FCC Chairman Defends Commission Practices
The panel did not cite a specific case in a letter announcing the investigation, but the probe comes three weeks after Martin defied lawmakers by holding a vote to ease media ownership restrictions
From Reuters, January 11, 2008
Digital Tools Help Users Save Energy, Study Finds
Giving people the means to closely monitor and adjust their electricity use lowers their monthly bills and could significantly reduce the need to build new power plants, according to a yearlong government study.
From The New York Times, January 11, 2008
ning from the Edge: What Companies Can Learn from Google
From BusinessWeek, January 11, 2008
Free Wi-Fi: Where's the Fon in that?
A Google-backed start-up by the name of Meraki this week got the thumbs up from the mayor of San Francisco to create a free Wi-Fi network across the city, using mesh networking -- the take-a-bit-and-pass-it-on model -- and in so doing reinvigorated the spectre of free municipal Wi-Fi.
From ZDNet Australia, January 11, 2008
The Comeback Continent: Europe Broadband Notes
The number of broadband connections per 100 people in the 15 countries that were members of the European Union before it was enlarged in 2004, is slightly higher than in the U.S. — and Europe’s connections are both substantially faster and substantially cheaper than ours.
From The New York Times, January 11, 2008
No Free Wi-Fi for Dublin; Illegal Under EU Law
Dublin City Council has decided the plan would be contrary to EU law on state aid, as well as not financially possible. The project is estimated to cost €27m.
From RTE News, January 11, 2008
Connect Kentucky Provides Uncertain Model for Federal Legislation
The only telecommunications legislation that has a chance of passing the Congress controlled by Democrats this year is modeled on a group whose apparent accomplishments are open to question and whose origins are in Republican politics in Kentucky. That group is Connected Nation, which began life as Connect Kentucky.
From Public Knowledge, January 10, 2008
Farmers Branch (TX) Citywide Wi-Fi in Limbo
Kite Networks installed and operated the system, which was supposed to provide low-cost wireless Internet access from city limit to city limit. It went live in November 2006.
From The Dallas Morning News, January 10, 2008
Boulder Could Be Early Stage of Colorado Wireless Communities
C-Com Affinity Telecom plans to install a high-speed wireless test site in Boulder this spring, in what it hopes is the first step toward a regional network.
From Rocky Mountain News, January 09, 2008
San Francisco's New Wi-Fi Provider Plays it Safe
Meraki Networks' plan to cover San Francisco with free Wi-Fi, with residents' help, could be a way around the political and business barriers some municipal wireless projects have run into.
From PC World, January 09, 2008
