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- ISP marketing priorities, cumbersome regulations blamed for U.S. broadband "fiasco"
- Have just read "Our Broadband Fiasco," a potential blood-boiler of a piece that originally ran in "Chief Executive" magazine and has just been posted on the RedNova technology news site.The focus of this piece attempts to examine why a supposedly technically advanced nation such as the United States has slipped...
- Tags: broadband, Dianah Neff
- Blog posts 2005-10-17
- Philly picks EarthLink for Wi-Fi network
- Philadelphia has chosen EarthLink to provide Wi-Fi service across America's fifth-largest city. The Atlanta-based company will use equipment from Tropos Networks to cover the city in Wi-Fi; EarthLink is funding the build-out upfront and revenue sharing income with the city. Most residents will pay $20 a month. Low-income residents (and...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, EarthLink Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-10-05
- The road to municipal Wi-Fi is paved with good intentions
- This afternoon, as I listened to Dan Farber's interview with Dianah Neff, the CIO of Philadelphia, the phrase that kept coming back to me was one with which I grew up — "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." In a nutshell, the...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cable, municipal Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, Internet, Dianah Neff, Internet service, Internet Service Provider, network, service provider
- Blog posts 2005-08-18
- The road to municipal Wi-Fi is paved with good intentions
- This afternoon, as I listened to Dan Farber's interview with Dianah Neff, the CIO of Philadelphia, the phrase that kept coming back to me was one with which I grew up -- "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." In a nutshell, the city of...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cable, TVs, municipal Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, Internet, Dianah Neff, Internet service, cable television, Internet Service Provider, network, service provider
- Blog posts 2005-08-18
- Philadelphia's wireless war
- Recently I interviewed [video] , Dianah Neff, the CIO of Philadelphia who is at the center of her city's push to bring Wi-Fi to the masses over the objections of the local phone and cable companies. States are passing laws to restrict government telecom projects just as fast as cities...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Dianah Neff
- Blog posts 2005-08-04
Additional Resources
- Project Ocean Lives!
- Back in August, I blogged about Project Ocean, a major implementation meltdown on a City of Philadelphia project. The project was suspended amid allegations of incompetence, politics, and corruption. According to ComputerWorld, the project is now restarting: Philadelphia officials announced [September...
- Tags: Project success, Project failures, Government projects
- Blog posts 2006-10-11
- City of Philadelphia: Dianah Neff
- Philadelphia is looking to be the first major city in the U.S. to provide citywide low-cost broadband access. CIO for the city, Dianah Neff, sits down with ZDNet Editor-in-Chief Dan Farber to explain the politics and technology behind the "Wireless Philadelphia" project. by Administrator
- Tags: Philadelphia, City, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking, Administrator
- Blog posts 2006-09-06
- Rebuttal to charges by Wireless Philadelphia's Neff
- In my post "ISP marketing priorities, cumbersome regulations blamed for U.S. broadband "fiasco," I cited perspectives and quotes about the city of Philadelphia's efforts to build a municipal Wi-Fi network with Earthlink.This information, including several quotes attributed to the City of Philadelphia's chief technology officer Dianah Neff, comes via an...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Wireless Philadelphia
- Blog posts 2005-10-19
- Philadelphia's wireless war
- CIO fights for affordable broadbandPhiladelphia is looking to be the first major city in the U.S. to provide citywide low-cost broadband access. CIO for the city, Dianah Neff, sits down with ZDNet editor in chief Dan Farber to explain the politics and technology behind the "Wireless Philadelphia" project.
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, wireless
- Videos 2005-08-02
- Note to telcos: Resistance is futile
- Reuters has a story about how Verizon Communications intends to exercise its rights should a telco-sponsored bill that prevents Pennsylvania localities from setting up their own communications networks not get vetoed by state Governor Ed Rendell. Laws to protect big business? Rendell has until Tuesday to veto the bill. Meanwhile, Philadelphia is...
- Tags: Armageddon, Verizon Communications Inc., telecommunications company, Ed Rendell
- Blog posts 2004-11-30
- Webcast: Philadelphia's Wireless War
- Philadelphia is looking to be the first major city in the U.S. to provide citywide low-cost broadband access. CIO for the city, Dianah Neff, sits down with ZDNet editor in chief Dan Farber to explain the politics and technology behind the "Wireless Philadelphia" project.
- Tags: Philadelphia, Webcast, Broadband Internet, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications
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