On Monday, November 3, FastLine Wireless Internet turned on their second mesh network in the town of Linden, Texas (population 2,256). FastLine is the same company that “unwired” Vivian, Louisiana (see Muniwireless report from August 2003). The initial rollout consists of four strategically placed nodes which allow most of the town’s businesses and residents to [...]

The Austin Technology Incubator has hired Erin Defosse to run day-to-day operations of the organization and to eventually form a wireless technology incubator, according to the Austin Business Journal. Defosse’s title at ATI is director of the information technology and wireless division. ATI is a part of the University of Texas IC2 Institute and three [...]

Nevada, Missouri, a town of 10,000 has commissioned a Wi-Fi network to be built in town, according to the Miami Herald. NeighborLink is building the network for the city for approximately $25,000. Subscribers will pay $35 to $120 per month for Internet access, but they first have to pay for the installation and equipment which [...]

Fredericton (New Brunswick, Canada) announced it has launched Fred-eZone, a free municipal-wide Wi-Fi network that allows anyone with a Wi-Fi enabled laptop or PDA to access the Internet. Speeds are supposed to be outstanding given that users connect to the Fredericton Community Network, the municipality’s high-speed fibre optic network.Fredericton (New Brunswick, Canada) announced it has [...]

WiMAX will capture 60% of the broadband wireless market in 2006, predicts Pyramid Research in its latest research report, WiMAX and Wi-Fi: Unwiring the World. The 71-page report costs $1,990 (!), which is a lot of money to pay for someone to look into a crystal ball. Of course the report attempts to support its [...]

York County (Pennsylvania) has announced that it is replacing its current T1-based Internet network used by forty schools and municipal organizations with Alvarion’s BreezeACCESS VL (OFDM technology using 5GHz frequency band). The new wireless broadband network will save over $200,000 per year and provide each school with up to 10 Megabits per second (Mbps) of [...]