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- SF Wi-Fi slows down as EarthLink changes its muni biz plan
- EarthLink's once-bold plans to build out municipal wireless networks is on hold as new CEO Rolla Huff said the old business model simply doesn't work. "Until we're confident that we can build new networks and get an acceptable return, we will delay any further new buildouts," Huff said on a...
- Tags: Municipal broadband
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Bill would prevent states from blocking local Wi-Fi networks
- As the battle between open access and corporate control rages on in a number of contexts (net neutrality, long-distance spectrum) U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., has introduced a bill to keep states from putting up barriers to public broadband networks, reports Top Tech NewsBoucher says the Internet is not a...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Municipal broadband
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- London's 'free' Wi-Fi flips the switch, but you might want to upgrade
- If you take a walk along the Thames these days, you can bring your laptop or iPhone with you and tap into London's new free Wi-Fi, ZDNet UK reports. Currently there are 13 miles of Wi-Fi along the Thames through central London, to be expanded to 22 miles in August.But...
- Tags: Municipal broadband, International
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- In defense of muni Wi-Fi
- Esme Vos wrote a long post today taking apart an AP story that says Lompoc, CA, has wasted taxpayer money on a Wi-Fi networks no one wants.The AP article could have used some fact checking. It states: Most communities, including Lompoc, paid for their projects. Elsewhere, private companies agreed to...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Municipal broadband
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- Is MuniFi cropping up a loser? Disappointing signups point to a shift in strategy
- Is "MuniFi" living up to the hopes city managers and the companies that build the networks have held out for them? Is the public flocking to take advantage of the networks, are they good enough to compete with cable and telco offerings? Do they improve economics? GigaOms Katie Fehrenbacher...
- Tags: Municipal broadband, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-10
- 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
- Doing Silicon Valley wireless right
- Government and technology leaders are engaged in a cutting edge experiment in building a massive wireless network across the entire Silicon Valley. Covering 1,500 square miles and serving 2.4 million people, the Joint Venture Wireless Project would be the largest public Wi-Fi network in the world. But how do...
- Tags: Government technology, Municipal broadband
- Blog posts 2007-03-07
- 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
- 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
- NJ counties expected to get OK to pursue wireless networks
- New Jersey lawmakers are pushing forward legislation that would authorize counties to build and operate wireless networks for public use, NorthJersey.com reports. A bill in the state Assembly was voted out of committee and is heading for a floor vote soon, said a spokesman for Assemply Speaker Joseph J....
- Tags: Government technology, Municipal broadband, State &, Local Govt, network
- Blog posts 2007-01-19
Additional Resources
- Will HTC be the first to launch a WiMAX-enabled mobile phone?
- Fellow Mobile Tech Roundup podcast co-host Kevin Tofel went to the Sprint/XOHM WiMAX launch event in Baltimore this week and wrote up his thoughts. The event was focused mainly on the devices that support the WiMAX network that was launched the week before and as a mobile guy I was...
- Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Phone, Mobile, Radio, Cell Phone, Nokia N810, WiMAX, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Employee PC Activity Monitor (zip)
- Instant Monitor allows you to monitor employee's activities on all network computers, such as email, instant message, keystrokes, FTP file transfer, Web sites visited, and applications used. Instant Monitor also can log file operations on employee's computer, such as copy, delete, create, rename, open, and copy file to removable disk....
- Tags: Monitor, PC, FLAV, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical
- It will be a very busy Patch Tuesday for administrators managing Microsoft Windows computer systems. According to Microsoft's advance notice mechanism, 11 security bulletins will drop next Tuesday (October 14, 2008), covering a wide range of serious vulnerabilities. Four of the 11 bulletins are...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- China overtakes US in broadband
- Both the USA and China had about 78 mln broadband lines at the end of August, but China grew twice as fast. In the USA, new broadband lines added fell from 3.4 mln in the last quarter of 2007 to barely 1.1 mln in Q2 2008. In China they rose...
- Tags: China, Broadband, Broadband Line, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, AM
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Laptops with mobile WiMax now available
- The first laptops with built-in mobile WiMax wireless broadband are now available in the U.S. Sprint, Intel and the computer companies announced the new WiMax configurations at an event in Baltimore just a few days after Sprint launched its Xohm service there. All of these laptops use...
- Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?
- I was browsing on webmagazine Salon when I came across an interesting review written by Scott Rosenberg of the book "Planet Google: One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know" by Randall Stross. (The title of the article is, "Google's Vulcan death grip." Boy am I a sucker.) ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Flaw, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Productivity, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- NadConfigureIP 2oo8 (zip)
- NADConfigureIp 2oo8 is a software for store multiple network settings into different profiles and apply every network configuration in just a click. The trial version permits to apply 10 different configuration. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Network, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Remobo (dmg)
- Remobo creates an instant private network between users and lets you connect to each other over the Internet as if you were on the same LAN. Just login from your computers or add other users to your buddy list and Remobo will create an IPN between these computers, allowing you...
- Tags: Computer, AWIT Systems, Remobo, Productivity, Instant Messaging, Web Site Development, Networking, Internet, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- ZoneOS ZoneScreen (msi)
- Solution for extending and mirroring your desktop display using displays of another computers including Pocket PC, using network connection. Also, you could use ZoneScreen for Windows Mobile to extend/mirror your desktop to screen of your Pocket PC. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: PC, ZoneOS, Pocket PC, Operating Systems, Desktops, Handhelds, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
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