Cell tax bill debated at House hearing
The Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008 was debated yesterday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Supporters claim the bill's five-year ban on imposing any "new discriminatory tax" on wireless carriers will help low-income people get greater access to mobile broadband. Detractors claim the bill will hamper local and state governments' ability to collect taxes, which will cause budget issues in the face of economic woes.
From CNet, September 22, 2008
Searching the city for Zune-friendly Wi-Fi
CNET News' Ina Fried traverses San Francisco with one of Microsoft's latest music players, to mixed results.
From CNet, September 22, 2008
Tuesday phone debut is first salvo in Android war
T-Mobile will announce the first phone using Google's Android OS Tuesday. Apple's iPhone led the way, but Symbian and Microsoft are the real competitors.
From CNet, September 22, 2008
Wi-Fi Helps 'Homeland Security' Efforts
Today, seven years after the September 11th attacks, wireless technology is playing an increasingly central role in so-called "homeland security," with new deployments announced on a regular basis.
From WiFi Planet, September 22, 2008
$250,000 Grant Awarded for Alabama Broadband Expansion Effort
The Alabama Initiative will conduct a comprehensive inventory of existing broadband accessibility and produce a digitized map of the network.
From Govtech, September 19, 2008
Sprint May Launch WiMax in Baltimore 6-October
DSLReports has a tip that Sprint will launch its WiMax service in its first commercially available market on 6-Oct-2008:
From WiFi Networking News, September 19, 2008
Municipalities and open access critical to FTTH growth in France
At a meeting of the French Committee for Public Initiative Networks (Comité des Réseaux d’Initiative Publique or CRIP) in the restored Amphitheater of Le Jardin des Plantes in Paris, Paul Champsaur, President of ARCEP, the French regulator, said that municipal and regional governments will be at the forefront of deployments of very high-speed broadband infrastructure in France — for both fixed and wireless access.
From Muniwireless, September 18, 2008
Post Your Questions for Philadelphia Wireless Panelists
Organizers of day-long discussion about ubiquitous mobile broadband want to know what you want to ask: In Philadelphia on 22-Sept-2008, panelists from AT&T, Comcast, Sprint XOHM, The Wharton School, and Network Acquisition Corporation
From WiFi Networking News, September 17, 2008
Comcast Sets 250 GB Usage Cap Starting This October
Today, we're announcing that beginning on October 1, 2008, we will amend our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) available at http://www.comcast.net/terms/use/ and establish a specific monthly data usage threshold of 250 GB/month per account for all residential customers.
From Comcast, August 28, 2008
DHS, Washington (DC), Raytheon in Interoperability Demo
The Homeland Security Department today is demonstrating a new technology that uses radio over wireless broadband for emergency response in partnership with the District of Columbia.
From Federal Computer Week, August 28, 2008
