As we posted here a few weeks ago, New York City's Central Park will be introducing free WiFi access in a number of hotspots located throughout the area to parkgoers. The City Parks Department will be launching similar service in at least 10 other parks. In other parks, WiFi is available through partnerships between nonprofit organizations.
While this is all well and good and certainly meets a need for city residents, it still is a mystery as to why the Bloomberg Administration is taking its sweet time investigating the possibility of unwiring the entire city. There currently is a task force "researching" the idea, but as other big (and small) cities move swiftly toward municipal wireless access, New York City seems to be falling further behind.
Will a plan be in place by tbe end of the year for NYC to have a wireless network? Place your bets...
