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Rather than hiring a third-party provider to administer the network, as other cities have done, Boston will find an existing non-profit organization—or endow a new one—to run the system...
While the non-profit organization that the city is seeking will own the network, it will not act as the Internet Service Provider (ISP). Instead, it will allow other ISPs—such as Comcast or SBC/Yahoo!—to use the network infrastructure...
...formal announcement of the municipal wireless project comes after Boston’s Wireless Task Force, which was formed on Feb. 8 to study the creation of a city-wide network, issued a report advocating a non-profit approach...
...attorney, advises citizen journalists and new media creators to guard their privacy by developing protocols to protect their unedited material and sources. He suggests using paper shredders and having record-retention policies, and dissuades grassroots content creators from talking to law officials. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a non-profit that advocates for the public interest and digital rights, is more pointed by suggesting that do-it-yourself media creators should use technology to help conceal their real identities online. EFF encourages the use of anonymous blogging tools like "invisiblog.com" and "anonymize.com," which do just that. Other digital privacy tips...
...attempts to democratize the media. Last year, Wolf earned the wrath of Al Gore's youth cable channel, Current TV, when he criticized the new station's hiring practices along with its video submission policies on his blog. In protest, he started the Rise Up! Network, a non-profit alternative media site, where anyone can feature his or her own video work and retain exclusive rights...