Three Municipal Wireless Networks Foreshadow Future

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How to Pay for Municipal Networks

How to Pay for Municipal Networks 09/21/2004 02:46 PM
Some municipalities may have already learned some lessons about offering telecom services that they can consider when deciding to build Wi-Fi networks: Some of the most successful municipal offerings of wired telecom services started out with small trial networks and were offered by municipalities that already offer utility services to customers. But beyond whether a municipality has experience with billing and marketing a service, Wi-Fi presents a bunch of additional uncertainties. In the wired example, in many cases the market doesn't have any other option for broadband Internet access and customers definitely pay for the access. In the case of Wi-Fi, in many cases other service providers may already offer wireless access. Plus, cities have to decide whether they want to offer access for free or for a fee. If they want to deliver free networks, they have to decide how to fund it, considering both the initial outlay and ongoing support costs. Ultimately, citizens of communities may end up deciding. In St. Cloud, Fla., the city is trying to decide how to pay for the ongoing maintenance of the network and will likely ask residents to decide on a ballot referendum. If municipalities decide to ask residents to pay for access, they have to hope they can cover their costs. At this stage in the market, based on the experiences of commercial Wi-Fi providers, it's not clear that an operator can make money from for-fee networks....

Let's Ban Municipal Networks Nationwide

Let's Ban Municipal Networks Nationwide 06/05/2005 10:56 PM
Anti-Federalism rears its ugly head with Rep. Sessions's bill: The bill would ban municipal networks where any competitive service existed in the municipal area of governance. A grandfather clause allows existing services to proceed. The language of the "Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005" is so hilariously broad and ill-defined that it could kill all kinds of projects that the incumbent carriers this is meant to protect would support or are involved in deploying. It has such a broad grandfather clause that it could allow massive projects to continue if even a tiny portion of the service was in use. I doubt it will go anywhere because in its current form, it's a shotgun full of buckshot, not a surgical weapon. A broad consortium of businesses and public policy groups will certainly try to get it killed. I doubt it will get many supporters because of its broad sweep. For instance, this bill would kill all future airport Wi-Fi that's not already built out because government entities would be unable to "provide" services if Wi-Fi were operating anywhere else in the airport authority's municipality's domain. It's pretty easy to read that interpretation....

Accessing Wireless Sensor Networks:
Gridlogix adds support for Dust
Networks’ SmartMesh™ Wireless Sensor
Network

Accessing Wireless Sensor Networks:
Gridlogix adds support for Dust
Networks’ SmartMesh™ Wireless Sensor
Network 06/17/2005 04:45 PM
Gridlogix, Inc., a leading creator of enabling interoperable XML Web Services technology today announced enhanced support for Dust Networks’ SmartMesh™ wireless sensor network. SmartMesh is a wireless mesh sensor network used in remote monitoring and control. The Gridlogix EnNET® XML Web Service application extends the functionality of the SmartMesh system to include robust protocol translation between the wireless mesh network and other automation protocols and systems. EnNET translates the SmartMesh wireless protocol into BACnet/IP, SNMP, and LonWorks® allowing Dust Networks’ wireless sensor network to be seamlessly integrated with existing automation networks. [PRWEB Jun 16, 2005]

State of Municipal Wireless Report

State of Municipal Wireless Report 03/14/2005 05:47 PM
Esme Vos at Muniwireless.com has published her regular comprehensive report: This free report is invaluable because it contains the detail that's often hard to pull together about deployed municipal wireless networks. It should be ammunition for any debate in which the question of whether there are successful networks out there is raised. This is also a good thing because most of the anti-municipal broadband folks, both the reasonable ones and the ones who are acting by proxy for incumbents, keep citing fiber-optic network costs and failures. (Even though most of those networks were or are successful, which is an entirely different topic of discussion.) The report also covers the state of legislation to prohibit or limit municipal broadband....

Municipal Wireless Goes Beyond Internet
Access

Municipal Wireless Goes Beyond Internet
Access 07/29/2004 05:22 PM
Wi-Fi Planet Jul 29 2004 8:18PM GMT

Air2Access Announces Its 20th New
Contract For High-Speed Wireless
Internet Access at Great Lakes Marinas:
South Haven Municipal Marina Signs-On

Air2Access Announces Its 20th New
Contract For High-Speed Wireless
Internet Access at Great Lakes Marinas:
South Haven Municipal Marina Signs-On 06/17/2005 07:20 PM
Air2Access, LLC announced today its 20th new contract to supply high-speed wireless Internet access to marinas in the Great Lakes region. South Haven Marina has become the 20th marina to offer its boaters and guests access to high-speed wireless Internet on their boats and throughout marina. [PRWEB Jun 9, 2005]

Does iPod Shufle Foreshadow Hope?

Does iPod Shufle Foreshadow Hope? 04/14/2005 07:27 PM

I'm wondering if when looking back a few years from now, iPod shuffle will turn out to be the first mistake and also the model for what competitors need change to beat back the onslaught of iPod sales. By Joe Wilcox, Microsoft Monitor

Wireless networks in a flash

Wireless networks in a flash 04/01/2005 02:15 PM
TechWorld Apr 1 2005 6:40PM GMT

Wireless Router for 3G Networks

Wireless Router for 3G Networks 07/06/2004 10:14 AM
3G Jul 6 2004 1:26PM GMT

3G Mobile Wireless: The Next
Evolutionary Step in Mobile Wireless
Networks

3G Mobile Wireless: The Next
Evolutionary Step in Mobile Wireless
Networks 08/16/2004 02:01 PM
SymbianOne Aug 16 2004 4:25PM GMT

Big Cities Plan Big Wireless Networks

Big Cities Plan Big Wireless Networks 06/25/2004 09:57 PM
Internet.com Jun 26 2004 1:49AM GMT

AT&T Wireless Launches 3G Data Networks
(AP)

AT&T Wireless Launches 3G Data Networks
(AP) 07/20/2004 02:31 PM
AP - AT&T Wireless launched high-speed 3G data networks Tuesday in Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle that will give mobile users Internet broadband-type services.

Linksys ups reach of wireless networks

Linksys ups reach of wireless networks 07/07/2004 07:53 PM
New antennas are meant to address the No. 1 complaint of consumers: networks that don't reach far enough.

Risk Management of Wireless Networks

Risk Management of Wireless Networks 01/03/2004 12:55 PM

Many Wireless Networks Lack Security

Many Wireless Networks Lack Security 05/30/2004 01:19 PM
With a laptop perched in the passenger seat of his Toyota 4Runner and a special antenna on the roof, Mike Outmesguine ventured off to sniff out wireless networks between Los Angeles and San Francisco. He got a big whiff of insecurity.

SMC Networks at the Center of ‘Wireless
Resort’

SMC Networks at the Center of ‘Wireless
Resort’ 06/17/2005 07:19 PM
SMC’s Solutions for Hospitality—including Extended Ethernet for network access delivery over simple telephone lines to its complete Enterprise Wireless Networking solutions set—enable increased operational efficiency and open revenue opportunity [PRWEB Jun 17, 2005]

Many Wireless Networks Lack Security
(AP)

Many Wireless Networks Lack Security
(AP) 05/30/2004 01:30 PM
AP - With a laptop perched in the passenger seat of his Toyota 4Runner and a special antenna on the roof, Mike Outmesguine ventured off to sniff out wireless networks between Los Angeles and San Francisco. He got a big whiff of insecurity.

Security-Free Wireless Networks

Security-Free Wireless Networks 06/01/2004 05:41 AM
Wi-fi is hot, but security is not. Most home users don't enable basic encryption or other protections against connection theft, eavesdropping and network invasion. Why? Set-up is easy, but activate security and the headaches begin.

Microbatteries for wireless sensor
networks

Microbatteries for wireless sensor
networks 08/17/2004 01:25 PM
My latest TheFeature article is about ways to make tiny batteries last for years.

At Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., researchers are trying to make a nuclear-powered battery with a very long life span. They've built prototype batteries that use a speck of nickel-63 (a radioactive isotope) to vibrate a tiny cantilever. The cantilever could be made from a piece of piezoelectric material, which could supply power to the sensor. Nickel-63 has a half-life of around 100 years, so it could provide power for several decades. Nukes make people nervous, but there's not enough radioactive material in the prototype to cause a mini-meltdown -- it's comparable to the amount found in a smoke detector. Still, researchers acknowledge that they have a perception problem to overcome.

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Can spammers really exploit wireless
networks?

Can spammers really exploit wireless
networks? 09/08/2004 08:57 AM
Techzonez Sep 8 2004 1:26PM GMT

DoS Vulnerability Threatens Wireless
Networks

DoS Vulnerability Threatens Wireless
Networks 05/13/2004 12:30 PM
The Australian Computer Emergency Response Team has identified a vulnerability in the 802.11 wireless specification that could open wireless networks to denial-of-service attacks.

AT&T Wireless Launches 3G Data Networks

AT&T Wireless Launches 3G Data Networks 07/20/2004 04:34 PM
Forbes Jul 20 2004 7:33PM GMT

GE-led group to develop wireless sensor
networks

GE-led group to develop wireless sensor
networks 08/10/2004 03:53 PM

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“General Electric Co.’s research unit is leading a group that will develop wireless sensor networks as part of a plan to boost the energy efficiency of electric motors, the workhorses of American industry, the unit said Monday.” We’re starting to see more and more of these practial applications for wireless sensor networks. Down the line I envision these networks embedded into homes to provide everything from security to tempature monitoring….

AT&T Wireless joins race for speedy
networks

AT&T Wireless joins race for speedy
networks 11/18/2003 07:50 PM
The carrier flips the switch on a wireless Internet network it claims is the fastest in the United States.

Most Wireless Networks Lack Basic
Security

Most Wireless Networks Lack Basic
Security 05/31/2004 08:29 PM
“Even the makers of Wi-Fi routers, access points and other gadgets privately say that as many as 80 percent of home users don’t bother to enable basic encryption or other protections against connection theft, eavesdropping and network invasion.”

Easily move between wired and wireless
networks

Easily move between wired and wireless
networks 08/27/2004 01:38 PM
I thought I'd post my experiences here since I haven't found anything on this topic. I run a small LAN with networked home directories, Library and Apps (using a FreeBSD NFS server), and I wanted to be able to seamlessly m...

Briefly: Linksys ups reach of wireless
networks

Briefly: Linksys ups reach of wireless
networks 07/07/2004 07:53 PM
roundup Plus: Apple names new retail VP...Yahoo media exec steps into new role...Starbucks adds wireless service to stores...iPass, Yahoo BB Mobile expand roaming deal.

Wireless sensor networks looking to
Zigbee Alliance

Wireless sensor networks looking to
Zigbee Alliance 08/18/2004 04:58 PM
Imagine a golf course that can sense rainfall, and adjust the automatic sprinkler system to delay a scheduled watering session or focus on parts of the course that didn't get as much rain as others. Or a hotel that can detect when a room is vacant, and turn off the heating or cooling systems in that room to save energy.

Wireless Sensor Networks Spread to New
Territory

Wireless Sensor Networks Spread to New
Territory 07/25/2004 10:34 PM
Wireless networks of sensors and machinery have long been used in a handful of critical tasks like air traffic control. Now the technology is expanding.

New wireless network protocol for
multi-hop networks

New wireless network protocol for
multi-hop networks 05/27/2004 09:26 PM

National summit on community wireless
networks

National summit on community wireless
networks 07/09/2004 05:19 AM
This August 20-22 will see the first large-scale conference for community wireless networking projects, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Making the Connection: The 2004 National Summit for Community Wireless Networks will be the largest community wireless networking event to date and will bring together technology and policy leaders, decision-makers, students, researchers, and other participants in wireless networking and community networking initiatives for the express purpose of discussing policy issues and practical solutions to problems facing community wireless networks.

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Wireless Networks To Be Outlawed In
Urban Environments

Wireless Networks To Be Outlawed In
Urban Environments 04/02/2005 12:54 AM

The American Council of Mayors and Urban Managers voted Friday to lobby the U.S. Congress in support of pending legislation that will render illegal 802.11b/g Wi-Fi networks, paving the way for widespread development of the much faster 802.16 WiMAX networking protocol.

Trio Teams to Span Wireless Networks

Trio Teams to Span Wireless Networks 08/02/2004 12:02 PM
Avaya Inc. and Motorola Inc. have lifted the veil on their respective collections of products that let phone calls roam seamlessly between enterprise WLANs and public cellular networks.

Spec in Works to Secure Wireless
Networks

Spec in Works to Secure Wireless
Networks 05/10/2004 08:40 PM
The Trusted Computing Group says it is working on a specification to ensure that wireless clients connecting to a network won't serve as a back door to worms and crackers.

Courts Freak Out That People Might
Actually Use Their Wireless Networks

Courts Freak Out That People Might
Actually Use Their Wireless Networks 12/22/2004 01:16 AM
This story seems bizarre, but apparently a bunch of courts are somehow u nprepared for the fact that people might actually use the WiFi networks they installed. Most of the article focuses on a reporter sending out realtime updates for a court case via the WiFi, leading to this absolutely classic quote from someone from the court: "In my life, I would have never thought you could do any of that. When we put the wireless network in about two years ago, we didn't think anybody would even use it." Yeah, they just installed it for the hell of it. How dare someone actually use it! The rest of the article goes on to discuss just how "dangerous" this situation is, and how courts don't understand what a risk these networks are. It also refers to "WiFi" as the "informal" name for wireless networks -- when it's actually very much the formal, certified name for them.

Start-up pictures video-ready wireless
networks

Start-up pictures video-ready wireless
networks 01/05/2005 01:58 PM
Video54 says new intelligent antenna technology can make wireless networks reliable enough to carry video.

Wireless networks to boom but still a
fraction of Internet market

Wireless networks to boom but still a
fraction of Internet market 12/03/2003 01:22 PM
AFP via Yahoo! Dec 3 2003 11:43AM ET

Sniffer Portable Troubleshoots Latest
Wireless Networks

Sniffer Portable Troubleshoots Latest
Wireless Networks 03/22/2005 09:55 PM
Sniffer Portable 4.8, a software-only analyzer typically used on Windows-based laptops, adds real-time protocol decodes, allowing users to "see details of captured data in real time for quicker analysis."

‘Drive-By Hackers’ Target Wireless
Computer Networks

‘Drive-By Hackers’ Target Wireless
Computer Networks 06/02/2004 02:32 AM
Wireless Internet technology causes security concerns. Dallas area security firm demonstrates vulnerabilities. [PRWEB Jun 2, 2004]
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