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- EarthLink pulls back on muni Wi-Fi
- Municipal Wi-Fi projects are being put on the back burner by EarthLink, a major contractor to local governments, reports Info World. After first quarter losses of about $30 million, Earthlink has decided to pull back from municipal Wi-Fi contracts and focus on more lucrative contracts in large cities. Earthlink...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Municipal broadband, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- Arlington picks EarthLink for Wi-Fi
- Arlington County, Va., has chosen EarthLink to build, own and operate a Wi-Fi broadband network to cover the suburban Washington county. EarthLink said the network will provide service for the 26 square-mile Arlington County area. The deal includes net access to several nonprofit partners of the county, as...
- Tags: Municipal broadband, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- LA to go Wi-Fi
- Los Angeles will deploy a city-wide Wi-Fi network, likely to be the largest in the country, Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa announced on Tuesday, MuniWireless reports. "By giving every resident high-speed access, we will transform Los Angeles into a cutting-edge city across every neighborhood and every economic sector," Mayor Villaraigosa...
- Tags: Government technology, Municipal broadband
- Blog posts 2007-02-15
- Open Wi-Fi networks leave many places for criminals to hide
- Whats happening over that cafe Wi-Fi - maybe even over the very unsecured network you run in your home? Probably nothing. But on some networks people are downloading child porn, soliting kids for sex, and engaging in criminal conspiracies. The Washington Post points to a typical case: ...
- Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, network, Wi-Fi
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- Consultant: Gov apps, not public use, will pay Wi-Fi's way
- Writing on GigaOm, Katie Fehrenbacher writes that consultant Craig Settles has concluded that public use of municipal Wi-Fi networks are unlikely to pay the bills. Public workforce applications, he says, will be “muni networks’ big ROI generator.” “Public wireless access is good political sound-bite marketing, but the beef is...
- Tags: Government technology, Municipal broadband, Wi-Fi
- Blog posts 2007-01-24
- Muni Wi-Fi can deliver speed, coverage if properly designed
- Weve heard a lot of anecdotal stories that municipal Wi-Fi networks are not living up to their billing, as users find the networks to be much slower than hoped and subject to weak coverage. But, compared to cell networks, theyre actually much faster and cover their areas almost as well,...
- Tags: Government technology, Municipal broadband, network
- Blog posts 2007-01-24
- Local govts. target Wi-Fi piggybacking
- In New York and California, local governments are passing laws aimed at stopping people from piggbacking on open Wi-Fi networks, Network World reports. Last October, the local government in Westchester County, N.Y., began enforcing a countywide law requiring all commercial businesses to secure their WLAN access or face fines....
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Network security, Mobile/wireless, WLAN, security
- Blog posts 2007-01-09
- Who has the most hotspots?
- Who has the hottest spots in the world? The US has the most WiFi hotspots but the UK is more densely wireless, a thorough British study PDF of wireless connections around the world finds, according to Ars Technica. America leads the hotspot race with 26,000 access points, 25% of...
- Tags: HotSpot, 3G, Wi-Fi, International, Municipal broadband, Government technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-06
- 'Inherent weaknesses' in WiFi mesh technology?
- There have been several reports that mesh-based citywide muni wireless installations are underwhelming residents. Writing on GigaOM, Katie Fehrenbacher writes that an Israeli wireless equipment company, InspiAir, says mesh technology is a big part of the problem. Is he just trying to sell InspiAir’s alternative WiFi software and...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Tropos, WIFI Mesh, InspiAir
- Blog posts 2006-11-22
- Muni Wi-Fi threatened by patent decision
- A federal judge rules last week that Australias science research agency holds a valid patent to key technologies two Wi-Fi standards, 802.11a and 802.11g, News.com reports. If the patent withstands appeals, the additional licensing fees could drive up costs of the equipment to the point where the municipal wireless movement...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, municipal Wi-Fi, patent, Wi-Fi
- Blog posts 2006-11-21
- MetroFi, Microsoft team up for Portland's citywide Wi-Fi
- Microsoft and MetroFi announced they will get together to build a free wireless Internet service for Portland, OR. MetroFi will launch the service in Portlands tourist center, Pioneer Courthouse Square, by the end of the year and expand it to the rest of the city within two years, Forbes...
- Tags: WIRELESS, Microsoft Corp., Wi-Fi, team, MetroFi, advertisement
- Blog posts 2006-11-15
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- Wisconsin's Apologist for IT Failure
- Wisconsin's Apologist for IT FailureEDS is toast in Seattle150 EDS consultants are to be turned lose from the Seattle Office in August. Let me give a theory. In government, just as in business, there are core competencies. Where many will argue that IT is a core competency of every on...
- Tags: Government, HEALTHCARE, Strategy, Outsourcing Deals, Government IT project, future possibility, Electronic Data Systems Corp., outsourcing, Medicaid, information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensive
- Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensiveWant to eliminate BotNets and all this crap?It's really easy, it takes a router expert and the will to force ISPs to take control of their networks. It works, I have personally forced several ISPs to disable spammers from their networks, it just comes...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Spam, distributed denial of service, CompuServe, spammer, Internet Service Provider, public email system, email system, network, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- If you build it, will they pay?
- Local governments here in the states with for-fee WiFi plans might do well to reconsider, if Taipei's experience is any guide. A New York Times article explains that the Taiwanese capital built a massive wireless network with 4,100 nodes that reaches 90% of the city's 2.6 million residents - but...
- Tags: Q-Ware
- Blog posts 2006-06-26
- Driver's license or national ID card?
- Driver's license or national ID card?Yes and how many of thoseusing national ID's are Democratic Republics? Or have the same level of freedom and rights... well that we used to have?Bottom line this is one step closer to a fascist regime. How does it feel?I hate to spout biblical stuff...
- Tags: ID card, national ID card
- Discussion threads 2006-02-16
- Microsoft clarifies policy on censoring blogs
- Microsoft clarifies policy on censoring blogsObey the law, China or Eu???Funny how so many blast MS for not following the laws of a soverien nation or group of nations.EU And then turn around and blast them for following the law of another nation. ChinaSeems like it's a no win...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Chinese Government, blog, Microsoft Corp., government
- Discussion threads 2006-01-31
- Power line broadband gets popular with tech firms
- Power line broadband gets popular with tech firmsThey will eventually make this work ...And it will further reduce the price of broadband as increased competition forces prices down.BPL will never workThe "interference problems" that this article refers to so glibly, should be read as "violations of physics rules". If you...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, broadband over power line, powerline, broadband, Power-line broadband, Motorola Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-08-24
- Unshackling telecom innovation
- David Berlind's "The double-edge of the FCC's DSL ruling" brings up some very interesting points. Whether you agree or disagree with David depends a great deal on how you feel about government regulation in general. All we have to do is look at the last 20 years (that's a lifetime...
- Tags: Baby Bell
- Blog posts 2005-08-15
- Oregon proposes local cell phone tax
- Oregon proposes local cell phone taxThe power to tax......is the power to destroy. - John MarshallWhy do we allow government to find new ways to take our money? With all the hidden taxes as well as the obvious ones, we are paying far more tax than most people realize. The...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, WiMAX, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2005-04-24
- DIY kit to power Tokyo WiMax rollout
- DIY kit to power Tokyo WiMax rolloutAnd people wonder why Telcos are TERRIFIED.Hmmm, now all I need is a VoIP enbled device and it's good bye to the telco's and their monthly biil for a 30 year old twisted pair. Come USA, let's get on with it.The real story...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Wi-Fi, Cellular phones, telecommunications company, WiMAX, phone, cell phone, computer, PC
- Discussion threads 2005-03-15
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