The Boston Wireless Task Force has released its report to Mayor Thomas Menino in which it recommends that the city search for a nonprofit corporation to own and operate Boston’s citywide wireless broadband network following a carrier-neutral, open access, and wholesale-only business model. Here is an excerpt from the report:The Boston Wireless Task Force has [...]

The Aspen Daily News reports that Aspen city officials are looking into bringing Wi-Fi service throughout the city, just like in Vail:The Aspen Daily News reports that Aspen city officials are looking into bringing Wi-Fi service throughout the city, just like in Vail: Vail is partnering with CenturyTel, a company that provides phone support for [...]

I enjoy reading Tom Evslin’s blog, Fractals of Change, and this post on how voice over Wi-Fi will affect the cellular folks is a must-read. He was inspired by the NYT article “Wi-Fi in Your Handset” to add his thoughts to the discussion.I enjoy reading Tom Evslin’s blog, Fractals of Change, and this post on [...]

I’ve been meaning to post a book review of Pip Coburn’s The Change Function, but because of my busy schedule (Muniwireless Silicon Valley Conference followed by holiday in the Provence) it’s only today that I’ve managed to write it. I’ve been meaning to post a book review of Pip Coburn’s The Change Function, but because [...]

Read Katie’s post on GigaOM about the network: “So I’m posting this from Rengstorff Park in Mountain View and the connection is pretty good: between 2 and 3 bars out of 4 on my Mac. Works well enough from here. I might drive around a bit and follow the nifty map that Google set up [...]

Exciting news coming out of Latin America & the Caribbean — I expect to see great things coming out of WILAC:Exciting news coming out of Latin America & the Caribbean — I expect to see great things coming out of WILAC: Deployment and Strengthening of Community based Wireless Networks in Latin America and the Caribbean [...]

The French regulator, ARCEP, recently awarded WiMAX licenses to six regions and fifteen private companies. France Telecom has no WiMAX licence! It’s interesting to note that Iliad is the only company with a national license. According to Mark Cabiling, Iliad’s subsidiary, Free, is the second largest ISP in France behind Orange (formerly known as Wanadoo):The [...]

James Granelli of the Los Angeles Times has written an excellent article about how local electric utilities are blocking the deployment of municipal wireless broadband networks: “As cities across the nation roll out their own wireless Internet networks, some Southern California communities are hitting an unexpected bottleneck: Southern California Edison Co.”James Granelli of the Los [...]