MuniWireless

Princeton, Illinois, is deploying broadband-over-powerline service in the final quadrant of a city-wide network and it looks like service will become available to residents by the end of this month. According to a story in the PSJStar, the service will be offered by the city electrical utility. Residents will be able to access the Internet via electrical outlets in their homes and businesses using a special modem. This is an especially interesting project. BPL generated a lot of interest sometime…

The free wireless Internet access at the public library in Fitchburg may be just a preview of things to come. That town and other Massachusetts communities, including Shrewsbury, Worcester, Princeton, Boston, Orleans and Amherst, all have municipal broadband plans in various stages of development.The free wireless Internet access at the public library in Fitchburg may be just a preview of things to come. That town and other Massachusetts communities, including Shrewsbury, Worcester, Princeton, Boston, Orleans and Amherst, all have municipal…