And the winner is . . . the incumbent! It appears that Verizon and AT&T have won most of the licenses. Google came up with nothing. Read more at Harold Feld’s blog.
Don’t expect any kind of innovation from these guys. What a waste of time and money the 700 MHz auctions have been.
Finally after all these years, the FCC has decided that it will no longer call 200 Kbps “broadband”. Of course this is long after other countries (and many Americans) have ceased considering the 200 Kbps level as anything but dial-up. Now 768 Kbps is the threshold. It’s like “50 is the new 30″. Oh well. In my view 768 Kbps is laughable and an insult to the phrase “high speed”, but, to be fair, it’s better than nothing, so let’s…
The city of Los Gatos, California has unwired its municipal network to provide seamless wireless connectivity around city facilities. The idea is to enable municipal workers to access critical city data and, at the same time, provide free Internet connectivity to the public in those areas.
According to city informtion systems manager Chris Gjerde the network figures prominently into the city’s plan for emergency preparedness. He cited an incident in 1989 when an earthquake rendered the town hall unstable and city officials…
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