Nice, France has entered into a deal with GOWEX to offer free Wi-Fi service in some of the city’s public areas such as the Cours Saleya and Place du Palais. The SSDI is «NiceGOWEXFREEWiFi». That’s great but they still force you to go through a registration screen, which I and many people hate. The problem with [...]
Ruckus Wireless drops 17 percent
May 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The price of Ruckus Wireless (RKUS) shares dropped 17 percent yesterday to $15.80 after the company reported Q1 2013 revenues and earnings that were below analysts’ expectations. Ruckus Wireless announced that Q2 2013 revenues would also be lower than expected. This brings the price of RKUS shares close to the IPO price of $15. The [...]
More free Wi-Fi in parks
May 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
As I mentioned in The Return of Large Scale Wi-Fi Deployments, municipalities have bigger budgets these days, thanks to the improving economy in the United States, so they’re spending it on new Wi-Fi deployments or upgrades of existing public Wi-Fi networks. Here are few examples in Florida: Coral Springs is upgrading its existing wireless network, [...]
Tales from the Towers, Chapter 44: Why the Connect America Fund should be abolished
April 30, 2013 by 6 Comments
This article addresses why the Connect America Fund should be shut down and what steps can be taken to encourage competition in the market for wired and wireless broadband services. I’ve mentioned many times that I believe our current government is simply clueless. Unfortunately, I’ve come to realize that it’s simply far worse than that. [...]
Time Warner Cable to offer free Wi-Fi in Austin, Texas
April 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Time Warner Cable (TWC) will start offering free Wi-Fi throughout Austin, Texas to people who subscribe to its cable service. People who are not subscribers will pay $2.95 per hour. Perhaps it is TWC’s attempt to keep customers from migrating to Google’s upcoming Fiber service. I wonder if Google will offer free WiFi service in [...]
The new challenge for Wi-Fi hot zones: video on smartphones
April 28, 2013 by 1 Comment
Large Wi-Fi hot zones have been making news again, in Santa Clara (thanks to the city’s smart meter project), San Jose (free Wi-Fi downtown), Petaluma (free Wi-Fi hot zone), New York City (thanks to Google), and in metro stations, shopping centers and on public transportation. Many cities and private enterprises now have money to roll [...]
O2 WiFi proves highly popular among UK public
April 22, 2013 by 1 Comment
O2, a telecom company that operates WiFi hotspots across the UK says that more adults are now seeking out free public WiFi when they go shopping. O2 conducted a survey of 2000 adults in February 2013 and came up with these findings: Nearly three in five (58%) people admit they connect online when out shopping. Killing [...]
Provo, Utah becomes third Google Fiber city
April 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Google has announced that it will be offering Google Fiber service in Provo, Utah, if the city council approves Google’s acquisition of iProvo (the fiber optic network built by the city 10 years ago). Google plans to upgrade and extend the network to every home in the city. Here’s what Google says: Provo started building [...]
Austin, Texas is the next Google fiber city
April 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Google Fiber has confirmed that Austin, Texas is the next city to get fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service after the FTTH rollout in Kansas City. Google says: Our goal is to start connecting homes in Austin by mid-2014. Customers there will have a similar choice of products as our customers in Kansas City: Gigabit Internet or Gigabit Internet plus [...]
Petaluma free Wi-Fi finally arrives
March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
After years of planning (at least since 2007), Petaluma, California is rolling out its free Wi-Fi service in the downtown area. Downtown businesses and local residents have been strong supporters of the free WiFi network. In the past, Petaluma had been engaged in negotiations with Sonic.net to bring WiFi service to the city but those [...]
