TechWeb is holding its second annual Blog-X awards where people get to nominate their favorite independent tech blogs. If you don’t know yet, Muniwireless is a blog and it is published independently of a major publishing company (one of the criteria for nominations). I need your votes!TechWeb is holding its second annual Blog-X awards where [...]

Minneapolis has chosen two finalists for its citywide Wi-Fi project: Earthlink and US Internet (a local ISP). The city will ask each finalist to set up a pilot hotzone in Minneapolis. Where the hotzone will be located has not been determined but according to James Farstad, consultant to the city, it will be a location [...]

Imagine an inter-community wireless network connecting multiple different locations and available to thousands of residents, all put in place within weeks of a massive disaster (from scratch), utilizing volunteer labor, off-the-shelf hardware, and input and help from numerous different organizations — a coalition of emergency responders. That’s what happened, and thanks to Brent Chapman and [...]

The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber has issued an Request for Information (RFI) regarding the installation, maintenance and operation of a large Wi-Fi hotzone in downtown and adjacent areas. Responses are due on Monday, December 5, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. To get a copy of the RFI, click here to download the RFI in PDF format [...]

Ferrysburg and Spring Lake have been unwired by the same folks responsible for creating a community-wide Wi-Fi network in Grand Haven, Michigan. According to the press release, which is confusing because it talks about Rio Rancho, New Mexico in the same paragraph as the three towns in Michigan, Azulstar (formerly Ottawa Wireless) has rolled out [...]

On Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 10:00 A.M. in the Chicago City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall (121 North LaSalle Street) the Joint Committee composed of the Committee on Economic Capital and Technology Development and the Committee on Finance will hold their fourth and final public hearing regarding the possible construction [...]

The San Jose Mercury News writes that the city of San Jose wants to expand free Wi-Fi access in its downtown area but has no plans for a citywide network similar to those planned by Portland, Philadelphia and San Francisco. The reason: the city wants to preserve the “stakeholders” (i.e. telecoms, cable and ISPs) right [...]

UPDATE: Anaheim voted to award the exclusive franchise to Earthlink. The company clarified the term “exclusive” by saying that “the network will be “open access’ so that multiple, competing providers can offer their services to consumers and businesses.”UPDATE: Anaheim voted to award the exclusive franchise to Earthlink. The company clarified the term “exclusive” by saying [...]

KQED’s Forum today discussed the proposal to provide wireless internet service over the entire city of San Francisco. This proposal is known as TechConnect. A RealAudio version of the program is available. An mp3 version is also available.KQED‘s Forum today discussed the proposal to provide wireless internet service over the entire city of San Francisco. [...]