Archive | August, 2009

Recent updates to Muniwireless list of cities and counties

By on August 3, 2009 in WiFi Deployments

A few months ago I published an update on cities and counties in the US that have Wi-Fi projects. I will be updating that list soon but in the meantime, here are a few changes to that list. These were submitted by service provider who was involved in the projects. Corvallis, Oregon:  RFP issued, but [...]

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Latest statistics on use of Hongkong muni Wi-Fi network

By on August 3, 2009 in Asia, WiFi Deployments

Infoworld has a very interesting article on the use of Hong Kong’s government-sponsored WiFi network: “31.5 percent of WiFi users in Hong Kong use the GovWiFi network available for access in government facilities such as libraries, sport centers, and parks. Among the GovWiFi users, 64.6 percent access the network from libraries.” The main complaint about [...]

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Clearwire adds 10 new markets, slates ‘official’ launch for Sept. 1

By on August 3, 2009 in WiMAX

In what seems to be now a standard practice, the folks at Clearwire are launching markets by first making them available on their coverage map page, followed by “official” launches a month or so later. We are not sure of what the difference is — to us, a market is “officially” live when you start [...]

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Mobile Citizen offers $10 per month WiMAX service to schools and nonprofits

By on August 1, 2009 in Industry News

Mobile Citizen, a provider of broadband for education and non-profits, has announced that it is offering $10 per month WiMAX subscriptions to schools and non-profits in Portland, Las Vegas, Chicago and Philadelphia. Mobile Citizen is the first service provider in the US to offer WiMAX access exclusively to educational institutions and non-profits. They are reselling Clearwire’s [...]

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