The New York City Council has voted today to pass “Intro. 625-A”:council, which establishes a task force to study how affordable broadband access can be made available for residents of New York City.
Intro. 625-A is establishes “a temporary advisory committee to advise the mayor and the speaker of the council on issues pertaining to access to broadband technologies within the city of New York”.
This is a great first step in the battle for universal, affordable internet service for all New Yorkers, and is something that NYCwireless has testified in support of at hearings. Many thanks to “Councilmember Gale Brewer”:http://www.galebrewer.com/ and her staff for having the foresight of sponsoring this bill and working diligently to get it enacted.´
[council]http://www.nyccouncil.info/issues/bill_details.cfm?ID=Int%200625-2005&TYPE=all&YEAR=2005&SPONSORS=YES&REPORTS=YES&HISTORY=YES
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I agree with you. We seriously need to make broadband moer accessible across the board. But, I’m not sure that the model used by otehr cities is the estw ayto go So a focused group that is looking into this, with a clear mandate to get public discussion going, and come up with practical and pragmatic suggestions, which is what is this all about, is a great way to get things moving.