NYC under NuVisions WiFi skies
For those in NYC, get ready to cut loose -- literally. In a city that isn't typically exposed to rollouts of this magnitude, NuVisions is, well, envisioning an ever growing "cloud" of WiFi over the metro areas. Their plan to dominate the airwaves with internet access begins with hardwiring buildings throughout the city with gigabit Ethernet (presumably via fiber), which is then distributed to tenants via short range powerline networking. Then the real fun begins. With every building that is hardwired for internet access, they light another WiFi zone on location. NuVision's CEO refers to it as "a virtual fiber optic network in the air." Pretty bold statement, we'd say, but until WiMAX is no longer a semi-distant fantasy, there isn't anyone who's more ready to see it happen than us. Well, aside from those waiting anxiously for NuVision to invade Chicago and San Francisco, the firm's next two targets. Unlimited access requires residing in a pre-wired building and costs $24.95 per month, not too shabby at all.
Filed under: Wireless, Networking
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Keith L. Dick @ Jul 12th 2006 4:51AM
"Plans" sometimes go wrong and this one looks like it will also...
theattack @ Jul 12th 2006 9:53AM
if you go to the link to nuvisions phone service it looks exactly like the Vonage website. there must be some connection. also same prices
Nimajus @ Jul 12th 2006 10:16AM
You know what, ir migth fail but its better than nothing. I can't wait for more ISP's here in NY, since I', sick and tired of CableVision. With their new policy the price is still over $50 a month, but I can't use Bittorrent, I can't upload for more than 15 mins (or they might slow my connection to Dial-up happened 2 times already)
So basically, give me options, please give me options.
TeleCustom @ Jul 12th 2006 11:25AM
the same thing happened to me with Cablevision (in connecticut, though)...called and complained, got a new modem and fresh splitters and I'm rocking 1.5mbps down speeds on BitTorrent. Can play games online and web browse at the same time too (using wireless even!).
b-rad @ Jul 12th 2006 12:42PM
Wow your ISP seems terrible! Comcast is not that bad... and they have a 6mbps connection in CO too... but I am excited if the wifi actually rolls out in NYC! I go there a lot and it is hard to find a safe/free/pay network there!
TJ @ Jul 16th 2006 2:57PM
Free Wi-Fi is coming to NYC, and other parts of NY State:
Here is an article by Adam Balkin, from NY1:
http://ny1.com/ny1/Living/technology.jsp
July 12, 2006
It's spreading. It's spreading throughout the city, outside of the city, and could soon be wherever you are throughout the entire state. As NY1 Tech Beat Reporter Adam Balkin explains, we're getting close to the point where no matter where you go, high-speed, wireless Internet access will follow.
Fulfilling a promise made nearly three years ago, nearly a dozen of the Big Apple's biggest parks are finally going wireless. They'll have free Wi-Fi, high-speed wireless Internet access by the end of the summer.
It’s a huge undertaking, considering that includes Central Park. But it’s not so huge when you compare it to an announcement this week that officials are looking to turn all of Long Island - all 1,300 square miles of Nassau and Suffolk counties - into the world's largest so-called Wi-Fi hotspot.
“I’d like it done sometime by the end of 2007,” says Nassau County Executive and gubernatorial candidate Tom Suozzi. “I think we can send out formal requests for proposals some time later this year, go out into the marketplace, get proposals from people, and then actually implement it during the course of 2007 and have it done by the end of 2007.”
“I think it would be great for businesses because employees could work from home or could get things done commuting to work,” he continues. “It would be great for leisure activities because you could have access to the Internet on a park or the beach. In addition, if we provide free Internet access through Wi-Fi it'll help low-income persons have access they now can’t afford.”
Suozzi says right now the technical and financial committees are in place. The next step is figuring out how it'll be paid for through private funding.
In New York, for example, many park hotspots will be sponsored by Nokia, which means the service is free, but the first page that pops up when you log on is a big Nokia ad.