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The New York Times criticized Suffolk and Nassau counties’ decision to go with E-Path Communications to deploy a large Wi-Fi network in Long Island. The network is seriously delayed and no one really believes it will ever go live. The NYT says: “The lesson, which Mr. Levy [Suffolk County Executive] and others were warned about last year and ignored, is that public wi-fi needs public dollars, and that the investment is probably worth it.”

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Officials in Suffolk and Nassau counties aspired to cover 750 square miles with a municipal wireless network estimated to cost $105 million. Two pilot projects were to have been deployed by December by E-Path Communications, the private partner based in Tampa, Fla, that was selected for the job. But according to The Long Island Business News, “E-Path’s done none of the work.”

That’s not too surprising. We had doubts about this overly ambitious project from the start. E-Path promised free access…

Next month — more than four years after issuing its RFP for a citywide network for public safety and other government applications — New York City will light up the initial phase of New York City Wireless Network (NYCWiN), according to CIO Paul Cosgrave. NYCWiN initially will cover about 70 percent of the city’s 322-square-mile expanse, according to Cosgrave, who last week gave a detailed project update to several committees of the New York City Council. Cosgrave told the City…

New York’s proposed state-wide public safety network has become the focus of controversy after first responders in Erie County found that a pilot operating in the county and the city of Buffalo did not meet their needs. This weekend a state legislator has called for a third-party investigation.

Erie County and Buffalo had agreed to participate as full partners in the state-wide network, expected to cost more than $2 billion, but rolled back their participation after tests of a pilot in…

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As New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer launches an initiative to deploy high-speed Internet access across his state, it appears that some rural counties are already making serious moves to make inexpensive broadband access a reality in their regions.As New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer launches an initiative to deploy high-speed Internet access across his state, it appears that some rural counties are already making serious moves to make inexpensive broadband access a reality in their regions.

The Plattsburgh Press-Republican has an interesting…