Baltimore Citywide Wireless Internet Advances
Taking an early step toward providing wireless Internet access from the Inner Harbor to the city's poorest neighborhoods, Mayor Martin O'Malley's administration will review proposals by seven firms vying to build Baltimore's first citywide wireless Internet network.
From Baltimore Sun, October 03, 2006
Sacramento Lures Four Wi-Fi Proposals
Some high-tech and telecom industry heavyweights -- including AT&T, Cisco and Intel -- are among the four groups of bidders that submitted proposals to blanket Sacramento with wireless Internet service, a city official said Monday.
From Sacremento Bee, October 03, 2006
EarthLink Investigation Shuts Down PeoplePC Spammers
Evidence gathered by EarthLink's fraud and abuse team has led to the arrest of individuals who allegedly sent over 25,000 email messages using PeoplePC accounts. PeoplePC is a leading provider of high-quality, value-priced Internet service and subsidiary of EarthLink.
From TechLinks, October 03, 2006
Chicago Spreads Welcome Mat for Citywide Wi-Fi
The RFP, which can be downloaded at cityofchicago.org/wirelessrfp, is targeted to respondents capable of building an affordable and easily accessible wireless Internet network that blankets at least 90 percent of the city.
From Sun Times, October 02, 2006
Finalists Selected in Mesa Wi-Fi Network Bid
The City of Mesa announced two finalists in its request for proposals (RFP) process to select a citywide Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Internet service provider: Earthlink Municipal Networks _and MobilePro Corporation.
From Phoenix Arizona East Valley City News, September 28, 2006
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
