Philadelphia joins list of cities mulling wireless Internet for all

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Philadelphia joins the list of cities
mulling wireless Internet for all

Philadelphia joins the list of cities
mulling wireless Internet for all 09/01/2004 06:34 AM
Cbs11tv.com - Wed Sep 1, 08:51 am GMT

Philadelphia to become huge wireless
Internet hot spot

Philadelphia to become huge wireless
Internet hot spot 09/02/2004 09:31 PM
Straits Times Sep 2 2004 11:46PM GMT

Philadelphia Considers Citywide Wireless
Internet

Philadelphia Considers Citywide Wireless
Internet 09/01/2004 08:37 PM
VOA Sep 2 2004 0:11AM GMT

Philadelphia going wireless

Philadelphia going wireless 04/08/2005 10:04 AM
CNN Apr 8 2005 1:31PM GMT

AT&T Wireless announces 3G wireless
network build in four cities

AT&T Wireless announces 3G wireless
network build in four cities 07/20/2004 04:34 PM
Miami Herald Jul 20 2004 7:26PM GMT

Wireless Philadelphia launch

Wireless Philadelphia launch 04/08/2005 06:35 PM
Yesterday, I attended the press conference at which Philadelphia mayor John Street (that's him in the photo) announced the formal launch of Wireless Philadelphia. This is the city-wide wireless broadband network that has been the source of both so much excitement and so much angst on the part of incumbents.

As Street, and Philly CIO Dianah Neff (the force behind the project) made clear, however, the city isn't just blindly trying to replace private connectivity providers. Philadelphia has established a separate non-profit corporation, which will contract with private companies to build the network. It will then offer the network as an open wholesale platform, with third-party service providers offering the retail connections to end users. That means carriers, ISPs, and hotspot aggregators will all benefit from the city's investment, not compete with it.

No city money will be spent on the project. All costs will be covered from revenues. That's right; the network won't be free. It will cost an estimated $16-$20/month for unlimited access, which is a bargain considering that you can pay $10 just to surf in one Starbucks for a couple hours. The city will be a customer of the wireless network for its internal communications activities, which is expected to save it $2 million per year in telecommunications costs once. And as Street and Neff pointed out, there are all sorts of potential ancillary benefits and services to be delivered on top of the connectivity platform.

It's exciting to live in the place that it pioneering something that I'm confident all major cities will want to do within the next 5-10 years.

By the way, we're organizing a workshop track at Supernova on municipal broadband. The activity around municipal wireless in particular is just too great to ignore. And this decentralization of connectivity and broadband policy is a perfect example of the Supernova themes.

Philadelphia Turns to Cos. for Wireless
Aid (AP)

Philadelphia Turns to Cos. for Wireless
Aid (AP) 04/08/2005 09:35 AM
AP - The city will tap the private sector to implement its plan for blanketing most of Philadelphia with cheap, high-speed wireless Internet access.

Philadelphia Turns to Cos. for Wireless
Aid

Philadelphia Turns to Cos. for Wireless
Aid 04/08/2005 08:28 PM
Red Nova Apr 8 2005 11:58PM GMT

Wireless streets of Philadelphia

Wireless streets of Philadelphia 09/01/2004 11:38 AM

• Billionaire Internet investor Son
mulling tie-up with TV bus

• Billionaire Internet investor Son
mulling tie-up with TV bus 03/26/2005 09:26 AM
Newshub.com - Sat Mar 26, 12:46 pm GMT

Detroit Tops List of Fattest U.S. Cities
(AP)

Detroit Tops List of Fattest U.S. Cities
(AP) 01/02/2004 05:01 PM
AP - After three years of holding the title as America's fattest city, Houston shed the weight of the title. The city dropped to No. 2 on the Men's Fitness list of "fattest cities" in America. Detroit moved to the top spot.

Philadelphia Inquirer Endorses Wireless
Plan?

Philadelphia Inquirer Endorses Wireless
Plan? 04/11/2005 05:51 PM
It's not exactly an endorsement, but this unsigned editorial from the paper is highly complimentary: They make the usual provisos, but their tone echoes mine of a few days ago. If this plan is implemented as suggested, there's very little risk to the city while not putting the city in the driver's seat of being an ISP....

Philadelphia mulls 135 sq mile wireless
hotspot

Philadelphia mulls 135 sq mile wireless
hotspot 09/01/2004 09:24 AM

Philadelphia expands free outdoor
wireless Web

Philadelphia expands free outdoor
wireless Web 09/15/2004 11:51 AM
MSNBC Sep 15 2004 2:44PM GMT

Billionaire Internet investor Son
mulling tie-up with TV business

Billionaire Internet investor Son
mulling tie-up with TV business 03/26/2005 09:26 AM
Story.news.yahoo.com - Sat Mar 26, 12:53 pm GMT

Billionaire Internet investor Son
mulling tie-up with TV business (AFP)

Billionaire Internet investor Son
mulling tie-up with TV business (AFP) 03/26/2005 09:33 AM
AFP - Billionaire Internet investor Masayoshi Son said he would consider a business tie-up with a major Japanese television network at the centre of a controversial takeover battle.

Billionaire Internet investor mulling
tie-up with Fuji TV

Billionaire Internet investor mulling
tie-up with Fuji TV 03/26/2005 09:26 AM
Business-times.asia1.com.sg - Sat Mar 26, 09:02 am GMT

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NYC, Four Other Cities on List to Host
2012 Olympics (Reuters)

NYC, Four Other Cities on List to Host
2012 Olympics (Reuters) 05/18/2004 10:38 AM
Reuters - Paris, New York, Moscow, London and Madrid were accepted on Tuesday as candidates to stage the 2012 Summer Olympics but four other cities missed out.

Philadelphia Considers Free Citywide
Wireless Access

Philadelphia Considers Free Citywide
Wireless Access 09/01/2004 11:56 AM

Philadelphia turns to private companies
for help with wireless Net access

Philadelphia turns to private companies
for help with wireless Net access 04/10/2005 03:29 AM
Canadian Press Apr 10 2005 6:00AM GMT

Philadelphia Expands Free Wireless Web
Access Zone

Philadelphia Expands Free Wireless Web
Access Zone 09/15/2004 01:57 AM
Macon Area Online Sep 15 2004 5:28AM GMT

603 cities list. Peace rallies worldwide
Feb 14-16, 2003. Google ...

603 cities list. Peace rallies worldwide
Feb 14-16, 2003. Google ... 02/14/2003 07:41 PM
Police estimated 150000 people participated, while organizers put the crowd at 200000." San Francisco Bay Area Indymedia shows up often in top 10 of Google ...

AT&T Wireless Now Has 3G in Four
Cities

AT&T Wireless Now Has 3G in Four
Cities 07/20/2004 04:20 PM
AT&T Wireless announced today--as was leaked last week--that they have 3G wireless available in four U.S. cities: Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Seattle are up and running at 200 to 300 Kbps right now with San Diego (take that, Qualcomm home town?) and Dallas coming by the end of 2004. Upload speeds aren't listed. AT&T will charge $25 per month for phone-based 3G service, with streaming video costing an extra $5 per month. Data plans are $80 per month. No word yet on whether the Motorola phone that works with this W-CDMA network will allow the same kind of sidestepping to connect a laptop via Bluetooth or USB to get the lower price. It does have Bluetooth built in, which is a good sign. Daily Wireless has a round-up of the announcement with details about the phone; they link to this Motorola press release with more phone details. The handset will cost about $300 before rebates or other deals. It has an integrated MP3 player, a large screen, three band (900/1800/1900) support, and handles GSM, GPRS, and W-CDMA. Laptop users will require a Merlin U530 UMTS card....

AT&T Rolls Out 3G Wireless in Four
Cities

AT&T Rolls Out 3G Wireless in Four
Cities 07/20/2004 06:13 PM
The high-speed wireless service makes its debut in San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix and Detroit, with service in Dallas and San Diego planned by year's end.

AT&T Wireless launches 3G in 4 cities

AT&T Wireless launches 3G in 4 cities 07/20/2004 04:15 PM
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on Tuesday launched a 3G (third-generation) mobile data service in Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle, offering a claimed average of 220K bps (bits per second) to 320K bps of data throughput to two handset models and one type of modem.

Who Pays for Wireless Cities?

Who Pays for Wireless Cities? 09/21/2004 12:38 PM

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“Earlier this month, Philadelphia became the latest municipality to throw its hat in the Wi-Fi ring and enjoy an image bounce that would be the envy of any presidential candidate. Civic interest in Wi-Fi makes municipalities look sexy and modern. Less certain, however, are their chances for success as providers of emerging communications technology. Offering wireless broadband is a new course for cities and towns, say observers, and one that may not be quite as…

AT&T Wireless Will Launch 3G in Four
Cities Next Week

AT&T Wireless Will Launch 3G in Four
Cities Next Week 07/15/2004 03:36 PM
Reuters reports that AT&T Wireless is poised to roll out its W-CDMA 3G cellular data offering in Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Seattle next week: AT&T Wireless had been saying "by the end of the year," and this leak of a near-term launch is apparently surprising. The company is only promising 200 to 300 Kbps, but it's likely that W-CDMA will offer much higher burst rates, slightly slower than 1x-EvDO, which Verizon Wireless plans to spend $1 billion in the next several months to expand throughout major markets in the U.S. I expected a rollout in Seattle because AT&T Wireless is headquartered in this region--for the time being. The merger with Cingular will certainly result in an almost total shutdown in this area as there's no logical, only historical reasons for this geographical location. The service will require one of two phones from Nokia and Motorola to access. As TechDirt notes, AT&T Wireless has to launch service in four cities before the end of the year to avoid a requirement to repay $6 billion to investor DoCoMo. Elsewhere, I've seen this figure and deadline rejected by certain executives involved in the transaction, but I don't believe there's been a definitive refutation. [link via TechDirt]...

Verizon Wireless brings 3G to more
cities

Verizon Wireless brings 3G to more
cities 09/22/2004 07:04 PM
CNET News.com Sep 22 2004 10:13PM GMT

AT&T Wireless rolling out 3G in four
cities this summer

AT&T Wireless rolling out 3G in four
cities this summer 06/04/2004 03:25 PM
Engadget Jun 4 2004 7:40PM 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 announces 3G network in
four cities

AT&T Wireless announces 3G network in
four cities 07/20/2004 05:51 PM
SiliconValley.com Jul 20 2004 9:40PM GMT

Cities invest in open wireless broadband
for everyone

Cities invest in open wireless broadband
for everyone 09/18/2004 08:34 PM
US News Sep 18 2004 11:26PM GMT

Intel brings wireless broadband to
Chinese cities

Intel brings wireless broadband to
Chinese cities 06/10/2004 02:28 PM
Dalian and Chengdu will serve as test-beds for a technology key to chipmaker's future plans.

Deal Paves Way For Cingular Wireless To
Serve All Top 100 US Cities

Deal Paves Way For Cingular Wireless To
Serve All Top 100 US Cities 07/12/2004 12:43 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jul 12 2004 5:15AM GMT

Telcos and cities struggling for
wireless deployment control

Telcos and cities struggling for
wireless deployment control 06/05/2005 11:48 PM

In a growing number of American states , city governments and telephone companies are struggling over policies determining who gets to rollout city-wide wireless internet connectivity. Telcos argue that cities offer unfair competition to their businesses.

Twenty states have already passed, or are trying to push through, legislation that would impose heavy restrictions on communities creating their own networks in areas already served by Bells and cable companies.
Thirteen of those states--Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington--have passed bills restricting future public broadband projects, though existing initiatives are allowed to operate. The remaining eight have measures pending or have seen their bills fail to reach a vote.

( via Smartmobs )

1TouchTone.com Joins Growing List of
VoIP Providers

1TouchTone.com Joins Growing List of
VoIP Providers 08/27/2004 02:04 PM
VoipReview.org adds 1TouchTone.com to online database of broadband phone service providers. [PRWEB Aug 26, 2004]

Spam joins pounds on New Year's 'to
shed' list

Spam joins pounds on New Year's 'to
shed' list 01/04/2005 08:16 PM
ZDNet Jan 5 2005 12:09AM GMT

Comcast Revs Up High Speed Internet July
28 - 1:36 AM ET News in Brief | From its
headquarters in Philadelphia

Comcast Revs Up High Speed Internet July
28 - 1:36 AM ET News in Brief | From its
headquarters in Philadelphia 07/28/2004 02:36 AM
BetaNews Jul 28 2004 7:28AM GMT
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