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- 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
- Is muni Wi-Fi dead? Microsoft is wondering
- At the Muni Wireless 2007 conference in New England recently, Microsoft officials commented on the future of Wi-Fi, and it looks a bit bleak, reports Computerworld."We're finding that there are real end-user problems," said Stefan Weitz, director of planning for MSN at Microsoft. "That's the bad news. However, there's still...
- Tags: Municipal broadband
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- 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
- AP: Cities losing millions on Wi-Fi
- In a sad tale of dashed hopes, many cities across the country are struggling to pay back loans on wireless infrastructure that never materialized, reports the Associated Press.A typical story is that of Lompoc, CA, which poured $3 million into a system that less than 4,000 people signed up...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Municipal broadband
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- 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
- 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
- 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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- 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
- Easy Net Switch (txt)
- Easy Net Switch is a powerful and easy to use program, which stores network and Internet configuration settings into network profiles. By switching between location profiles, you can quickly and easily connect to a network without having to manually reconfigure settings each time. A location profile may include IP address,...
- Tags: Network, IP, IP Address, ZHL Computing Software, E-mail, Networking, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Toshiba Qosmio G55-Q802
- The 18-inch laptop has truly come into its own, with recent systems from Sony, Acer, HP and now Toshiba threatening to clutter the desks of multimedia enthusiasts everywhere. The Qosmio G55-Q802 is the odd man out among this group in that it does not offer a Blu-ray drive or even...
- Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Qosmio G55, Cell, Intel Core 2 Duo, Toshiba Qosmio, Toshiba Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.
- Finally! WiMax is officially here. I know this because executives pulled out the big scissors - in this case, hedge clippers - to the cut the symbolic copper wire instead of a ribbon to signify the end of the wired Internet. Whenever there's a ribbon cutting, you know its official....
- Tags: Sprint Communications, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- HP Compaq CQ50-215NR
- Note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.With a glossy lid and relatively trim profile, the Compaq Presario CQ50-215nr looks more expensive than its $549 price tag. Unfortunately, looks aren't everything: the...
- Tags: Desktops, Compaq Presario, Compaq Presario CQ50-215nr, Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
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