Boston Adds Downtown Hot Zone
Mayor Thomas M. Menino turned on wireless hot spots that will give Internet access to anyone with a computer or other WiFi-enabled device in City Hall Plaza, Quincy Market, and the North End's Columbus Park.
From Boston Globe, October 17, 2006
Riverside Citywide Wi-Fi Up for Vote
Riverside would become home to AT&T's first citywide network providing free wireless Internet access under a five-year agreement set for City Council consideration Tuesday.
From Press-Enterprise, October 14, 2006
TV Spectrum to Be Opened for Other Uses
Under pressure from Congress, the FCC took the first step toward allowing fixed wireless devices, such as broadband receivers in homes, to use most of the vacant channels in any given market after the digital TV transition in February 2009.
From Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2006
Report from WiMAX World: Winners and Losers
Intel executive Scott Richardson, vice president, Mobility Group, and general manager of the Service Provider Business Group, suggested, "Whoever owns the lampposts wins." He said that the Wi-Fi and municipal relationships will simply expand into Mobile WiMAX and those players will be the big winners.
From Wireless Week, October 12, 2006
Love Is in the [Bel]Air
London, Toronto and Minneapolis are all real-world examples of cities that have taken the plunge into municipal wireless systems. For the moment, they are based on BelAir's Wi-Fi mesh systems, but have been built with an eye to the future. That future is WiMAX.
From Wireless Week, October 12, 2006
Azulstar, Cisco, IBM Win Winston-Salem
The WinstonNet Wireless Initiative committee announced yesterday that a collaboration of Azulstar Networks, Cisco Systems and IBM was selected to build and operate the community wireless network, "Wireless Winston", that will span the City of Winston-Salem and eventually to the outlying communities in Forsyth County. Contract negotiations will begin this month.
From Government Technlogy, October 11, 2006
Miami-Dade Mayor's Plan is Countywide
LAlthough Miami-Dade is not the only community in the country trying to make wireless Internet widely available to the public, it is one of the most ambitious and could be a model for Broward and Palm Beach County's own efforts.
From The Sun-Sentinel, October 09, 2006
Richardson (TX) in Talks with MetroFi
City officials are negotiating with a California-based company, MetroFi Inc., to provide wireless broadband service that would be supported by advertising - not taxpayers.
From Dallas News, October 05, 2006
Prague Free Wi-Fi Project Opposed by Telcos
City Hall's effort to blanket the capital with free wireless Internet service is in jeopardy after a joint effort by telecommunications providers to block the project.
From The Prague Post, October 04, 2006
Cities Find Free Wi-Fi Comes at a Cost
Like Pleasant Hill, other cities around the East Bay, and nationwide, are learning that the heavy investment in free public wireless coverage doesn't lead to a digital paradise immediately: Local residents and businesses are relatively slow to adopt the lightly promoted systems.
From Contra Costa Times, October 04, 2006
