MuniWireless

Not really, says Sascha Meinrath, Research Director for the New America Foundation’s Wireless Future Program and a founder of the Champaign-Urbana Wireless Network. Sascha agrees that Meraki is a good option for people who want to create a wireless network quickly, but they don’t understand that although the hardware seems inexpensive ($49 for the indoor repeater, $149 for the outdoor solar-powered mesh access point), Meraki users could wind up paying much more than they expected:

“Hundreds of projects, organizations, and municipalities…

Even though he’s busy managing day-to-day operations for the “old” Clearwire as he also works on integration issues for the “new” Clearwire and its planned nationwide WiMax network, Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff still found time to talk to Sidecut Reports for a mid-summer update this week. In this edited transcript of our phone interview, Wolff talks about what is tops on his priority list, including Clearwire’s coming launch of Mobile WiMax services in Portland, Ore., along with an ongoing process…

PC Magazine has published a long article entitled Access Everywhere: The Definitive Guide to Wi-Fi which tells you where to find Wi-Fi on the road, in public transport, hotels, airports; how to turn your mobile phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot; how to share Wi-Fi connections, and more. It’s the best guide I’ve seen for getting and staying connected while traveling in the US. The article mentions Muniwireless and I have to admit that now, I have to update the list…