Despite significant challenges, an increasing number of cities are planning to deploy Wi-Fi networks across large areas. High-profile cities currently include San Francisco, Philadelphia and Houston, but as described in a new report titled “2006 Muni Broadband Outlook” from Light Reading Insider, other cities include Anaheim, Calif.; Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Boston; Buffalo, N.Y.; Chicago; Denver;… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Municipal
Can Wi-Fi Make It In Manhattan?
New York City lawmakers are taking a long, hard look at using 802.11-based Wi-Fi or some other technology to get the city’s roughly 8 million citizens access to broadband. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Project Director Gets Another Kudo
Philadelphia’s wireless Internet for the masses initiative has given big telecommunications firms fits, but it has also won another plaudit for city chief information officer Dianah Neff. Via [philly.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi For The Masses
If nothing else, 2005 was an entertaining year for many a town, city or even county — though the entertainment sometimes came at the expense of incumbent telecommunications companies. Via [govtech.net]… Continue Reading
Arlington Goes Wireless With Free Internet Service
Arlington County is asking technology companies to give Internet users something for nothing. Via [msnbc.msn.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Venture Tests Philadelphia
Wireless Philadelphia is a project that has been in development for several years, but which will not be finished until late 2006. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Free Wi-Fi For All In Sunnyvale
Mountain View-based MetroFi is expected to announce today that it plans to bring free, advertising-supported wireless Internet service to all 130,000 residents of Sunnyvale. Via [mercurynews.com]… Continue Reading
Tempe Launches Citywide Wi-Fi
City officials in Tempe, Ariz., hosted a “Cutting the Wires” ceremony on Monday, marking the initial availability of Tempe’s citywide wireless access network. Via [pcmag.com]… Continue Reading
New Orleans Set To Launch Free Wi-Fi
Hurricane-ravaged New Orleans will deploy the nation’s first municipally owned wireless Internet system that will be free for all users, part of an effort to jump-start recovery by making living and doing business in the city as attractive as possible. Via [chicagotribune.com]… Continue Reading
Akron Builds Wi-Fi/WiMAX Mesh Network
The City of Akron is planning to build a 62-square-mile wireless network that will anticipate future technology advancements. The city is starting with a Wi-Fi rollout and will have the capability of adding WiMAX and additional advancements in the future. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi, On A $300-A-Month Salary
The Balkan country of Macedonia is planning a wireless mesh network that will cover 1,000 square miles so that the country’s more than 2 million residents can get online. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Westminster Council Widens Wi-Fi Network
A pioneering public sector wireless network is being extended, and should eventually bring Wi-Fi to local residents. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Google’s Free-Wi-Fi Offer Is Good For All In Mountain View
Free lunches do exist. It’s just that they’re pretty rare. So when you are offered one, you take it. Via [mercurynews.com]… Continue Reading
Cisco Enters Citywide Wireless Market
Cisco Systems will throw its hat into the municipal Wi-Fi ring on Tuesday when it announces wireless-network product enhancements that extend its technology into outside deployments. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
SF Leaders Voice Concerns About Wi-Fi Project
San Francisco’s plan for citywide Wi-Fi ran into some friction Friday from a local regulatory agency. Via [infoworld.nl]… Continue Reading