On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 11:42:47AM -0400, Dustin Goodwin mangled the electrons to say: > "cost the city about $80 million to set up a system, with consumers > paying about $20 a month to log onto the municipal Wi-Fi network, said > Rasiej, who runs a technology-oriented educational organization, and > based his model for NYC on the Philadelphia plan." > > Anyone know who Rasiej is or how he came up with this number?
Andrew Rasiej He's a democratic candidate for Public Advocate. >From his Bio: "Seeing New York City children left out of the technology revolution, in 1997 Andrew founded MOUSE (Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools and Education), a non-profit organization focused on integrating technology into teaching and learning in urban public schools." http://www.advocatesforrasiej.com/ The summary of his plan: http://www.advocatesforrasiej.com/files/wifi-summary.doc His plan for nyc wifi: http://www.advocatesforrasiej.com/files/wifi-plan.pdf David Beery > > - Dustin - > > > > Laura Forlano wrote: > > >AM New York has a feature on citywide WiFi today. You > >can also take a poll on whether or not you support > >citywide WiFi at: > >http://www.nynewsday.com/other/special/amny/ > > > >Best, > >Laura > >-- > >NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > >Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > >Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
