HotSpot Amsterdam is deploying a citywide wireless network in Amsterdam. The company website says there is coverage at the Rembrandtplein, a large square filled with bars and cafes (gets rowdy on weekends) and at the Singel (note: this is a long canal and it’s not clear where the wireless signal can be found). Click on [...]

The Mobile Media Consortium and the New Media Institute at the University of Georgia released an interesting survey on municipal wireless projects in the US. They studied 38 Wi-Fi clouds and 16 Wi-Fi zones in March 2004. They found out the following:The Mobile Media Consortium and the New Media Institute at the University of Georgia [...]

Rich MacKinnon of the Austin Wireless City Project (AWCP) allowed me to post their organization’s volunteer orientation and training guide so that other community wireless groups that are trying to fill their communities with free Wi-Fi hotspots can see how the AWCP does it. Rich MacKinnon of the Austin Wireless City Project (AWCP) allowed me [...]

An intense debate is raging in the industry on whether and to what extent local governments can succeed in financing and deploying their own municipal wireless networks (MWNs), and whether the MWN model can scale.An intense debate is raging in the industry on whether and to what extent local governments can succeed in financing and [...]

Buffalo, Minnesota is deploying a mobile wireless mesh network to increase the productivity of municipal employees and save on costs. The city is 64 kilometers from Minneapolis, has 13,000 residents and covers 20 square kilometers. Implementation begins in September and the city hopes to begin using the network by the end of 2004. Buffalo, Minnesota [...]

Las Vegas has deployed a downtown wireless mesh network that covers 6.5 square kilomters for public safety and traffic management purposes. Although city set up the network as a six-month trial, if all goes well, they will consider extending wireless broadband coverage throughout the city’s 150 square kilometers. I do not know if they will [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland has launched Wi-Fi hotzones in the Port and Navigation areas (at Ouchy) and la Riponne and la Palud in the city center. Services industriels de Lausanne (SIL), a public agency, deployed the network which is a pilot project for future Wi-Fi deployments in and around the city. The network cost 15,000 Swiss francs [...]

Efficient spectrum use is a hot topic these days and it’s no surprise that EE Times has published a series of articles about cognitive radio.Efficient spectrum use is a hot topic these days and it’s no surprise that EE Times has published a series of articles about cognitive radio. Cognitive radio: an opportunity lost by [...]

Southeastern Washington state has Wi-Fi service that covers 3700 square miles (9583 sq km), thanks to the Columbia Rural Electric Association, a non-profit electric cooperative. Infoworld reports that three counties – Walla Walla, Columbia and Umatilla – which already have cable-modem service (but not everywhere) now have wireless DSL access as well. The electric utility [...]