Service Providers and Government Zone

What are the evolving roles, profiles and requirements of service providers and systems integrators in the broadband-wireless best-practices discussion?

Blog Commentaries

• AT&T Leads Community Wi-Fi Revival Meeting in Riverside (CA)
• Where Do We Stand in the Muni Wi-Fi Hype Cycle?
• Rural Efforts in Montana & North Dakota: A Different Set of Challenges
• Consistent Progress Despite Construction Challenges in Minneapolis
• "City-scale" Means a Whole Lot More Than Infrastructure
• Building Viable Citywide Wi-Fi Business Models in Riverside (CA) and Brookline (MA) 

White Papers

• Broadband Wireless and European Cities at the Public-Access Crossroads
• The Service Provider Roundtable: 2006 Series Overview
• An Approach to Statewide Wireless Networks
• Digital Community Best Practices

Video

• US Internet Assess Minneapolis Municipal Wi-Fi Opportunity
• Washtenaw County (MI) CIO Weighs in on Countywide Wi-Fi
• Minneapolis Deputy CIO Explains Wi-Fi Partnering Rationale
• Broadband Director Mefford on ConnectKentucky Initiative 

Audio

• Minneapolis CIO Shares Citywide Wi-Fi Promising Practices
• Riverside (CA) CIO Assesses Citywide Wi-Fi Model with AT&T
• Pomona (CA) CIO DePolis Sees Citywide Wireless Internet Opportunity

Headlines

• Ocean City (NJ) Muni Wireless on Hold Pending State Review
• North Carolina Should Pay to Connect the Last Mile
• Foster City (CA) Rejects MetroFi Sale Offer
• Wireless Philadelphia's Goldman: It's No Time to Quit
  
• MetroFi May Turn of Wi-Fi in Portland (OR)
  
• Vint Cerf Supports Municipal Broadband Networks
  

Solution Papers

• Municipalities Adopt Successful Business Models for Outdoor Wireless Networks (Cisco Systems)
• Build Versus Buy: Why Municipal and Industrial Organizations Should Own Their Outdoor Broadband Infrastructure (Tropos Networks)