Are wireless cities really feasible?
The concept of a ‘wireless city’ has been developing in various guises for a number of years, including high-profile projects such as the Google/EarthLink project across 49 square miles of San Francisco. The idea has also been embraced by numerous towns and cities in the UK and Europe, many with a noble social goal of inclusiveness – allowing everyone to have free access to the Internet.
However, as with the San Francisco project, major announcements and media coverage have often failed to deliver, with projects stalling or failing to get off the ground.1
From Analysis Mason, October 21, 2008
AT&T reiterates: LTE a long way off
AT&T reiterated its position Wednesday at the 4G Executive Summit in Chicago that its HSPA and HSPA-plus 3G network technology still had a lot of life left in it, and that Long-term Evolution (LTE) technology would not be rolled out for at least another three years
From Fierce Wireless, October 02, 2008
Philadelphia's Wi-Fi Story Begins a New Chapter
Last week, NAC, the group now managing Philly's Wi-Fi network, emerged from a three-month transition period with EarthLink.
From WiFi Planet, October 02, 2008
Wireless Internet Connections Available in Five Missouri State Parks
Now available at no charge in certain areas of Bennett Spring, Roaring River, Montauk, Big Lake and Sam A. Baker state parks
From GovTech, October 01, 2008
Broadband Deployment Booming Worldwide as Subscriber Numbers Top 380 Million
An increase in alternative access technologies such as WiMAX, Wi-Fi and others, but also a growing trend of upgrading existing networks to higher speed DSL options.
From GovTech, September 30, 2008
Wisper Selects Alvarion for Large WiMAX™ Expansion in Midwest U.S.
Wisper Wireless a wholly owned subsidiary of DiversiCOM deploys WiMAX network in Minnesota using Alvarion’s BreezeMAX® 2500 and BreezeMAX 3650 solutions
From Alvarion, September 30, 2008
FCC Revives Plan for Nationwide Public Safety Network
Commission cuts price tag of the D Block in effort to bring in investors.
From GovTech, September 29, 2008
Cisco Video Surveillance System to monitor Amtrak rail yards
Amtrak has announced that it will deploy the Cisco Video Surveillance System to monitor its maintenance yards in Los Angeles and Oakland.
From Video Surveillance, September 29, 2008
Sprint begins mobile WiMax network in Baltimore
Sprint Nextel Corp. opened its new wireless network to customers in Baltimore on Monday, offering Internet service for laptops for $45 per month.
From Associated Press, September 29, 2008
Free Wi-Fi in Pleasant Hill, California
Pleasant Hill’s muni Wi-Fi network has been up and running for three months now, offering free (with banner ads) Wi-Fi service to almost 70 percent of the city
From Muniwireless, September 28, 2008
