Chicaco has just released the draft RFP for the construction of a citywide wireless broadband network. Please review the draft and send constructive comments to:Chicaco has just released the draft RFP for the construction of a citywide wireless broadband network. Please review the draft and send constructive comments to: This is the link to the [...]

Peter Cochrane, Seamless Freedom: The Wireless Revolution (18 May 2006)Peter Cochrane, Seamless Freedom: The Wireless Revolution (18 May 2006) Former BT Chief Technologist Peter Cochrane’s keynote presentation at The Wireless Event Join celebrated futurologist and former BT Chief Technologist Peter Cochrane for a tour de force of the Wireless Revolution. As an engineer Peter is [...]

The City of Summit, New Jersey (pop. 21,000; 6 square miles; 25 miles west of NYC) is looking for a commercial vendor to plan, install and operate a wireless broadband network through the city. The goals are to bring inexpensive broadband, increase the choices for broadband access in the city, reduce the local government’s communications [...]

St. Paul, Minnesota has posted a study that analyzes the options available to the city in deploying a wired and/or wireless citywide broadband network and examines the impact of such a network upon its economic development.St. Paul, Minnesota has posted a study that analyzes the options available to the city in deploying a wired and/or [...]

New Orleans will be getting a citywide Wi-Fi network after all, thanks to the city council’s decision to hire EarthLink to build out the network. The city has been involved in a dispute with BellSouth, the local incumbent, over a communications network (that provided among other things VOIP and Internet access) set up by the [...]

It took a while but the city of Dunedin, Florida has finally selected a vendor, Citi Wifi Networks, to deploy their citywide wireless broadband network. Citi Wifi is using Strix Systems mesh equipment.It took a while but the city of Dunedin, Florida has finally selected a vendor, Citi Wifi Networks, to deploy their citywide wireless [...]

MetroFi is building a citywide wireless broadband network that will cover the entire city of Ontario, California. They will have free access (for those who don’t mind viewing ads) and paid access ($19.95) per month (no ads). This article says that MetroFi will be delivering bandwidth of up to 1 Mbps, which is slow in [...]

The City of Seattle has issued a Request for Interest (RFI) to gather comments,The City of Seattle has issued a Request for Interest (RFI) to gather comments, conceptual frameworks, and indications of interest and to identify partnership teams from private parties interested in and capable of partnering the city to create a competitive fiber to [...]

British Telecom announced last week that it has signed deals with six cities: Birmingham, Leeds, Cardiff, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Westminster (in central London) to deploy citywide wireless broadband service. BT says it will announce the other six cities soon. BT has already gone through trials in Westminster and Cardiff.British Telecom announced last week that it [...]