that said, anything that doesn't generate revenue for NYC's coffers is just not realistic at this point, what with the chronic budget crisis.
that said, the Parks Dept did issue a wireless RFP this summer for some of the dining areas in city parks that proposes to award two licenses, one for a pay-as-you-go service, and one that is free or mostly free to a lot of people (a la Verizon Wi-Fi). our success was part of the reason this provision was included (the first of its kind in my knowledge). alas, there was a $5,000 or $10,000 minimum up-front deposit required to even submit a proposal, which pretty much knocked us out of the running.
and the RFP was more "how much will you pay us for this franchise?" rather than "how much will you charge us to deploy this service?", which given our limited resources pretty much knocked NYCwireless out of the running
i'm sure that we'll see more of these Cerritos-style networks in cities and towns that are less bureaucratic, less attractive to hotspot operators, and have less pressing revenue problems
On Dec 3, 2003, at 4:51 PM, jon baer wrote:
damn ... now if only bloomberg would give *us* access to lamp posts and city
property ;-)
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