Minnesota Suburb Blazes Wi-Fi Trail
Chaska, just like big-city brethren Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco, pitched Wi-Fi as a way to bring high-speed wireless to residents who otherwise might not be able to afford it or might not want to pay for it at about $40 per month.
From Chicago Tribune, July 06, 2006
City to Get Wi-Fi Bandwidth by Year End
Having already become the first city in the country to have successfully tried out a public-private partnership in solving the power situation, Pune will now make another attempt to try it out to become the first WiFi city.
From Pune Newsline, July 06, 2006
Striking Up the Band for Municipal Wi-Fi
To be sure, municipal Wi-Fi is a state- and nationwide trend that is "increasing exponentially." That's how a backer put it at an Oak Brook conference this week where representatives from an estimated 60 municipalities gathered to hear how one city, Aurora, will have its Wi-Fi cloud up and blanketing the downtown area by mid-August and the whole city within another four to seven months.
From Chicago Tribune, June 30, 2006
EarthLink Signs Up AOL, DirecTV
EarthLink Inc. said Thursday it signed up Time Warner Inc. Internet unit AOL and DirecTV Group Inc. as buyers of Internet service on the municipal Wi-Fi networks EarthLink is building in several cities.
From FoxNews, June 30, 2006
Taipei's Municipal Wi-Fi Network Is World's Largest
JiWire, the Wi-Fi hotspot authority, announced that its independent research and field audit of Taipei's municipal Wi-Fi network showed it to be the largest in the world, covering the greatest area and serving the largest population. Taipei's 134-square-kilometer downtown area, home to nearly 90% of the city's 2.6 million people, is covered in a "blanket of Wi-Fi."
From JiWire, June 29, 2006
Senate Moves to Ease Municipal Wi-Fi
A telecommunications bill that the Senate Commerce Committee approved by a 15-7 vote on Wednesday says that no state may prohibit its own municipalities from offering broadband services.
From CNET News, June 29, 2006
Tempe Wi-Fi: Firefighters, Police Are Fans
While residents interviewed here seem ambivalent to their municipal Wi-Fi network, the city's police and fire departments are putting it to work.
From CNET News, June 29, 2006
Atlanta's Citywide Wi-Fi Ambitions: Reaction
Atlanta's proposal and the grant effort could help rapidly change that, but the effort may be moving too swiftly and without enough thought, said Scott Shamp, director of the New Media Institute at the University of Georgia. "It's almost like technology has become the new panacea," Shamp said. "We think it's going to be the solution to an array of problems. But very few people could articulate what concrete benefits this technology would bring to their communities."
From Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 28, 2006
Spain's Fon Pushing Wi-Fi Networks and More
Fon will sell Wi-Fi routers, which allow people to surf the net wirelessly, for $5 (£2.75). The company, which has financial backing from Google and Skype, aims to create public wi-fi networks street by street across the US and Europe. The company is hoping to create a "social movement" as well as a business.
From BBC News, 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
