Minneapolis Wi-Fi Works, Where it Exists
On Monday, I took my first test drive on the new network and even in the one part of the city that was supposed to be running, service was scattered at best.
From Minneapolis Star-Tribune, May 16, 2007
Fort Worth (TX) Man Wins Photo Contest
The photo shows a Rangers game being played on Mr. Narula's laptop, with the ballpark as a backdrop. It was the winning entry in a contest to find the "coolest use of citywide Wi-Fi."
From Dallas Morning News, May 15, 2007
Mesh Wi-Fi Network To Cover San Diego Railway
Meshed Wi-Fi technology is getting a boost from the railroads, with a network going up along a 42-mile Southern California railway that's the second-most-traveled line in the United States.
From Information Week, May 12, 2007
Governing.com: Working Without Wires
Municipal WiFi is coming. Government employees, not citizens, may be the biggest users.
From Governing.com, May 10, 2007
St. Louis to Get Citywide Wi-Fi Network
St. Louis and AT&T Inc. are working to create the network, which will provide wireless connections to the Internet at broadband speeds. Residents and visitors to the city will receive 20 free hours of access a month.
From Associated Press, May 04, 2007
Facing Economic Realities of Muni Wi-Fi
In the movement to blanket cities with Wi-Fi, economic realities are setting in as service providers look to tweak their business models to turn a profit.
From CNET, May 03, 2007
U.S. Broadband Access Slips Further
What do Internet users in Denmark, Holland, Iceland, Canada, and France have in common? They're more likely to be sending e-mail and surfing the Web over a high-speed link than just about anyone else in the world-including their counterparts in the U.S.
From America's Network, May 02, 2007
St. Louis Park: Cloudy Day for Wi-Fi
It was the first of 400 pairs of solar panels and radio nodes designed to power and connect St. Louis Park's wireless Internet service. And it wasn't welcome.
From Minneapolis Star-Tribune, May 02, 2007
Macon (GA) Deploys Municipal Wireless
The city of Macon, Ga., announced it deployed a citywide Wi-Fi network using equipment and technology from Motorola Inc. The city deployed Motorola's Motomesh offering in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band for residents and city workers and in the licensed 4.9 GHz band for public-safety uses.
From RCR News, May 01, 2007
Newton (MA) to Have City-Wide Wi-Fi Mesh
Galaxy Internet Services has selected Strix Systems to provide its Access/One Outdoor Wireless System (OWS) high-capacity, multi-radio mesh network for the city-wide Wi-Fi network in Newton, Massachusetts.
From Government Technology, April 30, 2007
