[CWN-Summit] wireless set up for DC protesters!

[Sascha Meinrath]

I think kevin werbach is one of the cofounders of the Open Park Project. 
Mainly, they use Tropos-donated equipment to set up wifi hotspots.

--Sascha

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Harold Feld wrote:

> Anybody have contacts with these folks?  Seems they should be interested in 
> the regulatory side at the FCC and in the state legislature stuff.
>
> Harold
>
> At 10:06 AM 1/12/2005, you wrote:
>> The Open Park Project has set up a wireless hotspot at Pershing 
>> Park/Freedom Plaza in DC for the Inauguration Protests (J20) - looking to 
>> promote free and open wireless.  Announcement below:
>> 
>> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
>> Subject: Greetings from Open Park
>> From:    "Open Park News" <news at openpark.net>
>> Date:    Wed, January 12, 2005 1:20 am
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> Open Park to Offer Inauguration Week Public Wi-Fi Service Along 
>> Pennsylvania Ave. Parade Route and on Capitol Hill
>> 
>> I'd like to give everyone on our mailing list a "head's up" about the free 
>> public hotspot
>> Open Park has now deployed for Inauguration Week along the Pennsylvania
>> Avenue parade route.  The hotspot will operate  through January 22nd at
>> Pershing Park on the north side of Pennsylvania Ave. between 14th and 15th
>> Sts. NW. Coverage will also extend to portions of Freedom Plaza across
>> from City Hall  and the northeast portion of the Ellipse. This hotspot
>> will complement our current hotspot on Capitol Hill which provides service 
>> in front of the Supreme Court and the site of the new Capitol Visitors' 
>> Center.    During Inauguration Week, we
>> want to show Washington (and the rest of the world) the many benefits
>> which public hotspots can provide. And, for that, we will need your input
>> and your active participation !! We'll post the results on our web site.
>> 
>> Here's  how you can help:
>> On January 20 (or before), please head down to one of our
>> hotspots. Log in and send us an email, photo or blog entry. Tell us what's
>> happening and any cool applications or happenings that Open Park's hotspot
>> enabled. We'll post a sampling of all the communications we receive (and
>> relevant links) on our web site at the special  2005    Inauguration blog:
>> http://www.openpark.org/2005inauguration .
>> Send    correspondence to <A
>> href="mailto:info at openpark.net">info at openpark.net.  Or enter your comments
>> directly on the blog.  And don't forget to tell your friends about our
>> Inauguration Week service. Open Park's hotspots are free and open to
>> everyone.
>> 
>> best wishes,       Greg Staple     President and Co-founder, Open
>> Park    Tel: +1 703 842 4851
>> 
>> P.S. Please note that on Inauguration Day,
>> January 20, access to some areas covered by Open Park's hotspots may
>> require you to pass through a security checkpoint and consent to a search.
>> We have been advised that the public will be permitted to bring WiFi
>> equipped PDAs and cameras through the security line.   However, we have
>> also been told that law enforcement personnel may not permit  people to
>> bring large hand luggage, including     some types of  knapsacks and
>> briefcases, though there is no per se ban on laptops.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> ~~~
>> Frannie Wellings
>> Policy Fellow, the Electronic Privacy Information Center   ~ 
>> http://www.epic.org
>> Director, The Public Voice    ~   http://www.thepublicvoice.org
>> 
>> 1718 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200
>> Washington, D.C.  20009
>> USA
>> 
>> wellings at epic.org
>> 
>> +1 202 483 1140 x 107 (telephone)
>> +1 202 483 1248 (fax)
>> ~~~
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