Corpus Christi Wi-Fi to Cost Residents $20
The city of Corpus Christi is negotiating with a nationwide Internet service provider to make Wi-Fi access available to all city residents for about $20 a month. On Tuesday, CC Digital Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit corporation created by the city of Corpus Christi, announced it is in negotiations with Earthlink Municipal Networks to provide retail Wi-Fi Internet service to residents and businesses.
From Caller-Times, June 27, 2006
Corpus Christi Wi-Fi to Cost Residents $20
The city of Corpus Christi is negotiating with a nationwide Internet service provider to make Wi-Fi access available to all city residents for about $20 a month. On Tuesday, CC Digital Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit corporation created by the city of Corpus Christi, announced it is in negotiations with Earthlink Municipal Networks to provide retail Wi-Fi Internet service to residents and businesses.
From Caller-Times, June 27, 2006
The Times's Muni Wi-Fi Cautionary Tale
Despite WiFly's ubiquity--with 4,100 hot spot access points reaching 90 percent of the population--just 40,000 of Taipei's 2.6 million residents have agreed to pay for the service since January. Q-Ware, the local Internet provider that built and runs the network, once expected to have 250,000 subscribers by the end of the year, but it has lowered that target to 200,000.
From New York Times, June 26, 2006
Aurora (IL) in Spotlight at First Wi-Fi Seminar
One look around the room at Tuesday's first statewide seminar on city-wide Wi-Fi, and the mood was clear - other communities are interested in what Aurora is doing, and wondering what benefits a Wi-Fi network would bring.
From Beacon News, June 26, 2006
Toronto Progress Report; Installation Photo
Sharyn Gravelle, vice president of wireless at Toronto Hydro Telecom, says the June deadline will be missed and that Phase 1, without getting specific, will be done sometime "in the summer." She emphasized that the delay isn't related to technology problems, but rather a number of unexpected issues that needed resolving. "It's just that there's a lot of advance planning required," she adds. "There's still an enormous amount of work to do."
From The Star, June 26, 2006
Concord (CA) Begins Wi-Fi Buildout
The city of Concord has begun a pilot Wi-Fi network that may lead to free high-speed wireless Internet access for consumers and businesses throughout the city. Mountain View-based MetroFi Inc. is setting up the two-sided network, with one side for consumers and one reserved for city use.
From East Bay Business Times, June 23, 2006
Wall Street Journal on Cities and Free Wi-Fi
Sacramento, California's capital, wanted to pursue an even more aggressive model: a completely free wireless service supported solely by Internet advertising. "What the city wanted was out of the question," says Jay Wright, MobilePro's chief executive officer.
From The Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2006
Atlanta Shops for Public-Private Partnership
The City of Atlanta is actively seeking a public/private partnership to deploy an affordable wireless network throughout the City’s 132 square miles at no cost to the City. Wireless Atlanta will provide low-cost high-speed Internet access to residents, businesses, and visitors anytime and anywhere within the city. The City will also be able to use the network for mobile connectivity, strengthening public safety and streamlining government operations.
From City of Atlanta, June 20, 2006
Motorola Announces Three New Offerings
At the core of the new product line is the HotZone Duo, a low-cost, standards-based 802.11 solution featuring radios operating in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz bands, power-over-Ethernet capability, 802.11e quality of service and hop-to-hop encryption.
From MRT, June 20, 2006
Motorola Announces Three New Offerings
At the core of the new product line is the HotZone Duo, a low-cost, standards-based 802.11 solution featuring radios operating in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz bands, power-over-Ethernet capability, 802.11e quality of service and hop-to-hop encryption.
From MRT, June 20, 2006
