AT&T Scales Back St. Louis Wi-Fi Plan
AT&T Inc. has scaled back its plan to blanket the city's 62 square miles with Wi-Fi signals, the wireless Internet service now found in airports and coffee shops. Instead, AT&T said Friday it will build a Wi-Fi pilot project in the downtown core and expects to have it in service early next year.
From Associated Press, November 01, 2007
Wi-Fi Reborn as Cities Refine Approaches
The city Wi-Fi movement is noticeably slowing down on some levels, but leaders say it's progressing with a refined sense of purpose and a clearer perspective on the challenges that face these projects.
From San Francisco Chronicle, November 01, 2007
Municipal Wi-Fi Versus 3G
The service provider oligarchy has been pouring tens of millions of dollars into extending and improving 3G data services: Revision A Evolution-Data Optimized ((EV-DO) technology for CDMA nets, and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System/High Speed Downlink Packet Access (UMTS/HSDPA) for GSM networks.
From NetworkWorld, November 01, 2007
Miami Beach Will Soon Be Even Hotter
Miami Beach residents, visitors and businesses are one-step closer to receiving free citywide Internet access. IBM recently completed the deployment phase of the WiFi Miami Beach project and recently turned the citywide WiFi network over to the City of Miami Beach to begin acceptance testing. Testing is expected to be completed by mid-November.
From City of Miami Beach, October 30, 2007
Alcatel-Lucent and SFR Settle on Gear for Paris Initiative
Colubris was chosen by a consortium consisting of networking equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent and SFR, a French mobile operator, to supply Wi-Fi equipment for the Paris Wi-Fi network.
From TechWorld, October 30, 2007
Kentucky's 22 State Resort Parks Lighting Up
The Commonwealth of Kentucky will use this solution based on wireless mesh technology to attract more tourists by providing free WiFi, VoIP and E911 emergency service in all of its resort park cabins and guest rooms, as well as remote point of sale at cafeterias, gift shops and golf courses.
From TMCNet, October 25, 2007
Cities Need to Develop Wireless Biz Models
The municipal wireless market is undergoing a correction, but the re-evaluation of business models eventually will benefit the space and the emergence of WiMAX technology offers new possibilities.
From RCR Wireless News, October 25, 2007
Rural Telecon Conference in Illinois Raises Urgency
Some rural communities are moving faster than larger suburbs in trying to plan and build new network infrastructure. It’s a matter of economic survival.
From MidwestBusiness.com, October 25, 2007
AT&T Embraces Citywide Wi-Fi, Sort of
AT&T seems to be treading lightly in this market as cities and service providers try to work out viable business models for these networks.
From CNet, October 25, 2007
Cisco Re-Targets Wireless for Municipal Enterprise Networks
Successful municipal deployments of wireless are those that treat the technology as in effect an extension of the municipal enterprise network -- the network used by inspectors, police, firefighters and other city employees.
From NetworkWorld, October 19, 2007
