Google Unveils "White Space" Airwaves Plans
In comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission, the Internet leader outlined plans for low-power devices that use local wireless airwaves to access the "white space" between television channels. A Google executive called the plan "Wi-Fi 2.0 or Wi-Fi on steroids."
From Reuters, March 28, 2008
Wi-Fi on Greyhound Buses in Northeast Corridor
Greyhound has launched a new service that will offer affordable tickets (as low as $1 each way when purchased in advance online), slightly more leg room (three inches, to be exact), and free on-board Wi-Fi to travelers in its major Northeastern corridors.
From Wi-Fi Planet, March 28, 2008
New York State May Cut Spitzer's Broadband Plan
One part of the plan is to cut about $10 million from the budget that has been set aside to develop a statewide broadband plan that would work to bridge the state’s digital divide.
From DSL Reports, March 28, 2008
USDA Announces $267 Million Rural Broadband Loan
The project is intended to cover more than 6 million people and serve more than 447,000 households within five years. In addition, it will create jobs and business opportunities in the project's 17-state area. Open Range is leveraging the $267 million government loan with an investment of more than $100 million from the private sector.
From AG Professional, March 28, 2008
Competition Fuels Broadband Use in Europe
Fierce competition from new providers has pushed the level of broadband subscriptions in eight European countries above the levels in the United States and Japan, according to figures to be released Wednesday.
From The New York Times, March 20, 2008
FCC Eyeing New Approach to Broadband Measurement
"By improving our data collection, we will be able to identify more precisely those areas of the country where additional broadband deployment is needed," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said last spring, when the agency began soliciting public comments on how it should proceed.
From CNET, March 20, 2008
FCC Provides $15.5 M for Telehealth in Rural West
The grant to increase the bandwidth will be a boon to New Mexico, said Gary Bauerschmidt, UNM's director for information technology services and co-chairman of the network design and modeling committee.
From Associated Press, March 20, 2008
Going Once…Going Twice…700 Mhz Spectrum is Sold
After 260 rounds of bidding over more than seven weeks the government auction has ended for the 700 Mhz wireless spectrum. The winning bids totaled $19,592,420,000.
From The New York Times, March 20, 2008
Rockland County (NY) Okays Wireless Initiative
The County of Rockland is moving ahead with its wireless initiative with a goal of connecting the entire county by providing residents, schools and businesses with cost-effective, high-speed access to the Internet.
From Mid Hudson News, March 20, 2008
Sensors May Help Government Monitor Aging Infrastructure
A new engineering technology, structural health monitoring (SHM), is being developed to address critical infrastructure needs. The process uses wireless technology to monitor a structure's physical properties such as loads, stresses, strains and cracks, as well as changes in chemical and electrical properties related to deterioration - corrosion, fatigue, chlorides and humidity
From Government Technology, March 20, 2008
