Miami Beach, Florida has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a citywide wireless broadband network to support mobile broadband connectivity for police officers, firefighters, building inspectors, parking officers, public works employees, and other government officials. The network will also allow the public to gain access to the Internet at no cost in hot zones [...]

On July 29th, the FCC held a meeting of its Technological Advisory Council (TAC). The topic for this meeting was techniques and approaches for sharing spectrum. The TAC’s purpose is to provide technical advice to the FCC and to make recommendations on issues and questions the Commission presents to the panel.On July 29th, the FCC [...]

Following AOL’s recent announcement that they were pulling out of the Madison, a local coalition of community activists has issued a press release calling upon the Mayor to “create [a] free or low-cost wireless network.” Here’s more:Following AOL’s recent announcement that they were pulling out of the Madison, a local coalition of community activists has [...]

In the last couple days, Verizon’s been getting a lot of press for offering supposed low-cost broadband. But further investigation of this “deal” shows it to be little more than a bait & switch tactic to suck people into a higher cost broadband contract. Here’s how it works & compares with other broadband service offers:In [...]

The Wisconsin State Journal reports that AOL is not going ahead with its citywide wireless deployment in Madison, Wisconsin. As you probably recall, AOL and Skycable won the bid to unwire Madison (see my previous article here). The Wisconsin State Journal reports that AOL is not going ahead with its citywide wireless deployment in Madison, [...]

Sascha says in his latest blog post that he has read all of the recent comments in the recent 04-151 docket (concerning the opening of the 3650-3700MHz band to the general public). Sascha says in his latest blog post that he has read all of the recent comments in the recent 04-151 docket (concerning the [...]

Addison, Texas is the latest community to get citywide Wi-Fi service. Red Moon Broadband, a Texas wireless ISP, is providing access to residents, businesses and visitors over 4.5 square miles. Addison adjoins Dallas and although it has only 15,000 residents, it has daytime population of almost 200,000. That’s because a number of large companies such [...]

A video of the recent Software Radio Future Salon with Matt Ettus of the GNU Radio project team member and Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) creator is now available. He discusses both the technology and regulatory aspects of open source software radio development and then gives a demo of both GNU Radio and how the [...]

Lev Gonick of OneCleveland has written a long and detailed article about their strategy to bring citywide wireless broadband to Cleveland. They are working together with a number of large institutions in the city and using their fiber infrastructure — a different model from what we have seen so far on Muniwireless.Lev Gonick of OneCleveland [...]