Vendors Eye Denver for Citywide Wi-Fi Grid
Private vendors have approached Denver officials about the possibility of building a citywide Wi-Fi network for residential and business customers.
From Rocky Mountain news, September 28, 2006
Boulder, Colorado, Area Wi-Fi Coming Soon
Ten west-metro communities stretching from Lakewood to Boulder are working together to create one of the largest regional Wi-Fi networks in the country. The so-called Colorado Wireless Communities network would be privately funded and operated and would blanket each of the 10 cities, an area that covers about 220 square miles and more than 600,000 people
From The Denver Post, September 27, 2006
SF Supervisors, Mayor At Odds Over Wi-Fi
A plan to offer free city-wide wireless Internet access is lurching forward in City Hall, with a committee of supervisors recommending a study on whether it would be feasible for the city to build the Wi-fi network itself.
From KCBS, September 26, 2006
Sacramento Tries Again on Wi-Fi
Four months after a deal to build a Wi-Fi network blanketing the capital collapsed, local officials expect to receive new bids Friday for a service within the city's 100-square-mile boundaries.
From Sacremento Bee, September 25, 2006
Chicago's Wi-Fi Inertia Harms Business
Politicians and their advisors have to understand that economic development equals broadband connectivity, and broadband connectivity equals jobs. Without good-paying jobs, there is an erosion of the tax base. Without a good tax base, state and local budgets go into a spiraling deficit.
From Wisconsin Technology Center, September 22, 2006
In-Stat: Muni-Wi-Fi on the Rise
Worldwide deployments of municipal wireless networks for public Internet access will continue at a rapid pace over the next few years, with the US leading the way. The total worldwide market will reach 248 deployments by the end of 2006, and will grow to over 1,500 by the end of 2010, according to In-Stat.
From In-Stat, September 21, 2006
David, Goliath Bid for Wi-Fi in St. Petersburg
Earthlink and Citi Wifi are the only companies left standing after the city culled bids to cover its 60 square miles with radio signals that allow people to connect to the Internet through the air.
From St. Petersburg Times, September 15, 2006
Delays in S.F. Wi-Fi Talks Frustrate Google Exec
Complaints appear to be aimed at pressuring the city to speed up negotiations. Chris Sacca denied that Google has any plans to pull out of the project.
From San Franscisco Chronicle, September 14, 2006
Pittsburgh Launches Downtown Wi-Fi Network
The city's Downtown -- and parts of two close-by neighborhoods -- officially became a "hot spot" for outdoor wireless Internet access on Wednesday.
From Pittsburgh Tribune, September 14, 2006
Northrop Grumman Wins $500m NYC Contract
New York City's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a five-year $500 million contract to provide the city's broadband public-safety wireless network, the most comprehensive network of its kind.
From IR Connect, September 12, 2006
