MuniWireless

To make it easier for state legislatures to pass anti-municipal broadband laws, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has a piece of anti-municipal broadband model legislation entitled the “Municipal Telecommunications Private Industry Safeguards Act”. You can view the document here (Word format). To make it easier for state legislatures to pass anti-municipal broadband laws, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has a piece of anti-municipal broadband model legislation entitled the “Municipal Telecommunications Private Industry Safeguards Act”. You can view the…

Here we go again. Just when we thought the Grinch (or Scrooge) this Christmas would be the Pennsylvania state legislature and Governor Rendell for passing House Bill 30, it appears that a legislator in Ohio is competing for that much desired role. Here we go again. Just when we thought the Grinch (or Scrooge) this Christmas would be the Pennsylvania state legislature and Governor Rendell for passing House Bill 30, it appears that a legislator in Ohio is competing for…

Jesse Drucker writes in the Wall Street Journal (Cellular Carriers Face a Future When Wi-Fi Will Cut Into Revenue) that phone calls made over Wi-Fi networks pose a serious threat to mobile phone operators’ revenues: Each minute of wireless calling over Wi-Fi is a minute of calling not made over a cellular network. That has the potential to shake up Jesse Drucker writes in the Wall Street Journal (Cellular Carriers Face a Future When Wi-Fi Will Cut Into Revenue) that…

Matt Stone, Civitium’s Government Strategist, has just written a case study about how the People’s Emergency Center (PEC) wireless broadband network and training program are transforming a low-income community in Philadelphia. This case study is a must-read for everyone, especially municipal officials and state legislators, because it lays out a model that communities can adopt to fight unemployment and poverty.Matt Stone, Civitium’s Government Strategist, has just written a case study about how the People’s Emergency Center (PEC) wireless broadband network…

Atlanta is finally going wireless. I say finally because I wrote about this project last April and it is making the rounds again like yesterday’s pizza, reheated. Here is a link to my April article and the link to the MSNBC story. What’s going on here? I hope the next article I write is one that says the network is Atlanta is finally going wireless. I say finally because I wrote about this project last April and it is making…

Madison, Wisconsin will be providing wireless broadband service throughout the city, the airport and other municipalities in the area, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The initiative “Wireless Wisconsin” plans to roll out wireless service not just in the city, but at the airport and in other municipalities in the county. The city, county and state have issued an RFP Madison, Wisconsin will be providing wireless broadband service throughout the city, the airport and other municipalities in the area, according…