Weekly Newsletter Archive

2007

• Week 50, issue 212: Spotlight on Philadelphia

• Week 49, issue 211: Silver Lining From Silicon Valley?

• Week 48, issue 210: An emerging business model for muni Wi-Fi; a boost for competition

• Week 46, issue 209: MuniWireless Succeeding in America’s Heartland

• Week 45, issue 208: MuniWireless Chicago one-day event, Tuesday November 13

• Week 42, issue 207: MuniWireless Silicon Valley conference a success

• Week 42, issue 206: Join Us In Silicon Valley Next Week

• Week 41, issue 205: Portland network buildout continues but not without controversy

• Week 40, issue 204: I am waiting for fast, cheap, wireless broadband everywhere

• Week 39, issue 203: Tale of Two Vendors

• Week 37, issue 202: Don’t forget the end user!

• Week 36, issue 201: EarthLink’s woes affect muni Wi-Fi projects

• Week 34, issue 200: EarthLink’s woes affect muni Wi-Fi projects

• Week 33, issue 199: Long Island announces winner of countywide Wi-Fi bid

• Week 32, issue 198: I like my mobility, thank you

• Week 31, issue 197: List of US cities and counties updated; FCC sets rules for 700 MHz auction

• Week 30, issue 196: Broadband policy takes center stage again

• Week 29, issue 195: My perfect muni Wi-Fi network

• Week 28, issue 194: Handheld Wi-Fi devices will drive muni Wi-Fi demand

• Week 27, issue 193: Philadelphia delivers on its promise to bridge the digital divide; Incumbent difficulties make the case for muni wireless

• Week 26, issue 192: Time for a Broadband Road Trip

• Week 25, issue 191: Telecom has nothing to do with the Internet

• Week 24, issue 190: Applications make the case for municipal wireless networks

• Week 23, issue 189: MuniWireless New England conference a success

• Week 22, issue 188: The Multiple Use Network Wins; MuniWireless New England Conference

• Week 21, issue 187: Thinking Carefully About Municipal Wireless Deployments

• Week 20, issue 186: This week is RFP Heaven; Amsterdam June 11 salon to address public broadband in Europe

• Week 19, issue 185: Wi-Fi is here to stay; MuniWireless New England conference early bird discount expires next week

• Week 18, issue 184: 700 MHz auction in the US holds promise for municipal wireless networks and lots of good news

• Week 17, issue 183: U.S. trails other nations in broadband growth and use

• Week 16, issue 182: FCC ready to face reality, issues inquiry into US broadband market; update on Muniwireless events

• Week 15, issue 181: Muni Wi-Fi growing pains in the mainstream press

• Week 14, issue 180: Updated list of US wireless cities and counties posted on Muniwireless.com

• Week 13, issue 179: Muniwireless launches web seminar series; disruption at the edges

• Week 12, issue 178: Muni Wi-Fi is the next platform for innovation

• Week 11, issue 177: MuniWireless Salon: Amsterdam coming soon

• Week 10, issue 176: One year later, St. Cloud network shows impressive results; Corpus Christi sells network to EarthLink; AT&T is into muni Wi-Fi

• Week 9, issue 175: Wi-Fi on public transport; European Commission attacks Deutsche Telekom fiber monopoly

• Week 8, issue 174: Should incumbents have a role in municipal wireless? Or is that a stupid question?

• Week 7, issue 173: San Francisco Board of Supervisors postpone EarthLink vote; Houston and St. Petersburg (Florida) choose , EarthLink for citywide Wi-Fi

• Week 6, issue 172: San Francisco Board of Supervisors may delay EarthLink vote; Eight Step plan to a national broadband strategy

• Week 5, issue 171: San Francisco wireless debate heats up; St. Cloud ranked no. 1 metro Wi-Fi city

• Week 4, issue 170: Check out our new website; Atlanta has chosen EarthLink

• Week 3, issue 169: A joint RFP for Long Island

• Week 2, issue 168: EarthLink signs deal with San Francisco; Apple and Nokia launch Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices

• Week 1, issue 167: List of US cities and counties updated

2006

• Week 51, issue 166: Report ties broadband to economic growth; the importance of acceptance testing

• Week 50, issue 165: Longmont, Colorado unwires; US net neutrality bills stall

• Week 49, issue 164: Corpus Christi and Portland launch networks; MW adds staff writers

• Week 48, issue 163: Global Wi-Fi usage skyrockets 111% in 10 months

• Week 47, issue 162: SF muni Wi-Fi mess? No, just politics as usual!

• Week 46, issue 161: Microsoft enters municipal Wi-Fi market

• Week 45, issue 160: FCC Commissioner Copps slams US broadband

• Week 44, issue 159: Hartford, Connecticut launches wireless pilot; muni fiber rollouts in Europe

• Week 43, issue 158: Muniwireless Minneapolis conference a huge success; 2006 State of the Market Report released

• Week 42, issue 157: AT&T wins Riverside bid

• Week 41, issue 156: FTC report on muni wireless; Winston-Salem choose IBM-Cisco

• Week 40, issue 155: Paris, France issues RFP for public Wi-Fi

• Week 39, issue 154: Muniwireless conference highlights; Chicago issues RFP

• Week 38, issue 153: Lucerne, Switzerland gets citywide Wi-Fi; free wireless in Helsinki

• Week 37, issue 152: September 2006 list of US wireless cities and regions published

• Week 36, issue 151: Wireless Silicon Valley announces bid winners

• Week 35, issue 150: AT&T to unwire Springfield, Ill.; muni censorship

• Week 34, issue 149: Fastest growing municipalities go wireless

• Week 33, issue 148: Google Mountain View network launched

• Week 32, issue 147: Marc Pomerleau on Green WiFi; AT&T finalist in Riverside

• Week 31, issue 146: Boston Wireless task force issues recommendations, EarthLink wins Pasadena bid

• Week 30, issue 145: Free Wi-Fi calling, US telcos still clueless and Paris Wi-Fi heats up

• Week 29, issue 144: Sacramento issues RFP; Suffolk and Nassau counties go Wi-Fi

• Week 26, issue 143: Jim Baller gets Muniwireless award; the debate over Chaska

• Week 25, issue 142: After the Muniwireless conference; Atlanta issues RFP

• Week 24, issue 141: Network Neutrality

• Week 23, issue 140: June 2006 list of cities and counties posted

• Week 22, issue 139: Chicago issues draft RFP; Muniwireless mesh survey

• Week 21, issue 138: Muniwireless conference discount extended; BT unwires 12 cities; Seattle issues RFI for wired/wireless network

• Week 20, issue 137: Muniwireless Conference June 19-21 highlights

• Week 19, issue 136: Aurora, Illinois gets citywide Wi-Fi; Winston-Salem, NC issues RFP

• Week 18, issue 135: Silicon Valley, Mesa, downtown Phoenix and Winston-Salem go wireless

• Week 17, issue 134: It’s raining RFPs! Santa Monica, Riverside, Chicago…

• Week 16, issue 133: Muniwireless Silicon Valley conference; analysis of Earthlink-Philly contract

• Week 15, issue 132: Portland selects MetroFi for municipal wireless network

• Week 14, issue 131: SF selects EarthLink to deploy municipal wireless broadband network

• Week 13, issue 130: Chevron builds city network for Burleson, telco front groups exposed and Baller’s FTTH white paper

• Week 12, issue 129: St. Cloud update, Houston issues RFP and the meaning of free

• Week 11, issue 128: Are cable and telecoms companies entering muni wireless?

• Week 10, issue 127: AT&T enters municipal wireless; Florida goes Wi-Fi crazy

• Week 9, issue 126: Terms of Earthlink-Philadelphia deal announced; Miami-Dade countywide Wi-Fi plans

• Week 8, issue 125: Racine County and Mesa issue bids; SF bid responses are in

• Week 7, issue 124: Muniwireless Magazine launches in March 2006

• Week 6, issue 123: February 2006 list of muni wireless networks (update to July 2005 Report)

• Week 5, issue 122: $200 Billion Broadband Scandal

• Week 4, issue 121: Silicon Valley gets wireless network, list of 2005-2006 RFPs posted on Muniwireless

• Week 3, issue 120: Updates on Taipei, Pasadena, Washtenaw County and Milwaukee; sign up for Muniwireless Atlanta Conference

• Week 2, issue 119: Indiana Senate Committee approves anti-muni bill; Muniwireless roundtables and Atlanta Conference news

• Week 1, issue 118: SF issues RFP for citywide network; top stories of 2005

2005

• Week 51, issue 117: Pasadena and St. Louis Park issue bids for citywide Wi-Fi networks

• Week 50, issue 116: San Francisco holds hearings on wireless initiative

• Week 49, issue 115: Muniwireless Atlanta conference in March; Racine County feasibility study posted

• Week 48, issue 114: Macedonia unwired

• Week 46, issue 113: Vote for Muniwireless on TechWeb; Plano, TX and Mountain View, CA go wireless

• Week 45, issue 112: Latest trend is countywide Wi-Fi; Muniwireless Atlanta conference March 6-7, 2006

• Week 44, issue 111: Aurora and Diamond Bar consider citywide Wi-Fi; Oakland County pilot projects begin

• Week 43, issue 110: Minneapolis, Anaheim and Madison push ahead with citywide Wi-Fi

• Week 42, issue 109: Wireless Washtenaw deadline extended and Pennsylvania considers extending muni broadband deadline

• Week 41, issue 108: SF posts RFI responses, Milwaukee unwires and Michigan faces telecoms bill with muni broadband restrictions

• Week 40, issue 107: Philadelphia chooses Earthlink, San Francisco RFI gets interesting responses

• Week 39, issue 106: Muniwireless conference was a big success; market sizing report now available

• Week 38, issue 105: Portland issues RFP for citywide network and Vint Cerf joins Big Broadband Everywhere group

• Week 37, issue 104: Draft US broadband bill released and cellular-WiFi convergence gets closer

• Week 36, issue 103: Community wireless groups help in hurricane relief efforts; municipal broadband in France

• Week 35, issue 102: Telabria offers countywide wireless broadband in Kent (UK) and Miami Beach issues RFP for citywide Wi-Fi

• Week 34, issue 101: Intel launches Digital Communities initiative

• Week 33, issue 100: Philadelphia chooses HP and Earthlink, SF issues RFI for citywide Wi-Fi

• Week 32, issue 99: FCC Broadband Report is flawed, Andrew Rasiej outlines NYC Wi-Fi plan and Muniwireless conference loves counties

• Week 31, issue 98: Jodi Sherman Jahic on the future of municipal wireless, Malden and Southlake go wireless and Second Anniversary Report is out

• Week 30, issue 97: Senator Ensign proposes rewrite of Telecoms Act of 1996, Sarasot goes Wi-Fi and Palo Alto changes it FTTH plans

• Week 29, issue 96B: Philadelphia chooses three finalists, it’s raining RFPs and the Muniwireless Conference article series launches featuring Dewayne Hendricks

• Week 29, issue 96: Muniwireless conference September 28-29, San Francisco

• Week 28, issue 95: Denver issues RFP for citywide Wi-Fi network, Mike Nicosia on municipal broadband strategies and Greg Richardson talks about the irresistible force behind always-on broadband

• Week 27, issue 94: Jupiter Research report on muni Wi-Fi costs, Sascha Meinrath on cost of open source citywide network, Karl Edwards on evaluating RFP responses and whose Internet is it anyway?

• Week 26, issue 93: Portland, Minneapolis and Charleston deploy citywide Wi-Fi networks, Oakland County (MI) project attracts private sector partners and Turku, Finland goes cooperative

• Week 25, issue 92: McCain-Lautenberg bill supports muni broadband, rural Vermont unwired, Washtenaw County plans giant Wi-Fi network and New York City is hot on wireless broadband

• Week 24, issue 91: Muniwireless 2005 conference in San Francisco, Earthlink gets into muni Wi-Fi, NYC parks unwired and Marshalltown gets free hotzone

• Week 23, issue 90: Ripon deploys citywide Wi-Fi, Fredericton delivers free citywide Wi-Fi, Maine allows wireless broadband, Nebraska bans it and Seattle is most unwired city in the US

• Week 22, issue 89: Proposed federal ban on municipal networks, Monticello gets citywide Wi-Fi, Corpus Christi issues call for partnership and Jonathan Baltuch on ROI from muni Wi-Fi

• Week 21, issue 88: Heartland Institute rants again, Seattle recommends muni network, Barry Diller slams US telecoms policy and rural areas go wireless

• Week 20, issue 87: New Zealand invests millions in muni broadband, free citywide Wi-Fi in St. Cloud and David Boardman talks about muni wireless applications

• Week 19, issue 86: EU endorses public funding of municipal broadband, Cupertino gets $19.95 citywide Wi-Fi, Washington County (OR) issues two RFPs for public safety

• Week 18, issue 85: Oakland County, Michigan issues an RFP, Mother Jones exposes Comcast’s dirty war against muni broadband and Los Angeles issues a muni Wi-Fi report

• Week 17, issue 84: Funding a free city network with ads, US leads the world in dial-up while Hongkong gets 1 Gbps broadband and telco sockpuppet targets bloggers

• Week 16, issue 83: Lots of RFPs issued this week, muni Wi-Fi is taking off in Spain and Dave Hughes on Colorado lawmakers bowing to Qwest

• Week 15, issue 82: Philadelphia’s business plan and RFP announced, Free Press exposes telco lies, Moorhead and Minneapolis go Wi-Fi and Craig Cameron tells us why metro Wi-Fi and mobile VOIP rock

• Week 14, issue 81: Philadelphia to announce citywide Wi-Fi plans, Ron Sege responds to Andy Seybold, Colorado House Committee approves anti-muni bill and West Virginia waters down pro-muni bill

• Week 13, issue 80: Andrew Seybold on Wi-Fi chaos, West Virginia pro-muni bill gets watered down, Buffalo (NY) and Orlando (FL) plan large Wi-Fi hotzones, and the disastrous US spectrum policy

• Week 12, issue 79: West Virginia introduces pro-muni broadband bill, Texas House sends watered down bill to Senate, Addison and Lompoc launch citywide wireless

• Week 11, issue 78: Anti-muni restrictions removed from Texas HB 789, Bill Gurley on state legislatures stopping broadband rollout and FCC opens up access to 3650-3700 MHz bands

• Week 10, issue 77: March 2005 Report is out, Chicago looks into citywide Wi-Fi, guess who is behind those nasty telecom “reform” bills

• Week 9, issue 76: List of pending bills with updates, Canadians deploy large rural wireless network and Harold Feld on why we need to keep the muni option open

• Week 8, issue 75: Texas legislature holds hearing on House Bill 789, mobile Wi-Fi at 130 km/h and Lawrence Lessig on the stupidity of anti-muni broadband laws

• Week 7, issue 74: Indiana bill dies, Texas introduces anti-muni broadband bill, EFF joins fight, and “good service” according to the incumbents

• Week 6, issue 73: Dianah Neff says hands off our network, telco-tainted report finally released and municipal broadband business model in Sweden

• Week 5, issue 72: Indiana’s dreadful HB 1148 dissected, free open source mesh networking software and San Sebastian unwired

• Week 4, issue 71: Anaheim wants citywide Wi-Fi, BellSouth runs to the courthouse and an industry in the grip of change

• Week 3, issue 70: Tempe issues RFP, Nebraska joins anti-muni party, St. Cloud and Cebu get unwired

• Week 2, issue 69: Intel backs municipal wireless, Indiana passes worst anti-muni bill ever, Wisconsin wants statewide Wi-Fi

• Week 1, issue 68: West Hollywood and Fullerton unwired, the Battle of Lafayette, Las Vegas wireless mesh

2004

• Week 51, issue 67: Muni broadband as anti-poverty weapon

• Week 50, issue 66: Madison unwired, iProvo goes live, tight jeans break cell phones

• Week 49, issue 65: State laws and lobbying, fallout from Pennsylvania House Bill 30

• Week 48, issue 64: Extensive Pennsylvania House Bill 30 coverage, no broadband-no jobs, free Wi-Fi in Starbucks?

• Week 47, issue 63: 101 uses for muni Wi-Fi, Iowa grassroots community Wi-Fi, Motorola and Nortel get mesh

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