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- Google, Earthlink file joint San Francisco WiFi proposal
- Yesterday, EarthLink and Google jointly submitted a ‘Request For Proposal’ RFP to the City of San Francisco to build a citywide wireless municipal network. This joint RFP offers a two-tier business model that combines a free service, offered by Google, and a paid service at higher speeds, to...
- Blog posts 2006-02-22
- Lawyer for local governments blasts broadband bill
- Jim Baller, an attorney who represents governments seeking to build their own municipal networks, has issued a statement about the municipal network providsion of the Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act, introduced by Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada). The full statement is here PDF. Baller writes that the bill rests on...
- Blog posts 2005-07-29
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- WSJ wrongly blames AT&T for Google Voice iPhone app rejection
- A guest opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal this week is getting some attention. In a nutshell, it alleges that AT&T was behind the death of a Google Voice app for the iPhone and suggests that, in a world where data is bigger than voice, that we need a...
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- Google's Belgium data center: Hold the chillers
- Google has ditched the chillers at its Belgium data center in the name to lower power consumption. Data Center Knowledge's Rich Miller has a good overview of Google latest data center creation: Rather than using chillers part-time, the company has eliminated them entirely in its data...
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- Ariel Builds Strong, New Municipal Storage Network on HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System
- Ariel is home to more than 20,000 residents - and to 10,000 students at Ariel University Center of Samaria, the largest college in Israel. Ariel wanted to provide highly available, easily-managed shared storage for critical municipal applications. Ariel used HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Systems and Microsoft Windows Storage Server to...
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Should broadband connectivity be a right?
- Should broadband connectivity be a right?Not at all.Yes, it is going to be a necessity but it will never be a right. In my opinion, this goes along with the whole "Is health care a right" ordeal. Neither of these are rights. They are both almost absolutely necessary but no...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- The coming wireline business implosion (and how you'll wind up paying for it)
- The coming wireline business implosion (and how you'll wind up paying for it)King Canute Must DieI am persuaded by the ideas generally found in OPLAN discussions:1. The 5 major industrial revolutions in the last 200 years have all followed the same pattern: the previous incumbents have been swept away having...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Now this is stimulus
- Now this is stimulusRight Acronym[i]To me, this seems like it will have far more direct benefit than No Child Left Behind.[/i]NCLB actually stands for, "no carrier left behind." Like the other one, it means that everyone holds back to the slowest in the group. It would, for instance,...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- Signs of the Times, Redux: The World's Next Mass(ive) Medium?
- In colonial times, journalism was born on broad sheets of cheap paper and the vocal chords of human marketing throats. The long sheets delivered news to those who could read. But in the middle of most cities of any size, from Derby, England, to New York, NY,...
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Why Apple doesn't make a netbook
- Why Apple doesn't make a netbookNetbook = cheap Apple = OverpricedA simple equation.the other sideYes, Apple has the money to wait out the economy.But should it?What percentage do netbooks have to take to make Apple take notice? They're at 7% now, maybe 10% by the fall, 15% by...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-05
- Open source can also close markets
- Open source can also close marketsMisunderstanding what the technology can and can't do."My problem is with the legal concept, the idea of property rights over unlicensed frequencies, which their gear enables."Yes and no. While it is true it can restrict access in the sense that that particular box can't be...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-02
- Advances in Physical Safety and Security in Government: Protect People, Assets, and Information
- The new building blocks of physical safety and security in government are IP video surveillance systems, building access controls, unified communications, and network access controls. All connect to the government's existing IP network, eliminating the costs of separate networks. IP video surveillance cameras can pay for themselves quickly: Wireless cameras...
- White papers 2008-12-20
- "Net neutrality" is stupid
- "Net neutrality" is stupidThe problem, mixing social with business.The problem here is Robin is trying to treat a massive business investment billions in captial investment as if its a socialized publicly owned utility which it is not.Other countries subsidise connectivity/ISPs because they believe having broadband everywhere is critical to their...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-16
- Martin free wireless plan brings muni WiFi disaster back from the dead
- OK, public spectrum, take 2. Or is it 3? After the infamous D-block auction meltdown, the FCC is set with a new plan to have the private sector deliver free Internet over the airwaves, Reuters reports. And FCC chair Kevin Martin's plan includes another long-held fantasy of policymakers: a...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- TV White Space Position Paper: Fixed TV White Space Solutions for Wireless ISP Network Operators
- Motorola is developing solutions for the TV White Space spectrum for both Service Providers as well as municipal state and local government entities. This paper specifically focuses on Motorola's fixed solution for broadband service providers operating networks predominantly in suburban and rural areas. This particular solution provides reliable point to...
- White papers 2008-11-01
- Municipality Virtualizes Data Center to Lower Costs and Expand Services
- Slough Borough Council Slough BC, the governing authority for the borough of Slough, England, needed to expand its municipal services but faced data center space and power constraints for servers and storage resources. Slough BC has used the Windows Server 2008 Datacenter operating system and Hyper-V virtualization technology to reduce...
- Case studies 2008-08-01
- Alabama's Broadband Tide
- BROADBAND INITIATIVE â€" If you really want anywhere access to the Internet, you understand the value and you’ll pay for it. A DirecWay dish on an RV at Gulf State Park, on the so-called “Redneck Riviera,†at Orange Beach, Alabama. ORANGE BEACH, Ala. â€" No more...
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lost
- Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lostStuff and nonsense>From day one, the purpose of Philly's network is to increase digital inclusion and economic development. The measure of their success should be how lives and businesses are being helped in disadvantaged communities.The city to stick to...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lost
- The final nail in the coffin of municipal Wi-Fi was hammered today as Earthlink pulled the plug on Philadelphia's wireless program, as the Wall Street Journal reports. "This was about a business model that simply didn't work," said Rolla Huff, chief executive of the Atlanta-based Internet services...
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- No Brotherly Love: EarthLink will pull its Wi-Fi network from Philly
- EarthLink on Tuesday threw in the towel on its Philadelphia Wi-Fi project, which the ISP was trying to transfer to a non-profit or the city's operating group. Now EarthLink is trying to pull out its gear. EarthLink says in a statement: After months of negotiations with...
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
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