Here are some news stories from yesterday’s hearing on the NYC Parks Department and their plans for hotspots.
h2. “New York Times: Deadline Set for Wireless Internet in Parks”:1
bq. “[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.”
h2. “New York Sun: New York Parks To Offer Free Web Access”:2
bq. “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.”
h2. “Newsday: Wireless Internet access urged for NYC parks”:3
bq. “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.”
h2. More Headlines
*”BBC: Central Park to be wireless hub”:10*
*”New York Post: CENTRAL PK. TO BECOME A WEB SITE”:9*
*”WNBC: Techies Urge Wireless Web Access In NYC Park”:4*
*”WCBS: Wi-Fi Internet Access In NYC Parks?”:5*
*”SILive: Wireless Internet access urged for NYC parks”:6*
*”Spotlighting News: New York Central Park With WiFi”:7*
*”All Headline News: Deadline Set For Wireless Internet In Parks”:8*
*”Technology Review: Wi-Fi Coming to Parks in New York City”:11*
[1]http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/nyregion/16wifi.html
[2]http://www.nysun.com/article/32788
[3]http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny–parks-wi-fi0515may15,0,3939253.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
[4]http://www.wnbc.com/news/9221264/detail.html
[5]http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_136070920.html
[6]http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-18/1147739966322390.xml&storylist=simetro
[7]http://www.spotlightingnews.com/article.php?news=2201
[8]http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7003589801
[9]http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/68590.htm
[10]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4988792.stm
[11]http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16890
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