Riding the Wireless Network to the Smart Grid
The smart-grid company on Thursday announced that it has raised $20 million, led by Credit Suisse, to invest in development and sales of its networked utility meter technology. To date, the 8-year-old company, based on Jackson, Miss., has raised $80 million.
From CNET, May 29, 2008
Obama Tech Aide Hails from MIT, McCain's from TimeWarner
The Obama camp sent the co-director of MIT's decentralized information group. The McCain camp sent the former chief patent lawyer for Time Warner. The two seemed almost hand-picked as embodiments of the two very different ways a President Obama and a President McCain would handled tech policy.
From TechPresident.com, May 29, 2008
SF’s BART in Talks for Full Wi-Fi Rollout
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, is negotiating with a startup for a Wi-Fi network that would provide fast Internet access to riders throughout its 104-mile regional rail system.
From MacWorld, May 29, 2008
Foster City (CA) Rejects MetroFi Network Sale Offer
The company offered to sell the network — used by about 1,500 people each month — for $200,000, but Foster City administrative services director Steve Toler told The Examiner on Friday that the city had rejected the proposal. Buying the system would also cost the city approximately $125,000 annually for operation, he said.
From The San Francisco Examiner, May 29, 2008
OpenAir Boston Rearticulates Measured Citywide Strategy
As many cities have now learned, a corporate-driven, one-size-fits-all model for wireless may not provide the most effective solution. Well-publicized difficulties with such municipal WiFi plans have caused many to regard universal wireless models with skepticism.
From The Boston Globe, May 29, 2008
Wireless Philadelphia's Goldman: It's No Time to Quit
It was - and still is - a groundbreaking effort to create a different Philadelphia, one where everyone can use the powers of the Internet regardless of income. It's about equal opportunity and leveling the playing field. Yes, the project has been battered. But it's still alive - and it should be renewed.
From The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 29, 2008
FCC's Adelstein Urges National Policy with Municipal Wi-Fi
A national broadband strategy should permit, and not prohibit, municipalities from offering high-speed Internet services, Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said Thursday at summit on community wireless networks.
From BroadbandCensus.com, May 29, 2008
Akamai Compares State Broadband Speeds
Akamai's 2 and 5Mbps watermarks clearly obliterate that of our own FCC, which considers anything over 200kbps to be broadband (it has been an absolutely epic struggle to get them to change that to 768kbps). Still, the U.S. fares pretty well globally, coming in at seventh place overall, with 20% of connections surpassing 5Mbps.
From DSL Reports, May 29, 2008
Demand for Wireless Internet Paying Off for Schools
For nearly 20 years, five California State University campuses in the Los Angeles area have banded together to broadcast live courses over public airwaves that were long ago set aside by the federal government for distance learning.
From The Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2008
OFCOM: Wireless Can Be Good for Your Health
With an aging population there's going to be bundles more cash to splash on health care in years to come, if you believe UK regulator Ofcom and this year's edition of its future technology report, the Wireless World of Tomorrow.
From The Register, May 16, 2008
