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The Grand Hotel Florence
in The Flyaway Weblog, on October 10, 2008
...lly home to the noble Guintini family. In the second half of the 18th Century, Florence undertook a citywide renovation, at which time the former palace was converted into a hotel. Overlooking the a...
IEEE Approves 802.11r Standard for Wi-Fi Roaming
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 31, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Karina Tischlinger
The IEEE has approved the specs for 802.11r, a new Standard for Wi-Fi roaming.
"Why should you care about this? It's designed for those moments when a Wi-Fi-connected device moves between hotspots, something the original 802.1...
Stephouse Networks Announces Muni Wi-Fi in Portland, Oregon
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 14, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, zack schnepf
Wireless ISP Stephouse Networks today announced that it had blanketed seven squares miles of Portland, Oregon with wireless broadband coverage using Proxim Wireless equipment.
The announcement follows the recent closure of MetroFi...
Oklahoma City Launches Citywide Wi-Fi Network
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 3, 2008
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Tropos Networks today announced the launch of Oklahoma City 's 555-square-mile citywide Wi-Fi network, calling it "the largest city owned and operated municipal Wi-Fi mesh ...
MetroFi to Sell its Municipal Wi-Fi Networks and/or Shut Down
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 16, 2008
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MetroFi has announced that's planning to sell its municipal networks - or simply shut them down if nobody wants to buy them.
"MetroFi's chief Chuck Haas emailed me this evening with the news that his firm has decided that they will sell their networks in nine citi...
EarthLink Pulls the Plug on Wireless Philadelphia Wi-Fi Service
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 13, 2008
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EarthLink today announced the termination of its Wi-Fi service in Philadelphia - the company is giving its Wi-Fi customers 30 days to find new service before it shuts the network down on June 12th.
"A few weeks earlier, Atlanta-based Earthlink announced it would shut d...
Intel and Comstar Plan Russian Mobile WiMax Network
in The Wireless Weblog, on December 13, 2007
...ek announced plans to work together on a nationwide mobile WiMax network in Russia, starting with a citywide network in Moscow planned for launch in late 2008.
"Participation in the project has...
CBS Announces 20-Block Wi-Fi Hotzone in Midtown Manhattan
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 16, 2007
CBS this week announced plans to create a ' CBS Mobile Zone ' in Midtown Manhattan, covering more than 20 city blocks with Wi-Fi from Times Square to Central Park South and from 6th Avenue to 8th Avenue. The network is expected to be fully operational by the end of November - tho...
Senate Committee Approves Community Broadband Act of 2007
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 1, 2007
The Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee this week approved the Community Broadband Act of 2007 , which forbids states to tell local governments they can't provide community broadband access.
"The bill would reverse laws on the books in Pennsylvania and 13 other...
Size Matters: Napa Utility Poles Too Short for Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on October 31, 2007
The Napa Valley Register's Kevin Courtney today reported that another muni Wi-Fi project has bit the dust.
"Plans to saturate the city of Napa with wireless Internet service, allowing computer-users to log on practically anywhere, have crashed," Courtney writes. "The city...
Vote For Me! I'll Give Ya Free Wi-Fi!
in The Wireless Weblog, on September 27, 2007
... running as the right- wing candidate for mayor of Sofia, Bulgaria , is promising free Wi-Fi citywide if he wins.
"Within months, there could be at least 100 places in Sofia with Wi-Fi I...
6th Annual 9/11 Concert Feature The KIN Headlining NYC Union Square Event
in Cool Picking, on September 10, 2007
In commemoration of the events of 9/11, the Sixth Annual SEPTEMBER CONCERT held in NYC"s Union Square is featuring the alt music band THE KIN as Headliners for this momentous occasion.
THE SEPTEMBER CONCERT is a worldwide event first organized in 2002 by Haruko Smith, Founder ...
Free WiFi Plans Fail
in Tech Without Wires, on August 30, 2007
...nk backed out of a proposed contract with the city.
It seems that the model of providing free wifi citywide with support from city administrators is coming into question not only in San Francisco and...
The End of Muni Wi-Fi?
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 30, 2007
With the recent demise of EarthLink's entire Municipal Networks division , along with cancelations of planned Wi-Fi networks in cities across America, a wide range of pundits are weighing in on the future of municipal Wi-Fi - and it doesn't look good.
The Economist today suggests...
EarthLink Exits the Wi-Fi Business
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 30, 2007
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom today confirmed that EarthLink's restructuring will mean that the company will no longer be involved in his city's planned Wi-Fi network.
According to the Associated Press' Lisa Leff , EarthLink CEO Rolla Huff told Newsom EarthLink would not...
EarthLink Fires Half of its Workforce
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 28, 2007
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On the same day that Chicago ended its plans for citywide Wi-Fi, EarthLink announced a total corporate restructuring that will result in the company firing 900 employees (almost half of its wor...
Chicago Kills Muni Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 28, 2007
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Chicago is ending its plans for citywide Wi-Fi, after talks with both EarthLink and AT&T led to a stalemate.
According to the Chicago Tribune's Jon Van , the city had offered infrastru...
EarthLink Reverses Direction on Muni Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 30, 2007
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Scott Leith on Friday reported that Rolla Huff, who recently took over as CEO of EarthLink , has stated that the company will be cutting its spending on municipal Wi-Fi systems.
"The Wi-Fi business, as currently constituted, will not provide an a...
Microsoft Teams with JiWire to Dominate Muni Wi-Fi Advertising
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 18, 2007
ComputerWorld's Matt Hamblen reports today that Microsoft has announced an agreement with JiWire to work together in placing ads on municipal Wi-Fi networks, starting in Portland, Oregon and Oakland County, Michigan.
"The two companies would not disclose terms of the allia...
Radioactif and Nomade Telecom to Blanket Montreal with WiMax
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 19, 2007
ITWorldCanada's Nestor E. Arellano reports that Quebec -based ISP Radioactif.com and network installer Nomade Telecom plan to cover the city of Montreal with WiMax by 2009. The companies are currently beta-testing the technology in Plateau Mont-Royal .
"Radioactif's ...
EarthLink and GCi Team to Sell Muni Wi-Fi Access
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 18, 2007
Wi-Fi Planet's Eric Griffith reports today that Boston-based GetConnected, Inc. (GCi) has announced plans to sell EarthLink's municipal Wi-Fi access at kiosks in retail outlets like Best Buy and Circuit City.
"Through GCi, retailers in EarthLink's muni-Fi cities can res...
St. Louis Park, Minnesota Gets Solar Powered Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 15, 2007
ComputerWorld's Matt Hamblen reports that city officials in St. Louis Park, Minnesota are providing Wi-Fi access throughout the 10-square-mile Minneapolis suburb using 400 solar-powered wireless access points installed by contractor ARINC . The network is called ParkWiFi .
"Our...
Carnival of the Mobilists #76
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 5, 2007
...iness practices but carriers are the gatekeepers after all. And besides, with the looming threat of citywide WiFi carriers may end up way more beholden to application developers than they are now.
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Nobody Wants London Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 3, 2007
NewsWireless.net's Guy J. Kewney reports that when looking at London's new Wi-Fi network , "observers are saying that the City Hotzone is a flop -- almost certainly too soon, but nonetheless, not pleasing to the ears of The Cloud's executives."
VNUnet's Tom Young...
San Francisco Wi-Fi On Hold
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 15, 2007
The Register's Dan Goodin today reports that the Google/EarthLink Wi-Fi network in San Francisco has been delayed yet again now that the city's Budget and Finance Committee has voted to Postpone proceedings until July 11.
" Since it was finalized in January , the plan ha...
Boingo Gets Tokyo
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 9, 2007
...n line bounding the edges of Tokyo. It's Boingo's second Asian hotzone -- the first was the citywide WIFLY network in Taipei City, Taiwan, added in July 2006."
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Wi-Fi Troubles in Lompoc
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 4, 2007
The Lompoc Record's Neil Nisperos reports that his city's Wi-Fi network , which has so far cost the city of Lompoc, California $2.9 million (!), has seen a total of 200 cancelations since the service began in September of 2006. There are currently 370 subscribers to the Wi-Fi netwo...
Macropolitan and Alcatel-Lucent to Offer Nationwide WiMax in UK
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 1, 2007
IT Pro's Stephen Pritchard reports today that Macropolitan and Alcatel-Lucent have joined together to provide nationwide WiMax coverage throughout the U.K.
"Antennae on the roofs of hotels, offices and even gyms could hold the key to creating a nationwide wimax network f...
City of London Gets Free Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 24, 2007
M&C's Steve Ragan reports that Monday saw the arrival of a Wi-Fi network covering the entire City of London , thanks to a network built and operated by The Cloud using technology from BelAir Networks .
"More than 350,000 people who work in and visit the area now have wirele...
Mexico City to Get Muni Wi-Fi from ZTE
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 3, 2007
...Gardner reports today that Mexico City 's 8 million residents will be getting free Wi-Fi citywide by 2008 -- along with about 4,000 closed-circuit security cameras -- thanks to an agreement...
Ricochet Launches 'Wi-Fi in the Mile High'
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 3, 2007
...i-Fi Planet's Eric Griffith today reports that Denver-based Ricochet Networks is launching a citywide network in its hometown using Wi-Fi and WiMax, which will replace its current proprietary n...
Unwiring Pune
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 2, 2007
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The Times of India reports that , starting today, Pune will be the first city in India to get citywide Wi-Fi (as well as, eventually, WiMax), leapfrogging larger cities like Bangalore and Hyd...
Google's Toilet ISP
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 2, 2007
Oh, those goofy Googlers... the company launched its usual April Fool's Day joke yesterday with a press release announcing the arrival of Google TiSP , a service delivering free broadband... through your toilet.
The site offers step-by-step installation instructions -- though a profe...
EarthLink's Muni Wi-Fi Phone
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 20, 2007
InformationWeek's Antone Gonsalves reports that EarthLink today launched a beta test of its new Wi-Fi phone, which is built by Accton Technology Corp.
"EarthLink is beta testing the Accton phone in Anaheim, and plans to make it generally available in the summer," Go...
California Approves Statewide Franchises
in The Digital TV Weblog, on March 6, 2007
...the state. This is vastly more simple than it was in the days when cable companies duked it out for citywide franchises.
Alas, not all is celebratory news for AT&T and Verizon because they will s...
California Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 3, 2007
GigaOM's Katie Fehrenbacher looks at the impressive growth of municipal Wi-Fi in California -- thanks, she suggests, to the number of large urban areas in the state, the presence of Silicon Valley , and "an interest in using wireless broadband to help education, business and ba...
The Muni Wi-Fi Fear Factor
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 21, 2007
...on a Daily Herald story reporting that the Healthy Home Alliance is fighting against a planned citywide Wi-Fi installation by MetroFi in Naperville, Illinois.
"To me, radiation is radia...
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Wants Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 14, 2007
TG Daily's Humphrey Cheung reports today that Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa "has announced a wireless initiative that would partner the city up with a private provider and give Wi-Fi by 2009."
Bidding starts this fall.
"Los Angeles already has limited Wi-Fi i...
EarthLink Gets Houston
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 13, 2007
...hat the City of Houston, Texas today selected EarthLink Municipal Networks to provide it with a citywide wireless network.
"While the agreement with EarthLink still needs City Council appro...
Turning Up the Heat on San Francisco's Wi-Fi Plans
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 8, 2007
...that the ACLU has "turned up the political heat" on San Francisco's plans for citywide Wi-Fi , warning that there isn't enough protection for privacy or free speech in the cu...
Toronto Wins Muni Wi-Fi Pissing Contest
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 23, 2007
The Toronto Star's Tyler Hamilton reports today that "an independent test of 41 wireless broadband networks across North America has ranked Toronto Hydro 's downtown Wi-Fi zone the top performer."
"The 14-city study, conducted by strategic consulting firm Novarum o...
Newsom Says San Francisco Wi-Fi is 'Seconds Away'
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 5, 2007
...orts today that city mayor Gavin Newsom says the planned deal with Google and EarthLink for a free citywide Wi-Fi network is "seconds away" from completion.
"The completion of negot...
San Francisco Faces Wi-Fi Showdown
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 21, 2006
... office to contract with Google and EarthLink to create a free wireless Internet, or Wi-Fi, service citywide."
Wi-Fi analyst Craig Settles of Successful.com says the city has no one to blame ...
Free Wireless Routers in San Francisco!
in The Wireless Weblog, on October 29, 2006
CNET News' Marguerite Reardon reports on FON 's plans to unwire San Francisco and other cities worldwide. As part of that effort, the company gave away its Wi-Fi routers for free in San Francisco's Union Square on Friday. The cheap-as-dirt La Fonera routers are available on t...
New Orleans' Free Wi-Fi Network To Be Dismantled
in The Wireless Weblog, on October 20, 2006
The Times-Picayune's Pam Radtke Russell reports that the City of New Orleans will be taking down its free Wi-Fi network once EarthLink's system is up.
Mark Kurt, the city's director of information technology, says it's about avoiding interference. "Once EarthLink ha...
Wi-Fi Will Kill You! (Part II)
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 20, 2006
... notes, is conducting a study of the potential health risks posed by Toronto Hydro Telecom 's citywide Wi-Fi plans .
Ronald MacFarlane, supervisor of environmental health assessment and policy...
Fivefold Increase in Remote Internet Access via Wi-Fi in 2005
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 18, 2006
Online Media Daily's Mark Walsh reports that a new study from research firm Ipsos Insight says 5 percent of adults in the United States accessed the Web from remote locations like bars, restaurants and airports last year, up from 1 percent in 2004.
The Ipsos study, entitled The Face ...
Muni Wi-Fi No Threat to Operators
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 13, 2006
RCR Wireless News' Kristen Beckman says a new report from research firm Strategy Analytics entitled Municipal Broadband: How Real a Threat to Incumbents? states that incumbent operators shouldn't be concerned about growing competition from Wi-Fi deployments in cities nationwide.
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NYT to NYC: Move Wi-Fi Beyond the Parks!
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 6, 2006
...worded editorial in today's New York Times urges New York City to move forward on implementing citywide Wi-Fi access.
"No fewer than 300 cities and towns around the nation have taken wirel...
Google Threatens to Kill Mobile Operators
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 8, 2006
...sessing the threat of the search giant's market entry .
The report states that Google 's citywide wireless initiatives will increasingly pose a direct threat to U.S. mobile operators...
San Fran Supervisor Speaks Out Against Wi-Fi Plan
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 1, 2006
...oard of Supervisors has said he has some objections to Google and EarthLink's plans to build a citywide Wi-Fi network in San Francisco.
San Francisco Supervisor Jake McGoldrick says he's ...
Metro Wi-Fi: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch?
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 14, 2006
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MarketWatch's John Dvorak wrote a column today suggesting that citywide Wi-Fi networks won't offer free access for long. His argument is that there simply isn't sufficient economic ...
Small-Town Wi-Fi and the Digital Divide
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 13, 2006
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FORTUNE columnist Stephanie Mehta today looks at a small town in Minnesota that has a citywide wireless network.
"We went to Chaska, Minn., (pop. 18,000) which has been running its own w...
MetroFi Gets Portland
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 13, 2006
...of the companies that failed to win the contract for San Francisco, has won the contract to provide citywide wireless Internet access in Portland, Oregon.
Fleishman says MetroFi will face some uniqu...
This Hour of Wi-Fi Access Sponsored By...
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 11, 2006
... potential for corporate sponsorships to provide the funding needed for smaller cities to implement citywide wireless networks. For a city that isn't big enough to attract the attention of a provi...
Muni Wi-Fi: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 30, 2006
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At America's Network, John C. Tanner takes a look at the current state of citywide Wi-Fi.
"It's been almost a year and a half since the carrier world and legions of free-market p...
Metro Wi-Fi: Economics, Interference and Standards
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 27, 2006
...'s Rob Preston today takes a look at the economic and logistical challenges inherent in making citywide Wi-Fi work.
The political battles over metro Wi-Fi, Preston says, are secondary to the ec...
Google Wants to Patent Mobile Ads
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 24, 2006
...r umbrella.
ClickZ's Kevin Newcomb points out that this is key to Google's entry into the citywide Wi-Fi space: "Google has been working on a plan to build ad-supported Wi-Fi hotspots ...
Wi-Fi Battle in the Big Easy
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 23, 2006
...y cannot turn off these few lifelines we have to our city and businesses."
Going to jail for citywide Wi-Fi, particularly when there's no landline service running to compete with it, would ...
Strix and MobilePro Announce Largest Wi-Fi Network in the U.S.
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 16, 2006
... overseeing the design, deployment and operation of the network.
MobilePro has deployed all three citywide networks mentioned above, using Strix's multi-radio, multi-channel and multi-RF mesh so...
Citywide Wireless: Wi-Fi vs. EV-DO
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 12, 2006
... EV-DO access, Cox writes, makes it extremely attractive to enterprises. As those who have deployed citywide Wi-Fi networks struggle to recoup their costs, and as cellular data services continue to ge...
Creative Weblogging - TOP 10 Week 11/2006
in Creative Weblogging, on March 12, 2006
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CeBIT 2006 - Interactive Wear www.techwear-weblog.com
The Economist's Take on Citywide Wi-Fi www.wireless-weblog.com
Printed Electronics - The RFID Tag of the Future www.rfi...
Skype VoIP over Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 10, 2006
... get VoIP access wherever there's Wi-Fi -- which keeps on getting easier to find, of course, as citywide Wi-Fi becomes widespread. "It's only a matter of time before these Skype phones...
The Economist's Take on Citywide Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 9, 2006
...onomist doesn't usually have bylines...), looks at the technical challenges behind implementing citywide Wi-Fi networks. Fleishman spoke to wireless experts and industry insiders about issues of ...
Municipal Wi-Fi: Great for Gaming?
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 2, 2006
...mir Cole at Joystiq predicts today that the coming ubiquity of wireless broadband access thanks to citywide Wi-Fi and WiMax deployments will bring with it a huge upsurge in the number of online Gam...
Who Needs Citywide Wi-Fi?
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 21, 2006
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An article in today's Chicago Tribune suggests that the city's plans for a citywide wireless Internet service could falter simply because there's so much Wi-Fi already available, ...
Waiting for Wi-Fi in NYC
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 16, 2006
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An excellent Wi-Fi Planet article today looks at the struggle to deploy citywide Wi-Fi in New York City. With Michael Bloomberg in charge -- a pro-free-market mayor who's unlikely...
The Anti-Wi-Fi Lobby
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 15, 2006
...cer entitled " Telecom Industry Attacks City-Run Wi-Fi " looks at the ongoing battle over citywide Wi-Fi deployments. The article quotes Douglas Boone , CEO of Iowa phone company Premi...
Forget Citywide Wi-Fi: How About Citywide WiMAX?
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 14, 2006
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TMCnet today says the city of Folsom, California is looking beyond the usual citywide Wi-Fi deployment and examining the possibility of deploying citywide WiMAX instead. According to t...
Boston Announces Wi-Fi Task Force
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 8, 2006
...his kind of effort -- last summer, the city held a Wireless Summit aimed at developing a plan for citywide wireless, but nothing resulted from it. The real challenge for the new task force will be t...
