Free Press, Public Knowledge Slam NebuAd
In a new report, “NebuAd and Partner ISPs: Wiretapping, Forgery and Browser Hijacking,” Robert Topolski, the chief technical consultant for the organizations, found that NebuAd uses special equipment that “monitors, intercepts and modifies the contents of Internet packets” as consumers go online.
From Congress Daily, June 19, 2008
State by State Report on Internet Connection Speed
The results reveal that the United States is falling far behind other industrialized nations.
From SpeedMatters.org, June 19, 2008
Amsterdam Gets Europe's First Mobile WiMAX Network
A commercial network launched in Amsterdam on Tuesday is the first in Europe to use a mobile version of the Wimax standard to allow users to surf the Web at high speeds while on the move, operator Worldmax said.
From Reuters, June 19, 2008
Sprint CEO: Xohm WiMAX to Go Live in September
ddressing conference delegates in his keynote presentation Tuesday at the WiMAX Forum Global Congress in Amsterdam, he said the first commercial Xohm service will start this September in Baltimore.
From Telecoms.com, June 19, 2008
Local Investors to Run Philadelphia Wi-Fi Network
The investors said they plan to form a for-profit company that will provide businesses both wired, high-speed Internet access and wireless service. They also plan to maintain the citywide wireless network Earthlink Inc. built for $17 million and offer wireless service free to consumers.
From Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 18, 2008
Obama Pledges Universal Broadband, Doubling R&D Budget
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama Monday pledged universal high-speed Internet access and doubling the national research and development budget in a speech at Kettering University in Flint.
From Great Lakes IT Report, June 18, 2008
$75M from Wi-Fi Sale to Be Used for Public Housing
Toronto Hydro will sell off its telecommunications unit and pay the City of Toronto a $75 million special dividend that Mayor David Miller has earmarked for public housing.
From The Star, June 18, 2008
Mississippi: Broadband Penetration at a Crawl
Dial-up Internet service is the slowest available; signals are received and transmitted along mostly copper telephone lines. The good news about dial-up is that it's available just about anywhere there is a conventional telephone line.
From redOrbit, June 18, 2008
Wireless Philadelphia May Survive After All
EarthLink, which values the network equipment at about $17 million, has offered to turn it over to a new owner for free in a bid to get out of its contract.
From The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 18, 2008
City of Santa Fe Rejects Allergy Claims; Proceeds
Santa Fe's city council voted unanimously to go ahead with the plan to provide free WiFi hotspots around the city in libraries and other public buildings, and rejected a motion to leave city hall uncovered by the plan.
From Ars Technica, June 18, 2008
