Dayton, Ohio has selected HarborLink Network to negotiate a contract with the city for the deployment and operation of a citywide Wi-Fi network that will cover 55 square miles ( ), the airport and the convention center. The city expects an agreement to be presented to the city council by the end of September 2006. [...]

Peter Cochrane, British Telecom’s former Chief Technologist, has written a long article on his experiences with the first free municipal Wi-Fi network in the UK — in Norwich (northeastern corner of East Anglia). Here are a few of his observations:Peter Cochrane, British Telecom’s former Chief Technologist, has written a long article on his experiences with [...]

The City of Rockville, Maryland (pop. 57,000, near Washington DC) is exploring options for the deployment of a Wi-Fi hotzone in the newly constructed Town Square (mixed use development). The city has issued a Request for Expression of Interest (RFEI) and seeks responses from potential vendors and contractors to provide services.The City of Rockville, Maryland [...]

The Wall Street Journal reports that Springfield, Illinois has chosen AT&T to build and run a large wireless broadband network in Springfield, Illinois:The Wall Street Journal reports that Springfield, Illinois has chosen AT&T to build and run a large wireless broadband network in Springfield, Illinois: Under the three-year deal, which is being announced by Springfield [...]

Oakland, California (across the bay from San Francisco) has issued an RFP seeking a consultant to help the city plan and deploy a municipal wireless broadband network. Responses to the RFP are due on 18 September and the pre-bid meeting is on 6 September. Here’s an excerpt from the RFP, which is posted on the [...]

The Star Tribune reports that Qwest tried to stop the Minneapolis citywide Wi-Fi project on grounds that the payment to US Internet (the winning bidder) was a public subsidy and that the bidding procedures were unfair:The Star Tribune reports that Qwest tried to stop the Minneapolis citywide Wi-Fi project on grounds that the payment to [...]

The city of Minneapolis has chosen US Internet, a local ISP, to build out and run its citywide network, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune:The city of Minneapolis has chosen US Internet, a local ISP, to build out and run its citywide network, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune: US Internet would build and operate [...]

West Covina is looking for a vendor to build, own and run a citywide wireless mesh network to cover 17 square miles (44 square kilometers). The city is located 18 miles east of downtown Los Angeles and has 123,000 residents. The city will use the network for residential and business access, as well as municipal [...]

Culver City, California is planning to install filters on its city hotzone to weed out porn and P2P traffic. It is questionable whether these filters work. Many ISPs already block certain types of traffic so this is nothing new. Cities should realize that if they block all kinds of traffic, they will render their networks [...]

Galt, California has a citywide wireless broadband network that covers 95% of the community (area: 5.9 square miles or 15 square kilometers; pop. 22,800; population density: 3,316 per square mile). Galt is 40 miles southwest of the state’s capital, Sacramento.Galt, California has a citywide wireless broadband network that covers 95% of the community (area: 5.9 [...]