Archive | March, 2006

Google ads on maps with local search

Remember the article I wrote on 24 April 2005 entitled “Fund a free citywide Wi-Fi network: Google ads + local search + maps?”Remember the article I wrote on 24 April 2005 entitled “Fund a free citywide Wi-Fi network: Google ads + local search + maps?” Well, it appears that Google will let advertisers buy ads [...]

Share
Read full story Comments { 0 }

Sahuarita, Arizona to issue RFP for a municipal Wi-Fi network

Sahuarita, Arizona will be issuing a bid seeking proposals from vendors for the deployment of a municipal Wi-Fi network over the town’s 15 square miles. The network will be used for public access and municipal purposes (police, fire and other departments). This article in the Arizona Daily Star has more details, including a short interview [...]

Share
Read full story Comments { 4 }

Charleston, SC finally rolls out Wi-Fi service

Charleston, South Carolina’s Wi-Fi network is finally going live, although according to this article in The State.com, only 20 to 30 percent of residents will get access in the first phase. There will be a free and paid component: free gets you only 256 Kbps (which is next to useless) so if you want more, [...]

Share
Read full story Comments { 1 }

Telecom front groups and astroturf organizations unmasked by Common Cause

We all know about the New Millenium Research Council (NMRC), which has appeared on many posts here and on Glenn Fleishman’s site as a telco sockpuppet. But what about Consumers for Cable Choice? Sounds lovely doesn’t it? Consumers, choice — must be a true independent consumer organization.We all know about the New Millenium Research Council [...]

Share
Read full story Comments { 2 }

Chevron builds citywide Wi-Fi network for Burleson, Texas

Can it get weirder than this? Chevron Energy Solutions, a unit of Chevron Corporation (yes, THAT Chevron), announced it has entered into a contract with the City of Burleson in Texas to construct a citywide wireless broadband network and implement an automated water meter reading pilot project. But it’s not so strange considering that Corpus [...]

Share
Read full story Comments { 1 }

Google Wi-Fi patent applications: so there may be a business model after all

Glenn Fleishman has posted a short piece on two patent applications filed by Google: one for reduced-rate Wi-Fi access and another that would change a browser’s appearance to be branded with the hot, so I am curious to find out if they will get approved. Comments anyone?Glenn Fleishman has posted a short piece on two [...]

Share
Read full story Comments { 0 }

The case for fiber to the user systems: white paper on municipal FTTH projects

I urge everyone to read the Baller Herbst white paper on municipal fiber to the user (FTTU) projects. I am a big supporter of high bandwidth networks and continue to urge people to build out infrastructure for bandwidth-hungry applications.I urge everyone to read the Baller Herbst white paper on municipal fiber to the user (FTTU) [...]

Share
Read full story Comments { 1 }

Who “owns” the Internet: see North American Internet backbone

Thanks to Sascha Meinrath for posting a PDF that shows the North American Internet backbone. Go to Sascha’s site to download the document. When you open the PDF file, you will see colors that represent the router’s registered owner: yellow (Qwest), blue (AT&T), red (Verizon), green (Level 3, Sprint), black (cable companies), gray (others such [...]

Share
Read full story Comments { 1 }

The French broadband “miracle”

The Wall Street Journal has an excellent article on France’s broadband “miracle”. France used to lag in broadband penetration and had very expensive Internet access, strangled by a state-owned monopoly, but now it enjoys some of the lowest prices for broadband access (coupled with lots of bandwidth, VOIP and IP TV) and a murderously competitive [...]

Share
Read full story Comments { 3 }

SF Metro Connect’s citywide Wi-Fi model: digital inclusion and community benefit

SF Metro Connect, a collaboration of SeaKay, Cisco Systems and IBM, announced today that they are launching a national program of municipal wireless networks based upon a model of state of the art wireless technology deployed toward the goals of digital inclusion and community benefit.SF Metro Connect, a collaboration of SeaKay, Cisco Systems and IBM, [...]

Share
Read full story Comments { 8 }
UA-18792507-1