Philadelphia mulls 135 sq mile wireless hotspot

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Philadelphia considering creating
world's largest WiFi hotspot

Philadelphia considering creating
world's largest WiFi hotspot 09/02/2004 04:06 AM
Philadelphia looks at creating a city-wide WiFi network. Would such a network chase off other broadband providers?

D.C. Looks to Wireless for Last Mile

D.C. Looks to Wireless for Last Mile 01/26/2004 01:52 PM
The Washington, D.C. area has a number of small operators using Wi-Fi to offer high-speed access to businesses and residential Internet users: An In-Stat/MDR analyst estimates that about 1,000 small operators sell wireless Internet access but what's interesting about the D.C.-area operators is that they're targeting customers in or very near cities. Typically small operators have targeted rural areas that don't have any other option for broadband connectivity. Perhaps the popularity of using wireless in the home is making wireless seem a more acceptable way for end users to get Internet access. These companies can so easily distinguish themselves from the big operators by offering quality service and good customer service....

Philadelphia going wireless

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

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.

Wireless streets of Philadelphia

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

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 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.

3 Mile Wireless Game Boy Instant
Messaging

3 Mile Wireless Game Boy Instant
Messaging 05/07/2004 07:51 AM
Majesco has announced the GBA Messenger, an add-on for the Game Boy Advance that will let users send text messages over RF from up to three miles away (at least in rural areas). Users type to each other with a virtual keypad, and the GBA Messenger can even receive and...

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

Philadelphia Considers Citywide Wireless
Internet

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

Coming Soon to a Wireless Hotspot Near
You: Ads

Coming Soon to a Wireless Hotspot Near
You: Ads 05/03/2004 12:26 PM

City to become wireless hotspot

City to become wireless hotspot 05/19/2004 06:13 AM
Anyone in the centre of Cardiff will be able to surf the web or pick up e-mails on their laptop under a new broadband scheme.

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

Google Wireless Hotspot Finder

Google Wireless Hotspot Finder 12/31/2004 04:44 AM
I4U Dec 31 2004 8:40AM GMT

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 joins list of cities
mulling wireless Internet for all

Philadelphia joins list of cities
mulling wireless Internet for all 09/01/2004 12:18 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Sep 1 2004 4:24AM GMT

TurnKey Hotspot solution available from
UK Distributor Wireless CNP

TurnKey Hotspot solution available from
UK Distributor Wireless CNP 09/20/2004 02:48 AM
Wireless CNP is proud to announce its partnership with The Cloud. Wireless CNP will be both partner and Distributor to The Cloud delivering Wireless CNP’s extensive experience of wireless solutions to Systems Integrators, Resellers and ISP’s. Initially, Wireless CNP will distribute The Cloud’s ‘Hotspot in a Box’ public Internet access solution, offering full survey, installation and configuration services in addition to The Cloud’s solution. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004]

Turn your Wireless router into a Boingo
Hotspot

Turn your Wireless router into a Boingo
Hotspot 04/23/2004 02:52 AM
Warning if you are utilizing a consumer broadband account it is probably illegal for you to re-sell your bandwidth. But...

Wireless Terrestrial "Last Mile" Mobile
802.22 UHF, Narrow Band, High Data Rate
Solution

Wireless Terrestrial "Last Mile" Mobile
802.22 UHF, Narrow Band, High Data Rate
Solution 12/17/2004 06:32 PM
WiFi Wireless, Inc. (OTC: WFIW) announced today that they had contracted with AValon RF, Inc. of El Cajon, CA, to design and produce its first generation wireless terrestrial "last mile" mobile UHF, narrow band, high data rate, 802.22 based solution for it's global communication network. [PRWEB Dec 15, 2004]

Vodafone mulls AT&T Wireless bid
(TheDeal.com)

Vodafone mulls AT&T Wireless bid
(TheDeal.com) 02/10/2004 05:33 AM
TheDeal.com - The U.K. telecom officially acknowledges that it is looking into whether buying the U.S. wireless operator makes financial sense.

3rd Wave Creates Huge Wireless HotSpot
at Lenox Mall in Atlanta

3rd Wave Creates Huge Wireless HotSpot
at Lenox Mall in Atlanta 12/27/2004 04:35 AM
Lenox Mall, o­ne of Atlanta's largest malls, located in the heart of the Buckhead neighborhood, is now a 3rd Wave Free HotSpot. All three floors of the food court and some of the surrounding halls are all covered. Use is completely free for users who either have or instantly create a login for the 3rd Wave Free HotSpot network. (now with more than 55 free hotspots) http://www.3rdwavehotspot.com [PRWEB Dec 27, 2004]

FirePlanet LLC Announces the Launch of
Its Upgraded 802.11b/g High-Speed
Wireless Internet Hotspot Solutions

FirePlanet LLC Announces the Launch of
Its Upgraded 802.11b/g High-Speed
Wireless Internet Hotspot Solutions 04/09/2005 02:53 AM
FirePlanet LLC today announced the launch of its high-speed wireless Internet hotspots for business, targeting cafes, restaurants, resorts, marinas, hospitality industry, public areas, managed housing, and other venues throughout the United States. [PRWEB Apr 9, 2005]

Time Warner Cable Mulls Selling Wireless
Service (Reuters)

Time Warner Cable Mulls Selling Wireless
Service (Reuters) 06/23/2004 12:24 PM
Reuters - Time Warner Cable is considering adding wireless phone services, in partnership with one or two wireless companies, to complement the traditional telephone service it is offering with its cable television and Internet packages, a senior executive said on Wednesday.

Bush, Cheney to meet with economy
experts Gates named to Berkshire
Hathaway board FCC mulls wireless

Bush, Cheney to meet with economy
experts Gates named to Berkshire
Hathaway board FCC mulls wireless 12/19/2004 03:28 PM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Wed Dec 15, 11:18 am GMT

Last mile

Last mile 09/13/2004 01:36 AM
TechTree Sep 13 2004 5:40AM GMT

Big Brother's Last Mile

Big Brother's Last Mile 08/17/2004 11:25 AM

the mile of the century

the mile of the century 08/07/2004 12:17 PM
the mile of the century Fifty years ago today, Roger Bannister, the first man to break the 4-minute mile, and John Landy, who beat his record a month-and-a-half later, squared off in Vancouver BC to determine who was the fastest runner in the history of the world, in what is arguably the most dramatic sporting event of the 20th Century. The record for the mile has gone down astonishingly through the years, but are there limits on how low it can go? (View video of the historic Bannister vs. Landy matchup here.

Mile High kit

Mile High kit 06/17/2004 01:10 PM
Mid-air shagger helper. For frequent flyers fortunate enough to need it, this discreet 8" x 5" x 3" case contains adult accourements like massage oil, condoms, lube, sex toys, wet wipes, and after-sex mints (what? No Sphincterine?). Link (via Flesh bot)

Philadelphia to Get Citywide Wi-Fi

Philadelphia to Get Citywide Wi-Fi 09/01/2004 05:27 PM
The city of Philadelphia plans to spend $10 million to blanket the city in Wi-Fi: The network will either be free or available for a cost lower than commercial providers. It's unclear if such municipal networks will succeed in the future. 3 Rivers Connect built a free, public network in Pittsburgh in 2002 but the network is no longer operating. That network failed for a number of reasons, said George Heinitsh, chief technology officer for 3 Rivers Connect. "The biggest was that we ran into a lot of competition from providers offering service for free," he said. Doug Luce, founder and president of Telerama, an operator of for-fee hotspots in Pittsburgh, cited some other reasons for 3 Rivers' failure. He said that the mesh technology used by 3 Rivers may not have been very reliable. "Part of it also was they had a great signal in the middle of the street but not so great in storefronts," he said. He said that operators that try to cover whole cities might have such coverage issues. Luce also wondered about municipal networks that may be built primarily for use by law enforcement agencies. "If the police use it, they're likely to cater to those people and individual users are relegated to second class citizenship," he said. Still, it's clear that some municipal networks work. The Associated Press story cites Cleveland, which has 4,000 access points in one area of town. The chief information officer of Case Western Reserve University, which is running the project, said that at 2 in the afternoon on a Tuesday, 1,016 people were logged onto the network. The network is free to use. But cities that use tax dollars to build networks, ought to have a clear plan for marketing and using the network because even commercial ventures are having trouble figuring out the best business model for operating a Wi-Fi network. Luce says of the Philadelphia network: "This is an expensive experiment."...

Big Wi-Fi Project for Philadelphia

Big Wi-Fi Project for Philadelphia 09/26/2004 09:00 PM
What would Benjamin Franklin say? Philadelphia plans citywide free Wi-Fi Internet access for computer users.

Thousands to go extra mile

Thousands to go extra mile 07/10/2004 02:38 AM
Around 70,000 people are expected to take part in the 'biggest mile event in history' for Sport Relief.

15-Mile Wi-Fi Shot At 4 Mbps Up and Down

15-Mile Wi-Fi Shot At 4 Mbps Up and Down 01/27/2004 12:33 PM
Slashdot Jan 27 2004 5:18PM GMT

11,500-mile Moped Journey

11,500-mile Moped Journey 05/18/2004 07:24 PM
"In the summer of 1978 I undertook a 3-month 11,500-mile journey by moped from Toronto to Alaska (USA) and back to Toronto. This website contains a complete travelogue of this trip, with over 300 photographs and a description of the trip, plus technical information about the moped and details of the trip."

15-Mile Wi-Fi Shot At 4 Mbps Up and
Down

15-Mile Wi-Fi Shot At 4 Mbps Up and
Down 01/27/2004 08:56 AM

Walk A Mile in Your Shoes

Walk A Mile in Your Shoes 12/10/2003 11:29 AM
Walk A Mile project brings policymakers and people on assistance together. One of their programs is Living on Food Stamps, where policymakers try to eat for a month on the same amount of food stamps regular people receive. Here's how it went in Oregon, and some lessons learned by legislators.
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