Richard Davis of Manhattan Neighborhood Network has posted video excerpts from the ‘Broadband comes to Harlem‘ public meeting on Oct 1 2010.
Speakers included conveners Florence Rice of the Harlem Consumer Education Council and Dennis Lane of Kingstreet … Read the rest “Video: ‘Broadband comes to Harlem’ public meeting #harlem #nyc #broadband #fcc #digitaljustice”
Monica Ehmert of IP-Watch has written a report on the recently concluded ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico. She notes the tussle over recognizing the roles of independent organizations (such as the Internet Society) in the management of the Internet.… Read the rest “ITU ruefully agrees to share Internet Governance #icann #isoc #ietf #itu #igf #w3c”
Connecting.nyc is sponsoring a general meeting about the .nyc TLD on Wednesday, October 27, 7 PM at the historic Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 East 11th Street.
Two items are on the agenda:
Franck Martin of ISOC’s Fiji Chapter has posted a Slashdot news item linking to the four new Internet Society “Internet Scenarios” videos that were unveiled at the London INET.
What is now needed is for more people (this … Read the rest “Vote up ISOC “Internet Scenarios” videos on Slashdot #openinternet @internetsociety”
In 2010 ISOC-NY is once again sponsoring a speaker series as part of Evan Korth’s Computers and Society course at the Courant Institute at NYU. ISOC-NY members and friends are welcome to attend. All sessions are held from 3.30-5pm in … Read the rest “Computers & Society speakers announced #NYU”
Beau Brendler finishes a three-year term as an elected member of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) to ICANN in December 2010, after which he becomes chairman of the North American Regional Organization of the At-Large (NARALO) of which ISOC-NY is … Read the rest “Beau Brendler now blogging at thinkerNet #icann #alac #naralo #at-large”
The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) “State of Telecom” conference will be held on October 15 at the Columbia Business School, Davis Auditorium in the Shapiro Center (just behind Uris Hall). This year’s focus will be on “Matching Supply and … Read the rest “CITI ‘State of Telecom” Conference is this Friday Oct 15 #telecom #nyc”
On October 8, 2010, the FTC announced the completion of the Net Cetera Community Outreach Toolkit which is designed to help parents ensure that their children stay safe online. The Toolkit provides helpful information as to how parents can monitor … Read the rest “FTC issues Net Cetera online safety kit for parents #kids #internet”
The BBC reports that UK regulator Ofcom has ordered British telecom (BT) to give competitors access not only to its fiber network, but also its infrastructure such as poles and ducts.
However, BT will be able to set its own … Read the rest “BT required by Ofcom to open fibre network #structsep”
In a February 2010 Washington Post Op-Ed Google CEO Eric Schmidt called on US Government to recognize bottom-up solutions to the “innovation deficit“.
Now this week, warming to his theme, he criticized the policy making process. “”The average … Read the rest “Eric Schmidt: “Laws Are Written by Lobbyists” #innovation”
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