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Soprano state corruption
in Sox First, on July 27, 2009
...James, the former mayor of Newark, who was indicted in 2007 after an investigation into the sale of municipal land. "I think there is a culture in the state which, if it does not promote corrupti...
Perry Wins Packed FBR
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 2, 2009
...is brutal. A chain reaction occurs: downturn leads to unemployment, reduced tax revenues, increased municipal debt, decreased services, local businesses closing, more unemployment, more tax revenue lo...
Do we get depressed?
in Sox First, on November 24, 2008
...oing administration hamstringing the prospective Obama government with enormous liabilities, state, municipal, corporate pensions losing hundreds of billions on derivative swaps, the big three automak...
Aquatic Garden Plants In WasteWater Treatment
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 5, 2008
... constructed wetlands as a simple, low-technology method for treating agricultural, industrial, and municipal wastewater. They investigated the nitrogen and phosphorus removal potential by a vegetated...
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
...recent closure of MetroFi's free Wi-Fi network in the city. "As we've seen, the free municipal Wi-Fi business model just doesn't work," contends Stephouse president Tyler Booth...
Duckweed Genome Sequencing
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 14, 2008
...researchers, duckweed plants can extract nitrogen and phosphate pollutants from agricultural and municipal wastewater. They can reduce algae growth, coliform bacterial counts and mosquito larvae on ...
China's Government and Alternative Investing
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 26, 2008
...;Global Markets and the Role of Alternative Investments" was held in June with the Tianjin Municipal People's Government and China Foreign Exchange Administration Magazine.
"The con...
Oklahoma City Launches Citywide Wi-Fi Network
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 3, 2008
...'s 555-square-mile citywide Wi-Fi network, calling it "the largest city owned and operated municipal Wi-Fi mesh network in the world."
There's a catch, though - and this is ...
Wi-Fi and Public Safety
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 28, 2008
...Frances Twitty
I recently wrote an article for Jupitermedia's Wi-Fi Planet on the use of municipal Wireless Networks for public safety - despite the recent challenges facing public ...
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 ...
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...
Party San Antonio Style
in Hidden Travel Gems, on April 9, 2008
...ated that three million people will attend at least one event this year. The city's schools and municipal offices close on April 25th for a parade known as Battle of the Flowers.
With such a high...
Insurers: the latest subprime victims
in Sox First, on February 24, 2008
...eals, with either bailouts or forced break-ups into good books, like backing those sleepy, low-risk municipal bonds and bad ones in the form of collateralised-debt obligations and other debris. Bond ...
Investing in Wines
in Celebrate Wine, on January 16, 2008
...e the dow jones industrial average look as if it's measuring the performance of low-risk municipal bonds.
The jump in prices is causing collectors to liquidate parts of their cellars. Ther...
The End of CDMA? Verizon Wireless Announces LTE Network Plans
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 29, 2007
...could also provide a fresh blow to rival wireless broadband technology WiMax, and the kill shot for municipal Wi-Fi, which is already stumbling."
As well as, of course, something of a death bl...
Earthlink Dumps Muni Wi-Fi Program
in Networking for Pros, on November 29, 2007
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If Earthlink's municipal Wi-Fi network figured into your remote access plan, you may want to think again. The company announced last week that it was halting investments in new muni builds and...
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...
Boston Wifi Won't Be Built in 2008
in Tech Without Wires, on November 7, 2007
...To no one's surprise another municipal wifi project is on the back burner . Really we must ask, having seen yet another and another project on the back burner, do cities value Internet access ju...
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...
Burbank Water and Power
in Tech Without Wires, on October 24, 2007
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Of all the municipal wifi projects there seems to be none that have a business plan that looks anywhere near what is needed to run a wifi network across an entire city.
That is until the ...
Leave Your Religion at Home...
in China Venture News, on October 15, 2007
... In the meantime, you transported, distributed, and produced Christian propaganda materials. Hetian Municipal Committee on Ethnic Religious Affairs believes that the illegal missionary work and infilt...
Going, Going, Gone
in Eagle Par Birdie, on October 7, 2007
...Alberta has been bought to make way for an industrial park.
Golden West Golf Course has seen its municipal property taxes double in one year to 120 thousand dollars and, according to owner Paul McC...
Is WiMax Going to Win?
in Tech Without Wires, on October 2, 2007
...With the failure of municipal wi-fi projects it seems like WiMax is set to upstage the idea of wi-fi hotspots .
Sprint is building a new infrastructure and standard for connecting to the Internet...
Wikis Come Into Their Own
in Networking for Pros, on September 27, 2007
...cted from a variety of sources, including GPS and cell-phone signals, governmental data on weather, municipal data on routes and real-time traffic reports. Map users can perform specific searches and ...
China's Showcase City
in Hidden Travel Gems, on September 12, 2007
...e press around the Asian region.
Wikitravel recently featured the city on its homepage, and the municipal authorities have done a good job promoting their city on regional and, to a lesser exten...
Beijing Olympic Officials Eyeing Restaurant Menus
in The Outdoor Weblog, on September 5, 2007
...sh, known as "Chinglish," that abounds on signs everywhere.
A team set up by the Beijing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office and Beijing Tourism Bureau has been working on the menu names for m...
When Golf Isn't Fun
in Eagle Par Birdie, on September 4, 2007
Courtesy: Deer Creek
My wife and I played a rather difficult round of golf last Friday.
It wasn't because our swings were malfunctioning (I'm why teaching pros can take the winters off and spend them in Florida...); it was the traffic on the golf course.
Last Friday, in our neck of ...
The End of Muni Wi-Fi?
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 30, 2007
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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 ...
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...
The End Of Networking As We Know It
in Networking for Pros, on August 30, 2007
...2007 and will experience sharp declines in growth starting in 2009.
The rate of new deployments of municipal Wi-Fi networks will slow, amid concerns over the business models used to support the netwo...
EarthLink Fires Half of its Workforce
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 28, 2007
...#39;s statement about the job cuts doesn't include a single mention of Wi-Fi, the company's municipal Wi-Fi business is likely to be hit hard," notes InfoWorld's Nancy Gohring . &quo...
Chicago Kills Muni Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 28, 2007
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 infrastructure but no cash to a carrier that would build a citywide Wi-Fi network. "The companies sought...
2008 Olympic Officials Reducing Cars and Planes
in The Outdoor Weblog, on August 23, 2007
...is also sponsored by the Beijing Environment Protection Bureau as well as the anti-theft arm of the municipal public security bureau, because bicycles are frequently stolen in the city.
"This i...
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newson Puts Wi-Fi on the Ballot
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 6, 2007
The ongoing impasse in San Francisco over the EarthLink/Google Wi-Fi deal looks like it's heading to a somewhat logical (or, at least, democratic) conclusion. According to the Wall Street Journal's Kevin J. Delaney , San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom is putting a measure on the No...
EarthLink Reverses Direction on Muni Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 30, 2007
...ecently 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...
Quick! Someone Tell Bill Roberts About VoIP!
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 23, 2007
...ed by someone's shouted conversation."
But... at the same time, the town is installing a municipal Wi-Fi network. Huh?...
"Isn't the reason the airline business won't integra...
Microsoft Teams with JiWire to Dominate Muni Wi-Fi Advertising
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 18, 2007
...ts 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.
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Rio de Janeiro could be left out of the Live Earth Concerts - But There's Still Hope
in Latina Viva, on July 5, 2007
...number of policemen that will be disclosed this Friday.
With the Military Policy report, RioTur - municipal tourism authority in charge of the event - will ask the court to overrule its prior decisi...
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
...rts 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 ...
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...
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...
Politician Says: No More Taxes Already!
in Small Business Unplugged, on May 26, 2007
...ing deeper into their pocketbooks.
Mastel was one of the majority of small-town mayors, reeves and municipal managers surveyed by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business who don't want mo...
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
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Wi-Fi Planet's Eric Griffith reports that Boingo Wireless has added Tokyo, Japan's municipal Wi-Fi network to its roaming system.
Boingo's new addition, Griffith writes, "i...
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...
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...
Fon Gets Time Warner
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 23, 2007
...lion broadband subscribers, the move could help protect the company from an exodus as free or cheap municipal wireless becomes more readily available."
As Engadget's Darren Murph notes, &...
Mexico City to Get Muni Wi-Fi from ZTE
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 3, 2007
InformationWeek's W. David 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 between the city and China's ZTE Corp.
As Information...
Unwiring Pune
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 2, 2007
...ng Pune,' the project was jointly announced by global chipmaker Intel Corporation and Pune Municipal Corporation in March 2006 and will be kick-started on Monday."
More here from Tec...
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...
Fun Friday: Google Launches Free National Wireless
in Digital Music - The Future, on April 1, 2007
...be offered entirely free to any consumer with a WiFi-capable PC and a toilet connected to a local municipal sewage system.
"We've got that whole organizing-the-world's-information thing...
Fun Friday: Google Launches Free National Wireless
in P2P File Sharing, on April 1, 2007
...be offered entirely free to any consumer with a WiFi-capable PC and a toilet connected to a local municipal sewage system.
"We've got that whole organizing-the-world's-information thing...
Bäume markieren mit RFID
in RFID Weblog, on 30.03.07
... I've worked on, one of the more interesting ones was a forestry-style application for a municipal tree database. For the sample database, I drove around wooded areas and photographed a few cluste...
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...
Google's Biodiesel Buses Pamper Employees
in The Search Engine Weblog, on March 11, 2007
...ector of security and safety, who oversees the program said, "We are basically running a small municipal transit agency."
Michael Gaiman, a 23-year-old Web applications engineer said he tur...
California Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 3, 2007
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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 Silic...
The Muni Wi-Fi Fear Factor
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 21, 2007
Broadband Reports' Karl Bode today picks up 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 radiation," says the Healthy Home Alliance...
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
...;s Alexis Grant and Matt Stiles report that the City of Houston, Texas today selected EarthLink Municipal Networks to provide it with a citywide wireless network.
"While the agreement with...
Prodigal Sons
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 12, 2007
...When a young man walked by": The Who
Phil Mickelson certainly made Pebble Beach look like a municipal course on Sunday. His fans are sure glad he's back, slimmed down and looking about 20 ...
Turning Up the Heat on San Francisco's Wi-Fi Plans
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 8, 2007
...ic communications system."
Tim Pozar of local ISP UnitedLayer contends, "If we go for municipal ownership of a system that makes use of all the City's public assets, including the hi...
Need a Business Start-Up Assistant?
in Small Business Unplugged, on February 1, 2007
...mport/export, trademarks, copyright, and managing a business. You can also find links to your local municipal government website as well. Visit and bookmark this one if plan to start a business or j...
Ventura Pulls Muni Wi-Fi Plan Without Explanation
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 25, 2007
The Ventura County Star's Kathleen Wilson reports that the Channel Islands Beach Community Services District has pulled a plan to offer Wi-Fi to area residents, but has refused to explain why it's doing so.
"Managers say the wireless service would defray costs for monitoring ...
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...
Vonage woos customers with V-Access service
in The VoIP Weblog, on January 23, 2007
...from the fact that earlier this month the company entered into an agreement for reselling EarthLink municipal Wi-Fi and now comes V-Access.
It seems Vonage has still not been able to recover from th...
Newsom Says San Francisco Wi-Fi is 'Seconds Away'
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 5, 2007
The San Francisco Examiner's Joshua Sabatini reports 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 negotiations is not, however, the end of the r...
More Free Wi-Fi in LA (Who Knew There Was Free Wi-Fi in LA?)
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 2, 2007
According to MuniWireless , Los Angeles is planning to expand its free public wireless Internet service in 2007. The Board of Commissioners of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles ( CRA/LA ) has announced $225,000 in contract extensions and enhancements to build out th...
