Google, Tropos Leaders To Support Philly Wireless
Tropos Chairman David Hanna said he had been in ongoing discussions with EarthLink for almost nine months.
From The Bulletin, June 26, 2008
Buffalo (NY) Fights Crime With Wireless Video Surveillanc
The rapidly deployable, real-time video surveillance solution from Firetide and Avrio Group helped police make their first five arrests while the installation was still in progress.
From Government Technology, June 26, 2008
Cerf: Video Streaming to Give Way to Downloading
Cerf expects that video will be downloaded rather than streamed over time. With gigabit for second speed, users could download an hour of video in 16 seconds.
From CNET, June 26, 2008
MetroFi ending Wi-Fi service in Calif., Ore., Ill.
With no buyers in sight, MetroFi Inc.'s free wireless projects in Portland and in cities in California and Illinois appear to be ending.
From The Washington Times, June 26, 2008
Telerupted: Twilight for Telephone Networks
Session initiation protocol-compatible VoIP devices already account for as much as 20 percent of landline telephone traffic, thanks to the efforts of companies like Cisco, which sells to enterprises, and Comcast (in the U.S.) or Free (in France), which target consumers.
From GigaOM, June 26, 2008
Be Quiet: The Surveillance Cameras Might Hear You
The plan is to add an audio capability, so that the noise of breaking glass (for example) would cause the camera to take notice and alert an operator.
From Ars Tecnica, June 26, 2008
Charter Freezes Web Eavesdropping Plan
Charter Communications, the nation's fourth largest ISP, is indefinitely halting plans to test advertising technology that wiretaps customers' web usage, after customers criticized the idea and a powerful House Democrat raised questions about its legality.
From Wired Blog Network, June 26, 2008
Overcoming Hype, Minneapolis Wi-Fi Holds Promise
Later this month the city will decide whether the network is meeting its contract requirements, and despite the first-year glitches US Internet is expected to get a passing grade from Minneapolis officials.
From Minneapolis Star-Tribune, June 26, 2008
Wireless Silicon Valley Set to Move Ahead
Two years after its initial RFP, the trial deployment in San Carlos, CA this week received city approval to begin moving forward. If completed, the project will cover 1,500 square miles with wireless.
From Wi-Fi Planet, June 26, 2008
New Group Makes Broadband a National Priority
The group, which calls itself InternetforEveryone.org, officially launched at Free Press' Personal Democracy Forum here. The main purpose of the new initiative is to help organize public support for a national broadband policy.
From CNET, June 25, 2008
