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• produced by Joshua Breitbart
• in 2007

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PPH Policy Director Joshua Breitbart testifies to the New York City Council Committee On Technology In Government regarding Resolution 712, which would advocate for net neutrality. In his statement, Josh urges the Council to apply the same principles to cellular communications as to other data transmission platforms. You can read his statement here.

• produced by Joshua Breitbart
• in 2007

• produced by Joshua Breitbart
• in 2008

At the City Council hearing on the white spaces resolution, Committee Chair Gale Brewer asked about the cost of white space devices. Dana Spiegel from NYCwireless explained that, like most new technology, the cost would start high then go down over time. PPH Policy Director Joshua Breitbart pointed out that the true cost would actually be a savings compared to what we spend now for Internet access and mobile phone calls. In this audio clip, he explains how delivering Internet connectivity to people's mobile phones is the most effective way to close the digital divide between those with high speed Internet access at home and those without.