Rural TeleCon Slated for Illinois
Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn, Chairman of the Illinois Broadband Deployment Council and the Governor's Rural Affairs Council, in partnership with the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, will the Rural Telecon in Springfield this October 14-17, 2007.
From RuralTelecon.org, April 27, 2007
EarthLink Scaling Back, Focuses Muni Wi-Fi Effort
The ISP will keep working on projects it's already committed to and continue talking to other cities, but will focus on large cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago, Chief Financial Officer Kevin Dotts said on a conference call Thursday following the release of EarthLink's first-quarter earnings. The company lost $30 million in the quarter, or 24 cents per share, as more subscribers left its traditional dial-up business.
From InfoWorld.com, April 27, 2007
Wilkes-Barre (PA) Wi-Fi Plans Sidetracked
When the city selected Airport Infrastructure Management last year to install, operate and maintain the wireless system across the city's 7 square miles, it was announced there would be no cost to the city to install it. When city council members later learned the city could be a liable for a $1.25 million debt if the company defaults on a loan, they voted against the deal April 12.
From The Citizen's Voice, April 26, 2007
TimeWarner Customers Get Wi-Fi Hotspots
In a big win for a little Wi-Fi startup called Fon, Time Warner Cable Inc. will let its home broadband customers turn their connections into public wireless hotspots, a practice shunned by most U.S. Internet service providers.
From AP, April 25, 2007
Filtering Boston's Free Municipal Wi-Fi Net
A blog post nails the legality of filtering.
From ZDnet, April 25, 2007
City of London Wi-Fi Network Densest
The mesh network covers London's Square Mile using 127 broadband nodes built into street furniture - such as lampposts and street signs - across the city. A mesh network can make connections from one node to another rather than relying on each connecting back to a core network separately.
From Silicon.com, April 23, 2007
Chicago Still Ways Away from Citywide Wi-Fi
Nearly two years after a citywide wireless network was first discussed in Chicago's City Council, the city's procurement department is still six months away from choosing a service provider to construct the network.
From NWI Times.com, April 21, 2007
Wi-Fi fight in Chicago Air
A digital wireless future is shaping up for Chicago, with two major Internet service providers -- AT&T and EarthLink -- vying to build a municipal broadband network that would operate alongside a higher-end service planned by Sprint Nextel.
From Chicago Tribune, April 20, 2007
Clearwire Posts Solid Q1 Subscriber Growth
Clearwire Corp. unveiled a handful of operating results for the first quarter, claiming "record subscriber growth" of more than 25 percent from its year-end 2006 customer levels.
From RCT News, April 19, 2007
Two Cautioned Over Wireless Internet "Piggy-Backing"
Two people have been arrested and cautioned for using someone else's wireless Internet connection without permission, known as "piggy-backing," British police said on Wednesday.
From Reuters, April 18, 2007
