 a year for a connection that is > 10 times slower than broadband in Tokyo. Children > across the world have better and faster Internet > access than kids in Brooklyn. New York City schools > are ranked 41st in the country in the use of > computers in education. > > The city government has failed to embrace the > possibilities of new information technology. Yet > advances in wireless technology could give every New > Yorker access to broadband for less than $10 per > month. > > Call on Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Public Advocate > Betsy Gotbaum, and members of the City Council to > deliver universal, affordable broadband Internet > access for every New Yorker by Jan. 1, 2007. > > Sign the petition now at > http://www.freepress.net/action/nycwireless > > And please forward this message to your friends and > family in New York. > > Onward, > > Timothy Karr > Campaign Director > Free Press > www.freepress.net > > P.S. For more information on efforts to bring > high-speed Internet access to New York, visit > http://www.nycwireless.net and > http://www.wifi4ny.com > > P.P.S. To learn more about the national effort for > Community Internet and municipal broadband, see > http://www.freepress.net/communityinternet > > Free Press and Free Press Action Fund are directing > you to these online resources to further a public > policy goal. Free Press and Free Press Action Fund > do not support or oppose elected officials or > candidates for public office. > > > > > > /*Your email ID. <diaEmailID='28738888'/>--*/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
