Archive | June, 2008

Oklahoma City rolls out world’s largest muni Wi-Fi mesh network

By on June 3, 2008 in Public Safety

On June 3, 2008 Oklahoma City is launching what it claims to be the largest city-owned municipal Wi-Fi mesh network in the world. The network, which went live in September 2006 and has been improved and expanded since that time, will be used only for public safety and municipal applications; it is not open to [...]

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Cambria County, Pennsylvania launches countywide wireless network

By on June 2, 2008 in WiFi News

Cambria County, Pennsylvania has launched its countywide wireless network (Cambria Connected) which will be used mainly for public safety, but also for government, education and commercial use. Among the applications that will run on the network are land mobile radio (LMR) with simulcast backhaul, automatic meter reading, business and residential broadband, video surveillance, high speed [...]

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Fixing muni Wi-Fi: get mobile operators to provide basic universal data service

By on June 2, 2008 in Applications, Legislation and public policy

Brian McConnell posted an article on GigaOm on how to fix muni Wi-Fi. He says (in part): “It seems reasonable to me to require mobile operators — as a condition for siting cell towers throughout a community — to provide basic service to users who can’t afford it. What might this wireless “lifeline” service look [...]

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New WiMAX report: Why the ‘New’ Clearwire gives WiMax its best chance at success in the US marketplace

By on June 2, 2008 in Our Research, Resources, WiMax Technologies

Sidecut Reports has just released a new updated version of their WiMax report, which includes a comprehensive study of the “new” Clearwire WiMax deal and its $3.2 billion of investment from a group that includes Google, Comcast, Intel and Time Warner Cable. Motivations behind the investments and the combination of WiMax assets from Sprint Nextel [...]

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Skype on Heathrow Express Wi-Fi sounds pretty good

By on June 1, 2008 in Devices, WiMax Technologies

Today I had a conversation with Andy Abramson via Skype. He was traveling on the Heathrow Express (the train that ferries people between Heathrow Airport and London’s Paddington Station), but what made the call very special was that he was using the train’s Wi-Fi service, accessing the network via his new Asus eee PC900, a [...]

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