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  • March 2008

    • Hopes for Wifi Cities Fizzling Fast

      New York Times  |  Mar 22, 08 12:48 PM CDT

      Hopes for Wifi Cities Fizzling Fast

      (Newser) - Hopes for wireless cities are flickering out one by one as Internet providers run up against mounting logistics and small profits, the New York Times reports. Ambitious plans to provide free or cheap high-speed service to poor residents of cities such as Philadelphia, Houston, and San Francisco have ground to a halt as the providers, most notably Earthlink, pull out of the projects.  More »

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      San Francisco  • Philadelphia  • Wi-Fi  • telecommunications  • Internet access  • municipal wireless  • EarthLink  • Meraki

  • February 2008

    • Wireless Tech Leaps Forward ... on Balloons

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 20, 08 11:22 AM CST

      Wireless Tech Leaps Forward ... on Balloons

      (Newser) - A decidedly whimsical business model could bring wireless Internet and cell service to wide swaths of rural America, slinging signals from balloons drifting toward the edge of space. Don’t scoff—the system is already providing services for truckers and oil companies, courtesy of Space Data Corp., and Google is so intrigued it might buy the little company, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • Wi-Fi  • telecom  • hot air balloon  • municipal wireless  • rural America

  • January 2008

    • Small Company Promises SF Free WiFi

      Associated Press  |  Jan 4, 08 4:47 PM CST

      Small Company Promises SF Free WiFi

      (Newser) - A tiny startup has a plan to blanket San Francisco with free Internet access and revive the floundering municipal wireless concept. Meraki Networks hopes to enlist city residents to install free radio repeaters atop their homes, which would be simpler and cheaper than placing them on public property, as Google and EarthLink planned to do, the AP reports. More »

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      Google  • Wi-Fi  • startup  • municipal wireless  • EarthLink

  • December 2007

    • Paul Allen to Bid in FCC Wireless Airwaves Auction

      Reuters  |  Dec 19, 07 9:57 AM CST

      Paul Allen to Bid in FCC Wireless Airwaves Auction

      (Newser) - Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is joining the competition for wireless airwaves being auctioned by the FCC next month. Allen’s firm, Vulcan Spectrum, applied, as have Google, Verizon, AT&T and others, to bid for the 700-megahertz spectrum that goes on the block Jan. 24, reports Reuters. Allen's investment company, Vulcan Capital, also holds a majority stake in Charter Communications, a cable operator. More »

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      FCC  • wireless service  • municipal wireless  • 3G wireless networks  • Paul Allen

  • November 2007

    • Manhattan to Launch Free Wi-Fi

      Newsday  |  Nov 18, 07 5:38 AM CST

      Manhattan to Launch Free Wi-Fi

      (Newser) - A big slice of the Big Apple will get free Wi-Fi at the end of the month, courtesy of the city and CBS. New Yorkers with Wi-Fi enabled technology will be able to access high-speed wireless service at no cost in a 20-block zone between Times Square and Central Park—at least for a six-month trial period. More »

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      Internet  • New York City  • technology  • CBS  • Wi-Fi  • Manhattan  • municipal wireless

  • October 2007

    • WiMax Gets Green Light from UN

      New York Times  |  Oct 20, 07 2:55 PM CDT

      WiMax Gets Green Light from UN

      (Newser) - In a huge victory for Intel, the UN’s telecommunications agency yesterday gave WiMax a thumbs up, opening the way for member nations to devote public radio space to the upstart wireless internet technology. Intel lobbied hard for the WiMax, which can sling data 40 miles at up to 70 megabits per second. Broadband connections top out around 2 megabits per second. More »

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      United Nations  • Intel  • wireless  • municipal wireless  • WiMax  • Qualcomm  • Sony Ericsson

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