I recently came across an e-mail sent to one of the lists I’m on with information on Japanese VDSL services. It provides a sobering reminder of just how unbelievably slow (and, at the same time, expensive) broadband services are in the US and many other countries. Here’s a brief list:I recently came across an e-mail [...]

According to the City of San Francisco’s website, “The City is issuing this RFP to vendor and service providers for a universal, affordable, wireless broadband network throughout the City and County of San Francisco… All questions about the RFP must be submitted by e-mail to ‘techconnect@sfgov.org’ and the subject line should refer to ‘RFP 2005-19…’ [...]

Sasha Magee wrote up a quick report of the recent technical input meeting held to discuss further input into the San Francisco RFP soon to be released. Community demands collected at the meeting included:Sasha Magee wrote up a quick report of the recent technical input meeting held to discuss further input into the San Francisco [...]

Ever had the urge to assemble your own multi-radio mesh nodes? RoamAD has published an interactive guide for building your own mesh nodes. According to Martyn Levy, VP of Business Development for RoamAD, the company makes money from selling the software that operates on the nodes and simply lets customers assemble their own equipment using [...]

On Monday, December 12, 2005, the New York City Council’s Committee on Technology in Government held a hearing on proposed legislation that seeks to establish a public broadband advisory committee. The legislation passed on December 21, 2005. On Monday, December 12, 2005, the New York City Council’s Committee on Technology in Government held a hearing [...]

The New York City Council has moved one step closer to bringing more competition into the market for high-speed Internet access to city residents and businesses. On Wednesday, December 21, 2005, the Council voted to pass Intro 625-A, sponsored by Council Member Gale A. Brewer (D-Manhattan), the Chair of the Committee on Technology in Government. [...]

Farmers Branch, Texas (pop. 27,000) has chosen NeoReach Wireless to set up and run a citywide Wi-Fi network over a 12 square mile area (31 square kilometers). NeoReach’s press release says that they will offer free and fee-based wireless access for data, voice and video. I have not seen the bandwidth promised by the company [...]

As many of you already know, St. Cloud (Florida) is rolling out the first free citywide Wi-Fi network (assuming they launch before Mountain View, CA) in the US. Even before the city council voted on the deployment of the network, the city organized meetings where residents and local businesses could find out about the proposed [...]

St. Louis Park, Minnesota has issued a request for bids (RFB) for a citywide mesh network and an RFP for public-private partnership to deliver broadband service as well as public safety and service applications. They are separate documents which you can download from here: www.internetCTC.com/RFP_Partnerships.zip and www.internetCTC.com/RFB_Wireless_Network.zip.St. Louis Park, Minnesota has issued a request for [...]