 Articles written by Peter Orne
Broadband Wireless Communities Blog
Community Wi-Fi Revival Meeting in Riverside Draws Hundreds
A broad cross section of residents from around this Southern California community of 290,000 showed up to learn about a citywide Wi-Fi mesh network coming online this summer. More
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OneCommunity to Spur Digital Inclusion in 26 Knight Communities and Beyond
 A five-year, $25-million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to OneCommunity will be used to create a Knight Center of Digital Excellence in Akron, Ohio, and to spur digital inclusion in cities around the United States. The initiative includes a $10-million Digital Opportunity Fund that can be tapped to provide challenge grants to the 26 U.S. communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. More
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Digital Divide and the Role of State and Federal Government
W2i's Public-Officials Roundtable Broadband and the Role of State and Federal Government gathered together statewide broadband directors, Congressional staffers, think-tank experts, broadband-wireless industry and systems-integrator representatives in a structured brainstorm session at the Marriott Washington, DC, Hotel on the morning of Wednesday, December 12, 2007. More
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Microsoft Director Sees Blueprint Emerging for Digital Inclusion in Cities
Maria E. Wynne, Senior Director of the Office of Economic Development and Innovation, U.S. Public Sector, for Microsoft, believes that municipalities can better organize their digital-inclusion initiatives—to connect seniors and youth, ethnic minorities, and the marginalized—in a sustainable fashion. More
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FCC Commissioners Battle Over US Broadband Ranking
Two FCC commissioners, writing nine months apart, debate the merits of an ITU ranking on US broadband penetration and assess the role of government versus the free market in bridging the digital divide. More
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Cambria County: AllCoNet's Pennsylvania Cousin Rolls Out
County commissioners announced that they would build a $10-million countywide wireless network to bring its public-safety telecommunication infrastructure into compliance with an FCC mandate—and bring Cambria County into the 21st century. More
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Wireless Competition, Low-Cost Internet, Coming to Mexico City: Q&A with Sam Podolsky
 On April 2nd, Mexico City Mayor Carlos Ebrard signed a deal with China’s ZTE to establish a broadband-wireless network across the city to provide affordable Internet access and enhance public safety. At the Digital Cities Convention in Chicago, May 22–23, Sam Podolsky, President of the Mexico City Council of Competitiveness and Economic Development, will talk about the City’s plans at a Global Town Hall Meeting. More
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Wireless in Education: Houston Schools Tap Wi-Fi
At one of Houston's most underfunded school districts, Director of Technology Don Green sees how the city's wireless plans paired with Web-based accounts can extend learning and opportunity into the homes of 10,000 students and their families. More
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U.S. Proposed Broadband Legislation in 2007
MultiState Associates, a U.S.-based state and local government-relations and procurement resource service, provides a state-by-state overview of proposed broadband legislation in 2007 More
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Putting Technologists to the Test
Interview with Accessibility Guru Kevin Carey More
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