How Realistic Is BT’s Fiber Broadband Plan?
Unless you’re using Enron math, BT’s new plan to connect 10 million homes — roughly 40 percent of the United Kingdom — with fiber networks at a cost of £1.5 billion doesn’t quite add up.
From GigaOM, July 17, 2008
BroadbandCensus.com Compares Local Availability
Internet users benefit by being able to measure and understand information about the availability, competition, speeds and prices of broadband within their areas.
From BroadbandCensus.com, July 17, 2008
Canada: Urged to Spend Spectrum Dollars on Broadband
With the auction of cellphone airwaves having raised more than $4.2 billion and nearing its end, an increasing chorus of voices is calling on the government to invest in broadband internet access to prevent Canada from falling behind the rest of the world.
From CBCNews.ca, July 17, 2008
Connected Nation, Coalition Urges Broadband Legislation
A broad coalition of telecommunications and cable providers, business, labor, rural, and public interest organizations have joined forces to encourage federal leaders to commit to broadband legislation that will support broadband build out and meaningful programs to increase adoption.
From PR Web, July 17, 2008
Can’t Find a Parking Spot? Check Smartphone
Drivers searching for curbside parking are responsible for as much of 30 percent of the traffic in central business districts. This fall, San Francisco will test 6,000 of its 24,000 metered parking spaces in the nation’s most ambitious trial of a wireless sensor network that will announce which of the spaces are free at any moment.
From The New York Times, July 17, 2008
Broadband Wireless Continues to Grow, but Where's the WiMAX?
Despite all of the product announcements, carrier commitments and general hype, mobile WiMAX is off to a slow start, with just 193,000 subscribers — most of them on Korea Telecom's WiBro network — according to new research from Maravedis.
From Telephony Online, July 17, 2008
ECI to Build Nationwide WiMAX Network in Denmark
ECI Telecom said that it has signed a three-year framework agreement with Danish utilities company Elro for the deployment of a nationwide WiMAX network in Denmark, which is expected to be completed by 2010.
From CED, July 17, 2008
San Francisco IT Worker Arrested in Network Hijacking
A disgruntled city computer engineer has virtually commandeered San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar computer network, altering it to deny access to top administrators even as he sits in jail on $5 million bail, authorities said Monday.
From San Francisco Chronicle, July 17, 2008
California Bill Expands Broadband Services
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed Senate Bill 1191 authorizing community service districts to provide broadband services to their residents.
From Government Technology, July 17, 2008
Hartford (CT) Gives Up on Citywide Wi-Fi
Nearly three years after Mayor Eddie Perez promised with fanfare to provide free wireless Internet access citywide by 2009, city officials have quietly tabled the plan.
From HartfordBusiness.com, July 17, 2008
