MuniWireless

Residents of the Calgary neighborhood of Hawkwood can now get free Wi-Fi access throughout their community and they can upgrade their service at lower prices than the traditional ISPs, says Wi-Fi provider GoNaeco. Every resident and business using the GoNaeco… Related posts:

1. Sponsored Post: Thanks to MuniWireless sponsors
2. Calgary “Wireless City”

Winncom Technologies, a value- added distributor of wireless equipment, has a new distribution agreement with Wavion Wireless Networks for North American customers. Wavion makes Wi-Fi base stations that use spatially adaptive beam-forming technology. Read the full announcement here. According to Wavion, the WBS-2400… Related posts:

1. Wavion, ACD partner on new architecture
2. Creating Apple Airport hotspots

Broadband speed tests are nothing new to many readers of this site. Most of us probably use Speedtest.net. But the fact that the FCC has posted a broadband test tool profiled prominently on the Broadband.gov website, shows how politically sensitive broadband —… Related posts:

1. Our broadband sucks but at least we have a lot of company
2. PC World survey shows AT&T with fastest download speeds
3. Broadband speeds in the United States are shockingly low

I spoke to Steve Reneker, CIO of Riverside, California, about the status of the citywide Wi-Fi network that AT&T and MetroFi deployed in May 2007. AT&T wants to give the network back to the city, but the city council must… Related posts:

1. Riverside, California issues RFP for citywide Wi-Fi network; my commentary included
2. Riverside, California, muni network officially launches on Tuesday
3. Update: AT&T-MetroFi win Riverside muni Wi-Fi bid

Kyushu University and PicoCELA Inc., both based in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, have developed and put into use technology to build a wide-area wireless LAN at a dramatically reduced cost. The newly developed wireless multihop backhaul connects multiple wireless LAN access… Related posts:

1. University of Twente largest European hotspot
2. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, deploys WiMAX
3. How do you get quality VOIP calls on a mesh Wi-Fi network?

On Fridays from 8am – 10am San Francisco time, Esme Vos will be taking calls from people who are looking to deploy: (a) large scale wireless networks (Wi-Fi, WiMAX, etc.); (b) fiber networks; (c) blend of fiber and wireless. If… Related posts:

1. Event: 19 November 2009 – New Media, Technology and Internet use in Indian Country
2. Sauk-Suiattle Indian reservation goes wireless
3. Cool wireless application: no more waiting for hours in the ER

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities in Virginia and American Samoa under NTIA’s State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program. The program, funded by the American… Related posts:

1. Ten states receive broadband mapping and planning grants from the NTIA
2. New Jersey gets $2 million for broadband data collection and mapping
3. California, three other states get broadband mapping grants

The NTIA has provided an $80 million broadband stimulus grant to the Louisiana Broadband Alliance to help bridge the technological divide, boost economic growth, create jobs, and improve education and healthcare. The grant will bring high-speed Internet access to more… Related posts:

1. Utah gets $13.4M broadband stimulus grant
2. NTIA announces more broadband stimulus grant recipients
3. Nevada gets $4.7M broadband stimulus grant for public computer centers

This is part 2 of a series written by Marc Canter about digital cities and fiber optic networks. As the economic roller coaster ride over the past 20 years has taken us to new highs and lows, Cleveland and the… Related posts:

1. Digital Cities and Fiber Optic Technology
2. Philadelphia addresses the digital divide
3. Ohio initiative addresses digital divide in Appalachia

Winncom Technologies® is a Value Added Distributor of broadband wireless equipment and a complete telecommunication solutions provider.  Since 1993, Winncom remains at the forefront of the global technology marketplace, serving customers in over 30 countries worldwide.  As 4G becomes a reality… No related posts.

Amtrak has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a communications platform including passenger Wi-Fi in its trains all over the US. Amtrak will issue another RFQ shortly after this one to support automated on-board signage, announcements and end-of-car displays that… Related posts:

1. Caltrain seeks proposals from vendors for Wi-Fi service on commuter trains
2. Rome, Georgia issues RFP for wireless support services
3. City Initiative: Clovis, California

No need to wonder what the incumbents will do. We, who have been pushing for municipal and community owned broadband, open networks, line-sharing and alternatives to the monopoly/duopoly, know all too well that cable and incumbent telecom operators will oppose… Related posts:

1. EU says telecom incumbents have too much control
2. Cities are trying to speed up broadband, running into incumbent opposition
3. Largest municipal broadband project in the US

The NTIA has awarded $4.7 million to the Las Vegas-Clark County Urban League (in partnership with the city of Las Vegas and the Housing Authority of Clark County) to upgrade existing public computer centers and open new ones in public… Related posts:

1. Rhode Island gets $1.2 million broadband stimulus grant
2. Utah gets $13.4M broadband stimulus grant
3. South Carolina gets $5.9 million broadband stimulus grant

Level 3 is one of the biggest winners of broadband stimulus funding from the NTIA. It has received $13.8 million to build new interconnection points and expand its broadband networks in California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Tennessee and Texas, bringing broadband… Related posts:

1. NTIA announces more broadband stimulus grant recipients
2. More broadband grant awards announced today
3. Louisiana gets $80M broadband stimulus grant

NTIA and RUS will grant a limited extension of time to file infrastructure applications in the second funding round. Specifically, applicants for BTOP Comprehensive Community Infrastructure projects will have until March 26th to file their applications to NTIA. Applicants for… Related posts:

1. Nevada gets $4.7M broadband stimulus grant for public computer centers
2. Utah gets $13.4M broadband stimulus grant
3. More broadband grant awards announced today

If your BTOP or BIP broadband stimulus grant application was rejected in Round 1, contact us now for help in getting your Round 2 application done. I’ve been getting a number of calls and emails from people who are in… Related posts:

1. How to get a grant from the NTIA in Round 2 of BTOP
2. BIP, BTOP broadband infrastructure grant deadlines extended
3. Louisiana gets $80M broadband stimulus grant

Fluke Networks has just released the AirCheck Wi-Fi Tester, a dedicated handheld tool that troubleshoots Wi-Fi networks. The device costs $1995 and you can buy a directional antenna for $195. The price is high for very small businesss, but may be… Related posts:

1. WiMAX protocol analysis critical
2. Users will pay more to experience AT&T’s 3G ‘upgrade’
3. Andrew Rasiej exposes $400 million telco-cable rip-off in NYC

U.S. Commerce Secretary Locke today, joined by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee, announced a $84 million Recovery Act investment to help bridge the technological divide, boost economic growth, create jobs, and improve education and healthcare in… Related posts:

1. Rhode Island gets $1.2 million broadband stimulus grant
2. South Carolina gets $5.9 million broadband stimulus grant
3. Illinois counties get $11.9 million broadband grant for fiber network

A lot has been made recently of 1G fiber optic connections being wired up into people’s homes.  Here in Cleveland the Case Connection Zone project will be conducting research on what exactly would someone DO with all this bandwidth?   1G connections will be… Related posts:

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2. Mitch Kapor sees open source as bridge to digital inclusion
3. Digital Cities Convention, May 2-4 in Philadelphia

The NTIA has approved a $7.25 million broadband stimulus grant to bridge the technological divide and increase economic opportunities in vulnerable and low-income communities in Los Angeles, the Central Valley, Orange County, San Diego, and the Inland Empire in California… Related posts:

1. Rhode Island gets $1.2 million broadband stimulus grant
2. South Carolina gets $5.9 million broadband stimulus grant
3. California, three other states get broadband mapping grants