York / New York / Tokyo / Seoul / New York City / /
Company
TransitWireless / Con Edison / Comcast / Time Warner / Verizon / Time Warner Cable / Verizon FiOS / New York Times / CityBridge / Cablevision / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
cent / ECS / USD / /
Event
Product Release / Business Partnership / Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Empire City Subway / Open Technology Institute / Subway Globes / University of Michigan / /
IndustryTerm
Internet access / high-speed Internet access / payphone infrastructure / telecommunications infrastructure / Internet service providers / Internet adoption rates / point-to-point technologies / technology startups / Wireless Network / data communications / borough fiber network / slower Internet service / Internet services / government-dedicated broadband wireless infrastructure / home internet / telephone lines / redundancy into their systems / Internet connection / fixed wireless / real estate / telecommunications franchises / Internet speeds / mainline telecommunications purposes / broadband services / borough communications network / maritime transportation / citywide fiber-optic network / telecommunications franchisees / optic broadband communications lines / high-speed Internet service / underground infrastructure / high-speed internet / video services / Internet Service Providers The New York City Department / manufacturing floor area ratio / Internet service / /
MarketIndex
American Customer Satisfaction / /
NaturalFeature
Staten Island / /
Organization
New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications / Open Technology Institute / University of Michigan / Pew Research Center / Center for Economic Opportunity / New York City Housing Authority / State Department of Transportation / Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Federal Communications Commission / Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications / U.S. Census Bureau / NYC Department of Sanitation / New America Foundation / /
Person
Matthew Flamm / Patrick Lucey / Nick Russo / Danielle Kehl / Aaron Smith / /
Position
major driver / Comptroller / /
Product
FiOS / FiOS service / Verizon FiOS / /
ProgrammingLanguage
php / /
ProvinceOrState
Michigan / /
PublishedMedium
New York Times / /
Technology
high-speed Internet / broadband / Information Technology / smartphone / high-speed Internet access / html / fiber optic / optical fiber / pdf / Cable TV / point-to-point technologies / smartphones / /
CALL FOR INNOVATIONS: BACKGROUND INFORMATION In today’s economy, Internet access is not a luxury; it’s an essential public utility that New Yorkers depend on to make a living. Moreover, without broadband 1, families