Minneapolis Wi-Fi Boots Up
The first segment of the city's high-speed wireless Internet network has gone live, and it works. But Wi-Fi service won't come downtown until sometime next week, and the whole city won't be done until November. The cost is $20 per month.
From Minneapolis Star-Tribune, June 05, 2007
Advance for Philly Wireless Network
The Philadelphia network is one step closer to completion.
From Philly.com, May 23, 2007
Minneapolis Wi-Fi Works, Where it Exists
On Monday, I took my first test drive on the new network and even in the one part of the city that was supposed to be running, service was scattered at best.
From Minneapolis Star-Tribune, May 16, 2007
St. Louis to Get Citywide Wi-Fi Network
St. Louis and AT&T Inc. are working to create the network, which will provide wireless connections to the Internet at broadband speeds. Residents and visitors to the city will receive 20 free hours of access a month.
From Associated Press, May 04, 2007
U.S. Broadband Access Slips Further
What do Internet users in Denmark, Holland, Iceland, Canada, and France have in common? They're more likely to be sending e-mail and surfing the Web over a high-speed link than just about anyone else in the world-including their counterparts in the U.S.
From America's Network, May 02, 2007
Macon (GA) Deploys Municipal Wireless
The city of Macon, Ga., announced it deployed a citywide Wi-Fi network using equipment and technology from Motorola Inc. The city deployed Motorola's Motomesh offering in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band for residents and city workers and in the licensed 4.9 GHz band for public-safety uses.
From RCR News, May 01, 2007
Newton (MA) to Have City-Wide Wi-Fi Mesh
Galaxy Internet Services has selected Strix Systems to provide its Access/One Outdoor Wireless System (OWS) high-capacity, multi-radio mesh network for the city-wide Wi-Fi network in Newton, Massachusetts.
From Government Technology, April 30, 2007
Rural TeleCon Slated for Illinois
Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn, Chairman of the Illinois Broadband Deployment Council and the Governor's Rural Affairs Council, in partnership with the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, will the Rural Telecon in Springfield this October 14-17, 2007.
From RuralTelecon.org, April 27, 2007
Filtering Boston's Free Municipal Wi-Fi Net
A blog post nails the legality of filtering.
From ZDnet, April 25, 2007
Intel: Wireless Spectrum Can Get Crowded
The use of multiple radios, or wireless transmitters, will push the adoption of mobile technologies, but will require industry coordination and careful construction, an Intel executive said Monday in Beijing.
From PC World, April 16, 2007
