~~ Very interesting and forward looking. Now the Homeless & Welfare recipients can sleep easily, knowing the city will be wired for broadband. But yes, down the road this is inevitable in all cities, but should it be a priority now ? -- when the $$ could go to help those who are more worried about food & health ~~~ TP
August 19, 2005
TV Campaign by a Public Advocate Candidate Stresses a Wireless City
By JONATHAN P. HICKS http://www.nytimes.com/
Throughout the campaign, Mr. Rasiej (pronounced Ra-SHAY), has championed an unconventional platform of expanding computer use and high-speed information technology for the public. As a cornerstone of his campaign, he said he would seek to create wireless Internet access throughout the city and in the subways. The campaign declined to disclose how much the ad campaign cost. "New Yorkers, look around you," Mr. Rasiej states in one of the ads, with a blur of traffic on the screen and a montage that lifted some footage from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's campaign commercials. "See your city as it could be. Imagine if firefighters could download floor plans of burning buildings on their way to a fire. Imagine signs on subway and bus stops telling us when the next train or bus is going to arrive. Imagine being able to call 911 in a subway in an emergency." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/nyregion/metrocampaigns/19advocate.html
