Metro Atlanta Leaders on Broadband Goals at Summit
The Summit...served to introduce members of a newly formed Atlanta Digital Empowerment Council (DEC), part of The Alliance's nationwide initiative which advocates for increased broadband access, especially in urban and underserved communities.
From MarketWatch, July 25, 2008
After Azulstar Backs Out, WinstonNet Put on Ice
WinstonNet has received no responses to the request for proposals to lead the wireless initiative since its initial chosen partner, Michigan-based Azulstar, backed out in March, said Executive Director Lynda Goff.
From The Winston-Salem Business Journal, July 25, 2008
U.S. Has No Idea How Wired For Broadband It Is
A new study (pdf) from a telecom consulting firm named Costquest finds that while thirty-nine U.S. States have something vaguely resembling a broadband plan, only ten of the nation's fifty states have undertaken a definitive broadband mapping effort.
From DSL Reports, July 24, 2008
Gartner: Broadband in 77% of U.S. Households by 2012
The United States will close its digital divide significantly within the next four years, with 77% of U.S. households having a broadband Internet subscription, according to a new Gartner study.
From NetworkWorld, July 24, 2008
Last Stand For Canadian Independent ISPs
While Bell Canada insists network congestion makes such throttling necessary, data doesn't support those claims.
From DSL Reports, July 24, 2008
WiMAX: What's Working Now
The Taiwanese government's M-Taiwan project will ultimately partly rest on the availability of urban mobile WiMax. This is a major government initiative, partly aimed at creating an entire WiMax ecosystem (from silicon chips to applications), as the government has identified WiMax as one of the next big things after WiFi for the Taiwanese ICT industry.
From Light Reading, July 24, 2008
New AT&T Broadband Customer Additions Nose Dive
While a drop in new broadband additions was expected given market saturation and the housing market, most analysts still expected net additions to be somewhere around the 300,000 mark.
From DSL Reports, July 23, 2008
Meraki Grass-Roots Wireless Network Flourishing in S.F.
More than 70,000 users have already accessed the network, and Meraki aims to reach every neighborhood in the city by the end of the year.
From US News, July 23, 2008
Hold Off on WiMAX Investments, Gartner Cautions
One of the big factors that WiMAX has going against it, says Gartner, is that WiMAX networks won't be able to provide nationwide coverage for
quite some time, as Sprint and its Clearwire partners will only begin launching commercial WiMAX services for the first time this September.
From Network World, July 23, 2008
Clearwire Stock Keeps Falling
Would-be mobile WiMax carrier's stock hit a 52-week low on the Nasdaq Tuesday, dropping as low as $8.98.
From Unstrung, July 23, 2008
