Non-Profit Help Desk Supports Broadband Advisory Committee

Kayza, from the Non-Profit Help Desk, writes in the NPHD blog:

And, the nice thing about this legislation is hat it doesnt jump in with perconceived notions about ONE technology or ONE model that will amke all of this available. Rather it mandates two things that should move us forward: 1. Take a good hard lookat ALL the technology alternatives and make reccommendations based on the merits – technical, cost, social and security related. There is no mandate for chosing ONE technology, and it seems to me that the weight would be on looking at chosing multiple modalities, to spur innvation. 2. Educate the public and engender public discussion, not just from the elites andtechnocrats, but from all sectors of our city.

I agree completely with the need for the broadband advisory committee. And I agree about how it should be done in order to help those that are most in need.

I’m very excited about the way the legislature was written because NYCwireless has worked hard to get across the 2 things you mention: evaluating all available technology (not just wireless) and helping to educate the public.

This is the only way that this work can be successful.