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Following the success free, public wireless internet access in New York City parks, NYCwireless has expanded its mission to including assisting underserved communities in getting affordable internet access. For example, NYCwireless worked with Community Access, a non-profit housing organization, to train volunteers and building residents to build and maintain wireless networks in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. The networks will provide more than 50 residents per building with private, high-speed connections. | Following the success free, public wireless internet access in New York City parks, NYCwireless has expanded its mission to including assisting underserved communities in getting affordable internet access. For example, NYCwireless worked with Community Access, a non-profit housing organization, to train volunteers and building residents to build and maintain wireless networks in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. The networks will provide more than 50 residents per building with private, high-speed connections. | ||
Currently, NYCwireless is using free, open-source software developed by community wireless groups around the world including the [[CU Wireless|Champaign-Urbana Wireless Network]], [[Wiki Île sans Fil|Île Sans Fil]] ([[:Category:Montreal|Montreal]]), [[ | Currently, NYCwireless is using free, open-source software developed by community wireless groups around the world including the [[CU Wireless|Champaign-Urbana Wireless Network]], [[Wiki Île sans Fil|Île Sans Fil]] ([[:Category:Montreal|Montreal]]), [[wiki.freifunk.net|Freifunk]] ([[:Category:Berlin|Berlin]]), and [[:Category:London|LondonWireless]]? to connect communities in large sections of New York City to the internet. | ||
Finally, NYCwireless has built up a reputation as an advocate of the public interest by testifying regularly at New York City Council Technology in Government Committee hearings, filing comments on policy issues related to broadband and [[:Category:Telecommunications|telecommunications]] issues with the Federal Communications Commission, and representing community wireless organizations nationwide on the FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee as of March 2005. The organization is also helping to coordinate national efforts to promote affordable public wireless internet access through collaborations with Free Press, the Consumer's Union, and the Alliance for Community Networking.|author=NYCwireless|source=https://web.Archive.org/web/20070630231905/http://www.NYCwireless.net/about}} | Finally, NYCwireless has built up a reputation as an advocate of the public interest by testifying regularly at New York City Council Technology in Government Committee hearings, filing comments on policy issues related to broadband and [[:Category:Telecommunications|telecommunications]] issues with the Federal Communications Commission, and representing community wireless organizations nationwide on the FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee as of March 2005. The organization is also helping to coordinate national efforts to promote affordable public wireless internet access through collaborations with Free Press, the Consumer's Union, and the Alliance for Community Networking.|author=NYCwireless|source=https://web.Archive.org/web/20070630231905/http://www.NYCwireless.net/about}} | ||