Cable Wi-Fi Moves Ahead in Contrast to Stalled Muni Efforts
Cable operator Bresnan Communications has leveraged deep broadband penetration and low cost technology to launch a Wi-Fi service for consumers, government and business in Billings, Montana.
From Screenplays, September 24, 2007
New Technology Converges Ethernet and TDM Traffic on Single, Wireless IP Stream
By cutting in half the equipment required to backhaul traffic, AirPair Unite dramatically reduces a wireless service provider's or enterprise's capital and operational expenses for transporting mixed services.
From Market Wire, September 24, 2007
What's Eating Citywide Wi-Fi, Part 2
Mayors and city governments around the U.S. bought into citywide Wi-Fi project plans, which often included unsupportable performance claims and grossly inflated forecasts for the numbers of users they would attract.
From E-commerce Times, September 22, 2007
EarthLink to Scale Back Commitment to Wireless Joint Venture
EarthLink, which announced plans to cut half its workforce and also reduced its commitments to city wireless networks, is now cutting back on its support for Helio, a wireless joint venture with SK Telecom.
From LocalTechWire, September 21, 2007
What's Eating Citywide WiFi, Part 1
Part 1 in a series on the state of the ecosystem.
From TechNewsWorld, September 20, 2007
Companies Heat Up The Race For WiMax
With the help of the chipmaker Intel, Sprint Nextel said it expects to have WiMax available in "30ish" U.S. markets covering a population of 100 million people by next year.
From Information Week, September 20, 2007
Municipal Broadband Uptake Grows in South Africa
A third of all local municipalities in SA have plans in place to implement their own wireless broadband networks within the next year.
From IT Web, September 20, 2007
Roanoke's Wi-Fi Lingers on Fritz
A city official said the wireless system is Cox's turf, but the company said it's keeping its end of the deal.
From Roanoke.com, September 20, 2007
Free Wi-Fi to Launch in Ketchum, Idaho
Ketchum will launch the free municipal Ketchum Community Wi-Fi project, which will be available throughout the downtown commercial core, at the Kick Ash Bash on Friday, Sept. 28.
From Idaho Mountain Express, September 19, 2007
Turning Nashua's Wi-Fi Dream to Reality Will Take Some Time
The dream of filling the downtown with free-floating Internet connections and making Main Street erupt into a tax-generating bonanza of new business has been entrancing urban planners for a decade now.
From Nashua Telegraph, September 19, 2007
