[nycwireless] A selection of news stories about yesterday's City Council Hearing on parks-based wi-fi
Deadline Set for Wireless Internet in Parks http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/nyregion/16wifi.html [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 building a network at Brooklyn Bridge Park this year. So far, the city's own efforts have paled compared with those achievements by private groups. - New York Parks To Offer Free Web Access http://www.nysun.com/article/32788 For the many New Yorkers seemingly locked to their laptops, the expansion of wireless access cannot come fast enough. But one suggestion at yesterday's hearing - taking Wi-Fi to the city's beaches - had even a leading wireless advocate issuing words of caution: I think it's a wonderful idea, but you have to be careful about getting sand in your laptop, the executive director of [NYCwireless], Dana Spiegel, said. - Wireless Internet access urged for NYC parks http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--parks-wi- fi0515may15,0,3939253.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork We believe that free Internet is an amenity and should be provided to all New Yorkers just as grass, trees and benches are, said Dana Spiegel, executive director of NYCwireless, a nonprofit organization that has worked with business groups and park boosters to set up wireless Internet access in several parks and open spaces. - Techies Urge Wireless Web Access In NYC Park http://www.wnbc.com/news/9221264/detail.html Wi-Fi Internet Access In NYC Parks? http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_136070920.html Wireless Internet access urged for NYC parks http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/ news-18/1147739966322390.xmlstorylist=simetro New York Central Park With WiFi http://www.spotlightingnews.com/article.php?news=2201 Deadline Set For Wireless Internet In Parks http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7003589801 CENTRAL PK. TO BECOME A WEB SITE http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/68590.htm Dana Spiegel Executive Director NYCwireless [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.NYCwireless.net +1 917 402 0422 Read the Wireless Community blog: http://www.wirelesscommunity.info -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
[nycwireless] A selection of news stories about yesterday's City Council Hearing on parks-based wi-fi
Deadline Set for Wireless Internet in Parks http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/nyregion/16wifi.html [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 building a network at Brooklyn Bridge Park this year. So far, the city's own efforts have paled compared with those achievements by private groups. - New York Parks To Offer Free Web Access http://www.nysun.com/article/32788 For the many New Yorkers seemingly locked to their laptops, the expansion of wireless access cannot come fast enough. But one suggestion at yesterday's hearing - taking Wi-Fi to the city's beaches - had even a leading wireless advocate issuing words of caution: I think it's a wonderful idea, but you have to be careful about getting sand in your laptop, the executive director of [NYCwireless], Dana Spiegel, said. - Wireless Internet access urged for NYC parks http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--parks-wi- fi0515may15,0,3939253.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork We believe that free Internet is an amenity and should be provided to all New Yorkers just as grass, trees and benches are, said Dana Spiegel, executive director of NYCwireless, a nonprofit organization that has worked with business groups and park boosters to set up wireless Internet access in several parks and open spaces. - Techies Urge Wireless Web Access In NYC Park http://www.wnbc.com/news/9221264/detail.html Wi-Fi Internet Access In NYC Parks? http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_136070920.html Wireless Internet access urged for NYC parks http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/ news-18/1147739966322390.xmlstorylist=simetro New York Central Park With WiFi http://www.spotlightingnews.com/article.php?news=2201 Deadline Set For Wireless Internet In Parks http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7003589801 CENTRAL PK. TO BECOME A WEB SITE http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/68590.htm Dana Spiegel Executive Director NYCwireless [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.NYCwireless.net +1 917 402 0422 Read the Wireless Community blog: http://www.wirelesscommunity.info -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
