Wireless Surveillance Helps Revitalize Ohio Neighborhoods
High-resolution, IP-based pan/tilt/zoom cameras are installed on six buildings between 17th Street and Wilson Avenue. Each can record video of activities hundreds of feet away, with enough detail to identify faces and automobile license plate numbers.
From Firetide, July 11, 2008
Video Surveillance Firm Gets $10M in VC funding
Bedford, Mass.-based VideoIQ was spun out of GE Security in 2007 and is headed by Scott Schnell, a former RSA executive.
From CNET, July 10, 2008
Telecoms Sue US Communities Over High-Speed Links
Telecommunications companies are suing cities around the nation to stop the construction of publicly owned fiber optic systems to bring high-speed Internet, telephone and cable television to communities far from metropolitan centers.
From National Law Journal, July 08, 2008
Kutztown (PA) Fiber May Hold Key to the Future
Not only does Kutztown’s Hometown Utilicom FTTH system cost less than most cable providers — a customer pays $18 per month for basic cable and $35 per month for expanded cable — but it also has capabilities that can make it relevant decades into the future.
From Carroll County Times, July 08, 2008
Skeptics Concerned Fiber Can't Pay for Itself
Here in the U.S., a longtime financial analyst named Craig Moffett of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. looks at Verizon's costs — $900 per home passed — for its FiOS network and its stated goal of getting 25% of homes passed onto its video services plan and sees a problem.
From Telephony Online, July 08, 2008
illions Paying Extra in Rural "Broadband Blackspots"
People living in "broadband blackpsots" where there are no local loop unbundled (LLU) lines are paying up to £15 more per month for their broadband, compared to those in urban areas.
From PC Pro, July 08, 2008
Wireless Silicon Valley and San Francisco Meraki Compared
Silicon Valley project struggles for multiple approvals while San Francisco's grassroots effort takes flight.
From ComputerWorld, July 08, 2008
Comcast Making Move Toward WiMAX Femto Cells
The femtocell spectrum will be available for any of the new Clearwire partners to use, but Williams said that the cable companies will have the most incentive to use it because it allows them to cost-effectively deliver wireless to the home.
From Fierce Broadband Wireless, July 08, 2008
Santa Cruz (CA) Still Optimistic About Wi-Fi
"You really need to start talking about who's going to pay for it, how fast is it going to be, and does it make sense?" said Keith Holtaway, chief executive of the Downtown Association of Santa Cruz.
From SiliconValley.com, July 08, 2008
NebuAD Tries To Defuse Public Relations Nightmare
Over the last few weeks, behavioral advertising firm NebuAD has seen their entire business model jeopardized. Charter, Embarq, CenturyTel and Wide Open West, all of whom were either testing or deploying behavioral advertising technology from NebuAD, have either suspended or terminated those plans.
From DSL Reports, July 08, 2008
