MuniWireless

Susan Crawford spoke to the House Judiciary Committee, along with Damian Kulash of OK Go, Michele Combs of Christian Coalition of America, Rick Carnes of Songwriters Guild of America, Caroline Fredrickson of ACLU, and Christopher Yoo of University of Pennsylvania:

Tuesday 03/11/2008 - 2:00 PM 2141 Rayburn House Office Building Judiciary Committee Antitrust Task Force Hearing on Net Neutrality and Free Speech on the Internet http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=426

You can watch the video of the hearing by going to the URL above or clicking…

Children are growing up in a world that’s increasingly technological and, as they do, they are arriving on the nation’s campuses with expectations of connectivity. Recognizing that trend, the University of California at Santa Barbara has issued a Request for Information to unwire the public areas of the campus that are accessible by students and faculty.

The campus has already unwired many essential services. This RFI seeks universal access for students expecting to have connectivity wherever and whenever they want it. It quotes the…

ChinaStakes.com reports that Shanghai is poised to become China’s first wireless city. It will be interesting to see if the prophecy comes true. The city is one of many in China that have undertaken wireless initiatives and it appears locked in competition with Beijing to unwire first.

Shanghai, which is arguably the country’s most commerical city in terms of its role in international trade, appears locked in competition with Beijing, the nation’s capital, in a race to claim the title of…