What kind of press release can we do for MSP that builds on and distinguishes itself from these releases?
R > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/07/nyregion/07wifi.html > > [dead tree version: B2] > > July 7, 2006 > > New York to Examine Creating Citywide Broadband Network > By SEWELL CHAN > > Even as a contractor moves ahead with plans to install wireless > networks in 10 parks, New York City intends to study whether to > establish a citywide broadband network similar to those planned by > cities like Philadelphia and San Francisco. > The study, commissioned by the city's Economic Development > Corporation, will examine "whether there is a need for a citywide > broadband network as a municipal initiative" and what legal, > technical, logistical and economic challenges such a project would > involve, according to a request for proposals that the city released > on June 14. > The request for proposals was mentioned in a brief item in Crain's > New York Business on June 26, but has otherwise attracted little > attention until yesterday when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg mentioned > it. > The mayor was addressing a project by the Department of Parks and > Recreation to bring wireless Internet access to 18 locations in 10 > major city parks, including Central and Riverside Parks in Manhattan, > Prospect Park in Brooklyn and Pelham Bay and Van Cortlandt Parks in > the Bronx. > Asked why no Staten Island parks were included, Mr. Bloomberg said: > "The parks on Staten Island tend to be very small, and that's much > harder to provide Wi-Fi to. So the first thing we're going to do is > do the big parks, and then we'll take a look at the others. And we > have actually started to do a study as to what it would take to do > long, thin parks or very small parks, finding an economic way to do > that." > Consultants' proposals for conducting the broadband feasibility study > are due on July 21. The first goal would be to assess "the existing > state of broadband services" and decide whether a citywide network - > or a more limited network - is needed. If the answer is yes, the > Economic Development Corporation could have the consultant stay on to > develop an economic and technological approach for the project. > The request for proposals noted that "broadband availability is > already high" in many neighborhoods, but also asked whether wireless > access could be made widely available "at competitive prices" and > whether a network could strengthen the local economy. > In August 2004, a plan announced by Mayor John F. Street of > Philadelphia to blanket the city's 135 square miles with broadband > signals attracted national attention. A nonprofit organization > created to oversee the project, Wireless Philadelphia, signed a > contract in March with EarthLink, an Internet service provider based > in Atlanta, to install transmittal devices on about 4,000 > streetlights and create 22 free "hot spots" around the city. > Other cities have followed suit. In April 2005, the city of Tempe, > Ariz., hired the MobilePro Corporation of Bethesda, Md., to build a > wireless network covering the city's 40 square miles. Last April, San > Francisco selected EarthLink and Google to provide free or low-cost > wireless Internet access across the city's 47 square miles. Last > week, EarthLink opened a Wi-Fi network covering the central area of > Anaheim, Calif. All of the city's 50 square miles are to be covered > by the end of the year. > Dana Spiegel, executive director of NYC Wireless, a local nonprofit > group that has been hired by several business improvement districts > and companies to set up wireless networks in public spaces, cautioned > that the other cities might not be the right model for New York City > to follow. "We're a much bigger city and have a much more complicated > set of connectivity problems," he said. "It's unclear that municipal > broadband at a citywide level is the solution for New York City." > > > Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company > > -- > ======================= > Joe Plotkin > DSL/Marketing > Bway.net - NYC's Best Internet > ======================= > Bway.net > Note--> new address: > 568 Broadway Suite 404 > New York, NY 10012 > > vox: 212.982.9800 > fax: 212.982.5499 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > xDSL info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: http://www.bway.net > ======================= > -- > 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/
