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The City of Decatur is looking for an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that will provide customer acquisition services as well as operate and maintain a wireless network that will serve educational, residential, commercial, municipal and public safety customers within the city’s boundaries.The City of Decatur is looking for an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that will provide customer acquisition services as well as operate and maintain a wireless network that will serve educational, residential, commercial, municipal and public safety customers within…

Hartford has launched a $1 million pilot program for wireless broadband service over the downtown area and Blue Hills, according to the Hartford Courant. The city will also be selling inexpensive computers to residents as part of the program (note: they estimate that on 25 percent of Hartford households have computers).Hartford has launched a $1 million pilot program for wireless broadband service over the downtown area and Blue Hills, according to the Hartford Courant. The city will also be selling…

If you were on Union Square in San Francisco last Friday (28 October), you would have seen three long queues of people waiting to get their FON routers. FON wants everyone to share their Wi-Fi connection — it’s their way of creating a “citywide” wireless broadband network. The wireless routers have 2 SSIDs: one for your home/office network and the If you were on Union Square in San Francisco last Friday (28 October), you would have seen three long queues…

Dirk van der Woude of Citynet (the Amsterdam FTTH project) wants to point out errors in the previous article on the opening up of cable networks in the Netherlands. Dirk says that the article missed three significant points:Dirk van der Woude of Citynet (the Amsterdam FTTH project) wants to point out errors in the previous article on the opening up of cable networks in the Netherlands. Dirk says that the article missed three significant points:

(1) Parliament voted on TWO resolutions…

Market Growing Faster Than Previously Projected; 2007 Spending To Hit $460 Million, According to MuniWireless.com Annual State of the Market ReportMarket Growing Faster Than Previously Projected; 2007 Spending To Hit $460 Million, According to MuniWireless.com Annual State of the Market Report

More than $3 billion will be spent over the next four years to build and operate public wireless networks for U.S. municipalities, according to a new research report by Muniwireless.com.

“The 2006 Municipal Wireless State of the Market Report” expands on…

UPDATE: Please read this later article on the Dutch parliament’s resolutions to separate network ownership from services.UPDATE: Please read this later article on the Dutch parliament’s resolutions to separate network ownership from services.

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The Netherlands is expected to order cable companies to open up their networks to competitors (just as the incumbent telecoms operators in Europe are required to do):

“If you open cable up to competition, then the prices will fall and service will be better,” Labor lawmaker Martijn…