A look at the state of community Wi-Fi providers in NYC, including NYC Mesh, a nonprofit covering ~800 households, which seeks to end the “telecom oligopoly”
NYC Mesh, a band of a few dozen tech volunteers, takes on Verizon and the big “incumbent providers,” with the promise of inexpensive community internet. Tweets: @saschasegan , @blissbroyard , and @nytmetro Tweets: Sascha Segan / @saschasegan : Terrific story about some real ISP heroes here in NYC who dare address the issue of PRICE. https://www.nytimes.com/... Bliss Broyard / @blissbroyard : Last December when my internet went down, I googled “I hate Spectrum” and stumbled on NYC Mesh. I couldn't believe they could get people online in a few hours for a smallish amount of $ in a moment when being online was a lifeline, and I'd never heard of it. Here's my story. https://twitter.com/... @nytmetro : In New York, like most big cities, the wealthier a neighborhood is, the more options for internet service its residents probably have. A band of tech volunteers is on a mission to bring inexpensive community Wi-Fi to neighborhoods across the city. https://www.nytimes.com/...