I listened to an NPR interview with Thomas Bleha who recently wrote an article in Foreign Affairs magazine about the consequences for the US if it does not match the level of broadband deployment being carried out in other countries. The NPR show is entitled “Slipping Behind in Broadband” and it aired on April 26 [...]

After years of pulling the wool over the eyes of conventional journalists (also known as The Lazy Press, with a few exceptions) and lately failing to do the same to bloggers, one PR Machine for telcos – Issue Dynamics – has just launched a Blogger Relations Practice which is designed to help their clients “maximize [...]

Perth, Australia (pop. 1.3 million) will soon have a large Wi-Fi hotzone in its downtown area, thanks to Metromesh, a local wireless ISP. Metromesh will be targeting business users with their wireless broadband service (with VPN and VOIP options). They are offering bandwidth between 256K and 2MB. The customer can select which connection speeds he [...]

Burbank, California is offering free Wi-Fi access in its downtown area starting 1 May 2005. It becomes the first municipality in the San Fernando Valley to have a free Wi-Fi hotzone. Burbank is located in greater Los Angeles and is home to Warner Brothers, NBC and other movie studios and entertainment companies. Burbank, California is [...]

Bruce Kushnik at Teletruth says there is a fake phone company consumer group (read: astroturf organization backed by telcos) that is pushing to increase the universal service fund tax, place it on voice over IP and influence the FCC. Bruce writes:Bruce Kushnik at Teletruth says there is a fake phone company consumer group (read: astroturf [...]

New York City Council Member Gale Brewer has introduced legislation that would create a nine-member task force charged with ensuring that every city resident, small business, and non-profit has affordable broadband access. New York City Council Member Gale Brewer has introduced legislation that would create a nine-member task force charged with ensuring that every city [...]