MuniWireless

The conventional wisdom among my friends who are Net Neutrality fanatics is that a change of regime will finally bring about tough net neutrality legislation, ushering in a Golden Age of cutthroat competition in the US market for broadband services, leading to faster speeds, lower monthly costs for Internet access, no throttling, no deep packet inspection, no blocking of applications and so on.

I have serious doubts about my friends’ fantasies, especially after reading this AP news article which reports that…

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is running a Wi-Fi bus between Stonestown Shopping Center and Outer Richmond from Monday through Friday, thanks to a partnership with Cisco. In addition to providing Wi-Fi to passengers, the bus has several touch-screens that let people who don’t have iPhones or laptops, view transportation maps and obtain information about connecting lines. Wiring the bus cost $10,000. I am not sure it makes a lot of sense to spend this much money on providing…

T-Mobile has released interesting statistics on the iPhone’s usage in the Netherlands since the launch of the 3G version six weeks ago:

49% of iPhone customers are between 25-49 years old, 26% are between 18-24. More men than women have purchased the phone. The average data use in the first 5 days after the launch was 10 MB per day. The most popular version of the iPhone is the black, 16 GB device. The most popular subscription is the 150 voice…

Fauquier County. Virginia has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the creation of a county-wide broadband network. Note: the network can be wired, wireless or both. Fauquier County (pop. 63,000, largely rural) is in the north central Piedmont region of Virginia, 40 miles southwest of Washington DC. It covers 660 square miles (1710 square kilometers). Although the county is not funding the network, it is not requiring the provider to offer free access.

A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 in the 2nd…