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City of Saint Paul, Minnesota and Ramsey County have issued an RFP and are seeking to enter into a public-private patnership with a proposer who represents one or more qualified network service providers or other qualified respondents to support efforts to obtain funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), or other funding sources, [...]
With the prospect of two new appointees to ARCEP (the French regulator) to replace Paul Champsaur and Gabrielle Gauthey, both of whom were instrumental in bringing more competition into the French telecommunications market, a war of words has erupted between ARCEP and the French operators, notably, France Telecom. During the tenure of Paul Champsaur, who [...]
This has to be the quirkiest broadband policy ever. Venice, Italy will be giving free Internet access to newborn residents. The city is laying 76 kilometeres of fiber optic cable to deliver high-speed broadband service and installing 600 Wi-Fi hotspots that will provide free Wi-Fi service. And Venice did what every city should be doing: [...]
Pasadena has shelved its plans for a citywide Wi-Fi network after EarthLink pulled out of its contractual obligations to build one for the city. EarthLink has done the same to a number of other cities (and surprisingly I have not heard one of them suing EarthLink for breach of contract). According to this article, the [...]
Viviane Reding, the European commissioner in charge of telecommunications will do everything she can to enforce functional (or structural) separation in the EU. According to this article in the NYT, the EU’s efforts to increase competition in the member states, by clamping down on the power of local telecom incumbents, has resulted in a dramatic [...]
Twenty-two towns in rural Vermont plan to pool resources to launch a fiber-optic project that could be live by the end of 2009. The idea is to bring together a large enough collective to attractive the necessary funding.
Meraki, a wireless mesh equipment maker, has announced a bold plan to create a citywide Wi-Fi cloud in San Francisco that would provide free Internet access. The project relies upon residents setting up solar-powered mesh nodes on their rooftops and repeaters in their homes. What is Meraki’s “secret” sauce? Here’s what the press release says: [...]
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, may expand the city’s broadband network to run fiber to every home..The project would require about $22 million in capitol expenses and bond funding. Glenwood Springs, Colorado, may expand the city’s broadband network to run fiber to every home. The project would require about $22 million in capitol expenses and bond funding. [...]
The European Commission has approved public funding of a fiber optic network in the region southeast of Toulouse, France. The network will cost 2 million EUR to build.The European Commission has approved a 2 million EUR public funding of a fiber optic network in the region southeast of Toulouse, France. The network allows access to [...]
The presentations at the Muniwireless Amsterdam Salon which took place on 11 June 2007 are now posted online. These are Powerpoint slides about the Amsterdam fiber to the home project, fiber deployments in Europe, the broadband market and WiMAX in France. The presentations at the Muniwireless Amsterdam Salon which took place on 11 June 2007 [...]
Esme Vos: That is something I'm trying to find out....
Rory Conaway: Do we know what access point they are using?...
me: Wimax uses adaptive modulation the speed is direct...
Ken Biba: I am skeptical of the overarching assertions in th...
z: I think it inferred, "Tesco, [refering to] the UK...
PJ: Um it's a UK supermarket chain, not THE UK superm...
Mark: When will this app be available for iPhone?...
b: this has never worked for me and i know a lot abou...
Dale Buckey: I think your MuniWireless position is really gaini...
Rory Conaway: Do you know what hardware they used?...
Rory Coanway: WISPS need new markets to expand into. The concep...
WISP: That's the ticket: pile more and more outdoor use...
Sanghvi Eurotech pvt ltd: Requirement of Wi Fi Solution
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Brandon: Everybody's doing that now. In fact, the only pho...
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