4.26.2005

NEW YORK CITY LOOKS INTO AFFORDABLE BROADBAND FOR ALL

New from MuniWireless:
New York City Council Member Gale Brewer has introduced legislation that would create a nine-member task force charged with ensuring that every city resident, small business, and non-profit has affordable broadband access.
There's 2004 polling data showing that fewer than 40% of Cleveland homes have Internet service of any kind, and only about one in ten has a DSL or cable-modem connection.

In Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Houston, and now New York, city governments and their nonprofit partners have begun to confront the Internet gaps holding back their citizens and economies. When will Cleveland get around to it?
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