SECRETARY LOCKE ANNOUNCES RECOVERY ACT INVESTMENTS TO EXPAND BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS AND SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH
Announcement Completes Round One of Commerce Department Recovery Act Broadband Funding
From NTIA, April 26, 2010
Ponca City, Oklahoma’s free citywide Wi-Fi service supported by city-owned fiber broadband
In 2008, I posted an article about Ponca City, Oklahoma’s wireless automated meter reading (AMR) project: outdoor wireless nodes that collect data from residents’ wireless water and electric meters, then transmit the data via the city-owned fiber back to the water and electric utilities.
From MuniWireless, April 25, 2010
Indiana Dept of Transportation uses WiMAX for traffic management
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has deployed a wireless network for a statewide Intelligent Transportation System (ITS).
From Muniwireless, April 24, 2010
Tel Aviv to initiate free municipal WiFi pilot
The Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality will start a pilot to offer free Wi-Fi Internet access to residents, and visitors, in the city.
From Haaretz, April 23, 2010
FCC's Clyburn skirts reclassification, likely to side with chairman
Mignon Clyburn, a member of the Federal Communications Commission, said she hasn't decided conclusively what course of action she will take as the agency deliberates on whether it will reclassify broadband services under Title II.
From Washington Post, April 23, 2010
Holes in Saskatoon's Wi-Fi blanket
Almost three years after the province spent $1.3 million to launch free Wi-Fi service, users in Saskatoon complain coverage is spotty, slow and unreliable in many places
From StarPhoenix, April 22, 2010
Saint Louis' county-wide WiFi idea no longer sustainable
KMOX has learned Network 1 Communications, the private internet vendor that came closest to fulfilling St. Louis County Executive Dooley's vision of turning the bi-state region into a WiFi hotspot, is pulling the plug on the entire operation.
From KMOX.com, April 22, 2010
Emergency network still needed, FCC public safety chief says
'Do this ... or stop complaining about needing interoperability,' official says
From ComputerWorld, April 19, 2010
Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable Strike Wi-Fi Pact
Customers of any three can now roam all three's Wi-Fi hotspots, free
From Broadband DSL Report, April 15, 2010
How Sioux Falls, South Dakota’s new wireless microwave backhaul system works better than fiber
Sioux Falls, South Dakota has just deployed a microwave backhaul system to link together 20 public buildings.
From Muniwireless, April 13, 2010
