MuniWireless

The municipal wireless broadband network in Longmont, Colorado has finally gone live. DHB Networks, a service provider, took over the network from Kite which the city had contracted in 2006 to build the network. Kite went out of business after spending almost $2 million. DHB says that it has 1000 subscribers in Longmont and that its goal is to increase that number to 2500 by the end of 2009.

Colorado law prevents munis from upgrading infrastructure

Although the city owns the fiber…

DHB Networks is planning to re-launch the citywide Wi-Fi network that was originally deployed by Kite Networks in Longmont, Colorado on May 1. DHB is adding more wireless access points to provide better and more coverage in the city.

I spoke to Chris Harris, president of DHB Networks, this week and he told me that DHB will be announcing the deployment of more muni wireless networks in the next few weeks. Unlike other wireless ISPs, DHB decided not to bid on…

Residents of Longmont, Texas, are enjoying free Wi-Fi while Gobility, owner of Kite Networks, which deployed the network, ponders its future. Meanwhile, Farmers Branch, Texas, appears poised to repossess Kite’s network there and negotiations to sell networks in Tempe and Chandler, Arizona, may be on the rocks.

Residents of Longmont, Texas, are enjoying free Wi-Fi while Gobility, owner of Kite Networks, sorts through its business difficulties. According to a report in the Longmont Times-Call, “the city is now one, big, free…