Archive | July, 2010

Preliminary Analysis: First Batch of Stimulus Round 2 Awards

By on July 6, 2010 in Legislation and public policy, United States

RUS, NTIA and the White House held a preliminary conference call last week to talk about the first batch of NOFA Round 2 (broadband stimulus) award winners. No doubt the winners are popping champagne corks and started their 4th of July weekend fireworks early. The rest of the applicants and some of the rest of [...]

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Two whitepapers on ROI: network infrastructure and software as a service (SaaS)

By on July 6, 2010 in Reports, White Papers

Today I have selected two white papers on return on investment (ROI). The reason is that many of you are struggling with tight budgets, so you don’t want to waste your money on useless hardware and software. When it comes to networking infrastructure, how much should you invest in new equipment to get what you [...]

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Tales from the Towers, Chapter 8: Half of something is better than nothing, but why settle?

By on July 5, 2010 in Case Studies + White Papers, How-To, WiFi Deployments

This is Chapter 8 of Rory Conaway’s series, “Tales From The Towers”, about setting up a large scale Wi-Fi network. If you have not yet done so, read Chapter 7: One Size Does Not Fit All. Our network is pretty inexpensive but it suffers from first generation bandwidth problems of losing 50 percent of the [...]

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Obama announces 66 new broadband stimulus projects, none in California

By on July 2, 2010 in Legislation and public policy, United States

President Obama announced today the 66 winners of broadband stimulus grants from the Department of Commerce and Department of Agriculture. The big loser: California. Not one single project in California got funded. Among the lucky few are: ComNet: $30 million grant to build 700 miles of fiber throughout 28 counties in Western Ohio. Pine Telephone [...]

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How odd that you need a credit card to access free WiFi in Minneapolis

By on July 1, 2010 in Consumer, WiFi Deployments, WiFi News

US Internet has set up 117 Wi-Fi hotspots around the city of Minneapolis, as part of its contract with the city. Many of the hotspots are in public parks and other locations. US Internet has deployed the largest citywide Wi-Fi network in the United States, and Minneapolis is paying $1.25 million per year for 10 [...]

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