Earlier today, Wednesday July 17 2013, in a show entitled Harlem’s Broadband Renaissance, Silicon Harlem meetup Executive Producer Bruce Lincoln was interviewed on Craig Settles’ Gigabit Nation Internet radio show. Bruce talked about the Gigabit Harlem initiative that was launched at the recent public forum that was webcast by ISOC-NY.
On Wednesday February 6 2013, Allied Fiber CEO Hunter Newby – a good friend of ISOC-NY, appeared on Craig Settles’ Gigabit Nation Internet radio show. Ostensibly the topic How Would a Susan Crawford FCC Chairmanship Impact Broadband‘ was recent proposals that Obama appoint Susan Crawford as the next FCC Chair, and Newby strongly supports the idea, feeling that she uniquely has the savvy and perception to carry through the necessary changes to overcome the current inertia. The conversation soon went into further detail of ways and means. Needless to say, Hunter advocates open access to rights of way, and that municipalities lay dark fiber systems in their neighborhoods, for utilization by both incumbents and newcomers. It’s a good listen.