Great Britain: 84% with Wireless Use It at Home
An AOL survey of more than 2,000 UK internet users reveals the popularity of wireless surfing: more than a third have wireless access and 84 per cent of those use it at home.
From The Register, August 29, 2006
Singapore: One Nation Under Wi-Fi
By the end of the year, it will be possible to roam almost anywhere in Singapore and get a wireless signal.
From CNet News, August 26, 2006
Google: No Plans for National Wi-Fi Service
Even as it rolls out a local wireless Internet service in the city where it is based, Google says it has no plans to position itself as a national provider of such services.
From New York Times, August 16, 2006
Sen. Chuck Schumer's Rural Wi-Fi Bill
Metropolitan Wi-Fi providers are reacting cautiously about an ambitious effort by one U.S. senator to jump-start Wi-Fi broadband networks in smaller cities and rural areas. In mid-July, Sen. Charles Schumer D-N.Y., began pushing a 3-pronged plan to get more help for smaller communities to install their own Wi-Fi networks.
From Wireless Week, August 15, 2006
Strix: Public-Safety W-Fi for 2008 Olympics
Mesh network equipment-maker Strix Systems scored a contract with Chinese authorities to supply a public-safety Wi-Fi network in Beijing in preparation for the 2008 Olympics.
From RCN News, August 14, 2006
Boston's Disruptive Path to Wireless
Boston's wireless task force, which studied other community wireless plans and issued a report July 31, predicts Boston's network will be running within two years, using Wi-Fi technology like that found in many homes, airports and coffee shops.
From Newfactor.com, August 14, 2006
WiFi-CityWide, InfiNet, Lockheed at Riverside
WiFi-CityWide, InfiNet Wireless and Lockheed Martin have formed a partnership with support from Charter Business to build a pilot municipal Wi-Fi and public safety network in support of their bid to the city of Riverside, Calif.
From Government Technlogy, August 08, 2006
Portland's Wi-Fi Gets Tangled Start
State utility rules are holding up construction of the network by complicating talks between Portland General Electric and the city's wireless contractor, MetroFi Inc., as they negotiate power rates for Wi-Fi antennas.
From The Oregonian, August 07, 2006
Springfield, Mass., Wants Citywide Wi-Fi
Springfield officials, seeking to make it easier for businesses and residents to tap into the Internet, launched a $30,000 three-month study Monday to determine how Springfield could best provide a citywide wireless system.
From The Boston Globe, August 07, 2006
So. Cal. Edison Foot-Drags on Pole Rights
As cities across the nation roll out their own wireless Internet networks, some Southern California communities are hitting an unexpected bottleneck: Southern California Edison Co. The state's second-largest power utility owns many of the residential street lights that cities need to form the backbone of their networks. But Edison acknowledges that it has yet to act on year-old requests for access to its poles and electricity. That has left cities waiting for a signal.
From Los Angeles Times, August 01, 2006
