Philadelphia considering creating world's largest WiFi hotspot

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Philadelphia mulls 135 sq mile wireless
hotspot

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

T-mobile WiFi Hotspot

T-mobile WiFi Hotspot 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
I arrived here at Honolulu International a little earlier than I wanted to this morning as my wife had to...

ISN WiFi Hotspot on Kent Street

ISN WiFi Hotspot on Kent Street 12/29/2003 11:54 PM
"Island Services Network has turned on an open Wifi hotspot in their third-floor offices above the old Home Hardware location on Kent Street between Queen and University, next door to Tim Hortons. You can see evidence of this if you sit near the front of Timothy's down the street -- SSID ISN1 will..." (65 words - posted by peter) 1 reply

WiFi for God: New Hotspot on Prince
Street

WiFi for God: New Hotspot on Prince
Street 12/29/2003 11:54 PM
"I'm happy to announce the reintroduction of open WiFi into my neighbourhood. Emanating from Reinvented World Headquarters here at 100 Prince St. is a WiFi beam stretching out onto Prince Street and right into St. Paul's Anglican Church. The usefulness of the WiFi for religious purposes remains to..." (370 words - posted by peter) 4 replies

Cometa WiFi Hotspot Network To Shut Down

Cometa WiFi Hotspot Network To Shut Down 05/19/2004 07:27 PM

Powerful WiFi antenna used in California
and New York City now being used for
Nigeria Hotspot

Powerful WiFi antenna used in California
and New York City now being used for
Nigeria Hotspot 07/18/2004 02:29 AM
Chevron Nigeria uses new USA produced WiFi-Plus multi-polarity obstruction penetrating antenna for successful telecom in challenging environment [PRWEB Jul 18, 2004]

"One of the world's largest."

"One of the world's largest." 12/29/2004 03:31 AM

World's Second Largest WAP Gateway

World's Second Largest WAP Gateway 04/27/2004 03:08 AM
3G Apr 27 2004 7:21AM GMT

World's Largest Truck

World's Largest Truck 06/21/2004 10:31 AM

What's huge, slow, and capable of hauling up to 400 tons of bullshit? While my first response would probably be Slashdot, too, in this case we're describing the Liebherr T 282B truck, a 224 ton monster with a massive 3650-horsepower diesel engine. New Scientist has an interview with Liebherr R&D head Francis Bartleby in which he drops a load of tasty T 282B trivia, like the fact that the huge diesel engine actually generates electricity to power two electric drive motors, and the story about the time a driver of one of the big trucks accidentally crushed a normal-sized service truck and didn't even notice.
Read [NewScientist via Piqupaill e]

Confessions Of The World's Largest
Switcher

Confessions Of The World's Largest
Switcher 10/30/2003 12:35 AM
It's a shame that Apple no longer runs the "Switch" campaign on television. Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan would make an excellent spokesperson for moving to the Mac. "I'm Srinidhi Varadarajan and I build Supercomputers at Virginia Tech." By Daniel H. Steinberg (O'Reilly Network via MyAppleMenu)

World's Largest Databases Ranked

World's Largest Databases Ranked 12/12/2003 09:19 AM
prostoalex writes "Winter Corp. has summarized its findings of the annual TopTen competition, where the world's largest and most hard-working (in terms of ...

World's Largest Book Created

World's Largest Book Created 12/16/2003 01:46 PM
Don't you just hate those books that are just a little too large to fit into your bookshelf? You have to put them on their side, or stick them somewhere else, just because a publisher decided to make the book too damn big. Well, now someone at MIT has made a book so big it's not likely to fit on any bookshelf. It probably won't fit on any coffee table, either. In fact, it's now been certified as the largest book ever created, weighing in at a somewhat stunning 133 pounds. Each of the 112 pages are five feet by seven feet. Apparently, the book costs $2,000 to make, and is being sold for $10,000 complete with a nice display easel to solve the bookshelf problem (they've already sold about two dozen). Money from the sale of the book will go to a charity that is building schools in Cambodia and Bhutan. A more cynical person might note that with all the trees that were needed to make such a book, they probably cleared a nice spot in the field for such schools. And, yes, the book, Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom is available at Amazon (though, currently out of stock).

Problems and Promise in the World's
Largest PKI

Problems and Promise in the World's
Largest PKI 02/19/2004 10:13 AM
Implementing a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) on any scale is a challenging, politically-charged task for an IT professional. Even though a working PKI is an important piece of a complete security package for an organization, the lack of interest, misunderstanding, laziness, and downright paranoia of the typical user population can turn a PKI effort into just another morass of documents for which the contractors have been paid and long ago moved on to some new revenue channel. Given the dismal success rate, it's difficult to imagine a successful PKI, not for hundreds or even thousands of users, but for millions. Yet, that seems to be what the Department of Defense (DoD) has accomplished in their Common Access Card (CAC) project - the new identification cards being issued to all US military personnel. To date, CAC PKI project has issued and manages more than six million digital certificates and corresponding smart cards. As someone who has implemented a PKI for a large, diverse organization, I can say that the IT professionals who worked to make the CAC project a success are entitled to pat themselves on the back, but it's also clear that a few problems remain.

"Confessions of the World's Largest
Switcher"

"Confessions of the World's Largest
Switcher" 10/31/2003 11:45 AM

Confessions of the world's largest
Switcher?

Confessions of the world's largest
Switcher? 10/30/2003 12:35 AM
In writing for O'Reilly's MacDevCenter, Daniel Steinberg notes that Dr...

Using Unicode to Power the World's
Largest Democracy

Using Unicode to Power the World's
Largest Democracy 08/06/2004 06:20 AM
A look at the movement to convert Indian's voter lists to Unicode.

World's Largest Working Computing Grid

World's Largest Working Computing Grid 09/05/2004 01:06 PM
PhysOrg.com Sep 5 2004 5:15PM GMT

World's largest computing grid goes live

World's largest computing grid goes live 09/06/2004 06:59 AM
PC Pro Sep 6 2004 11:28AM GMT

Officials: World's Largest Snake Caught
(AP)

Officials: World's Largest Snake Caught
(AP) 12/29/2003 11:37 PM
AP - Indonesian villagers claim to have captured a python that is almost 49.21 feet long and weighs nearly 992.07 pounds, a local official said Monday.

World's largest yacht sets sail

World's largest yacht sets sail 05/30/2004 07:32 AM
The £30m Mirabella V yacht - believed to be the largest and most expensive in the world - leaves Portsmouth.

Dubailand: world's largest themepark
EVAR

Dubailand: world's largest themepark
EVAR 06/22/2005 01:50 AM
Cory Doctorow: Dubai, a city that is practically a themepark already, is building the world's largest, most expensive, most luxurious themepark, EVAR, called "Dubailand" (what else?). You can tell from the website alone that this is going to be something: vacuous, content-free Flash site, with all the major info hidden behind PDFs and (ugh-ptui!) a Real video. Now notice the "worlds" of Dubailand: "Downtown," "Eco-Tourism," "Retail and Entertainment," "Attractions and Experience," "Sports and Outdoor" and "Themed Leisure and Vacation." Retail and Entertainment? Now that's some forthright theming! Check out the bumpf, especially the FAQs!

Retail & Entertainment World will provide a critical mass of retail facilities providing a wide variety of global brands but also unique boutiques and discount stores, all within the biggest mall in the world - the Mall of Arabia. Entertainment and dining facilities will complement the retail facilities through encouraging tourists to extend the length of their stay at Dubailand, thereby creating further opportunities for purchases....

How many people would be working at Dubailand when it is fully operational?
Dubailand will seek to employ around 300,000 working individuals by 2018 from the various projects in it.

How many visitors a day are you expecting when fully operational?
At peak operational capacity, we have forecast a footfall of some 200,000 visitors a day.

What kind of per capita spend is projected for visitors?
The rates will be an average of USD 100 per day per person not including hotel stay.

Has any study been done on the environmental impact of such a large project in almost virgin desert?
The masterplan has been based on a philosophy of maintaining as much as possible the environmental integrity of the land designated for Dubailand’s development.

How will you maintain the law and order of large crowds?
Dubailand will be coordinating with Dubai Police on relevant security issues.

Link (Thanks, Neal!)

Town Boasts World's Largest Bratwurst
(AP)

Town Boasts World's Largest Bratwurst
(AP) 07/02/2004 09:41 AM
AP - Residents of Campbellsport, Wis., are going for a world record this weekend. They hope to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records with a bratwurst nearly 40 feet long.

Philly plans world's largest mesh Wi-Fi
net

Philly plans world's largest mesh Wi-Fi
net 09/21/2004 12:45 PM
VENICE -- The idea sounds good on paper: Build a mesh network of wireless Wi-Fi base stations and let users roam around an entire city instead of providing limited connectivity in a handful of hot spots. But will it work? The City of Philadelphia hopes so.

World's largest yacht hits rocks

World's largest yacht hits rocks 09/17/2004 10:29 AM
The English-built Mirabella V yacht - believed to be the largest and most expensive in the world - runs aground.

World's largest book unveiled in Seattle
(Reuters)

World's largest book unveiled in Seattle
(Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:41 PM
Reuters - How about a little light reading?

World's largest Linux migration gets
major boost

World's largest Linux migration gets
major boost 02/05/2005 08:59 PM
Deutsche Bahn, Germany's national railway, said today that it has successfully migrated all of its 55,000 Lotus Notes users to Linux.

The world's largest computer party 'The
Gathering' is on

The world's largest computer party 'The
Gathering' is on 03/25/2005 08:36 AM
Norway Post Mar 25 2005 12:35PM GMT

Questia - The World's Largest Online
Library of Books

Questia - The World's Largest Online
Library of Books 09/15/2004 08:01 AM
Questia - The World's Largest Online Library of Books
http://www.questia.com/Index.j sp

Questia is the first online library that provides 24/7 access to the world's largest online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles. You can search each and every word of all of the books and journal articles in the collection. You can read every title cover to cover. This rich, scholarly content -- selected by professional collection development librarians -- is not available elsewhere on the Internet. Undergraduate, high school, graduate students, and Internet users of all ages have found Questia to be an invaluable online resource. Anyone doing research or just interested in topics that touch on the humanities and social sciences will find titles of interest in Questia. To complement the library, Questia offers a range of search, note-taking, and writing tools. These tools help students locate the most relevant information on their topics quickly, quote and cite correctly, and create properly formatted footnotes and bibliographies automatically. Questia provides a comprehensive research environment to meet students' academic needs. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog and Student Research Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Academic Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide.

Brits to demo world's largest computing
grid

Brits to demo world's largest computing
grid 09/03/2004 08:42 AM
Equivalent to 100,000 boy racer PCs

Hitachi to sponsor world's largest PC
gaming league

Hitachi to sponsor world's largest PC
gaming league 05/22/2004 12:43 PM
Philippine Daily Inquirer May 22 2004 4:33PM GMT

Canada begins world's largest seal hunt

Canada begins world's largest seal hunt 04/12/2004 07:28 PM

World's largest plasma TV: Samsung's new
80-inch model

World's largest plasma TV: Samsung's new
80-inch model 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
We haven't actually seen one here at CES, but with their new 80-inch plasma TV, Samsung has edged out arch-rival LG once again in...

Taiwan's Acer vying to become the
world's third largest PC vendor (AFP)

Taiwan's Acer vying to become the
world's third largest PC vendor (AFP) 05/03/2004 08:06 AM
AFP - Acer Inc., Taiwan's leading personal computer maker, said it is vying to become the world's third largest seller of PCs in two to three years.

Of the world's 100 largest economic
entities, 51 are now corporations and 49
are countries (2000)

Of the world's 100 largest economic
entities, 51 are now corporations and 49
are countries (2000) 06/11/2004 01:52 AM
"Of the world's 100 largest economic entities, 51 are now corporations and 49 are countries" .. economics

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World's Largest Internet Consultants
Open Office in London

World's Largest Internet Consultants
Open Office in London 02/01/2005 09:28 PM
WSI, worldwide leader and leading edge Internet Consulting and Education Company, is proud to announce the launch of a new Internet Consultant (IC) office to serve the South London area. [PRWEB Jan 27, 2005]

World's largest ID theft felon faces 14
years' jail

World's largest ID theft felon faces 14
years' jail 09/15/2004 07:57 AM
Help desk technician pleads guilty to $50m scam

"Of the world's 100 largest economic
entities, 51 are now corporations and 49
are countries (2000)"

"Of the world's 100 largest economic
entities, 51 are now corporations and 49
are countries (2000)" 06/11/2004 05:57 PM

O'Reilly Network: Confessions of the
World's Largest Switcher [Oct. 29, 2003]

O'Reilly Network: Confessions of the
World's Largest Switcher [Oct. 29, 2003] 10/30/2003 08:15 PM
Confessions of the World's Largest Switcher .. O'Reilly MacOSX conference .. new Switch ad

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Telesat launches world's largest
commercial communications satellite

Telesat launches world's largest
commercial communications satellite 07/19/2004 03:18 PM

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Grok Description matches for Philadelphia considering creating world's largest WiFi hotspot
GrokA matches for Philadelphia considering creating world's largest WiFi hotspot

Philadelphia expands free Wi-Fi access
zone

Philadelphia expands free Wi-Fi access
zone 09/15/2004 12:25 AM
CNET News.com Sep 15 2004 4:43AM GMT

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 Considers Free Citywide
Wireless Access

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

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

What's New: An Online Update for
Frommer's Philadelphia

What's New: An Online Update for
Frommer's Philadelphia 03/25/2005 09:04 AM
Frommers.com - Fri Mar 25, 08:02 am GMT

Rio Rancho, New Mexico: 103 Square Miles
of WiFi

Rio Rancho, New Mexico: 103 Square Miles
of WiFi 06/20/2004 02:10 AM
Slashdot Jun 20 2004 6:13AM GMT

Rio Ranch, New Mexico: 103 Square Miles
of WiFi

Rio Ranch, New Mexico: 103 Square Miles
of WiFi 06/19/2004 09:29 PM

Can A University Ban WiFi Networks?

Can A University Ban WiFi Networks? 09/09/2004 11:16 AM
Slashdot is running a story about The University of Texas at Dallas banning independent WiFi networks to avoid interference with the university-run WiFi network. There's just one (big) problem. The FCC has made it clear that only they have the right to regulate unlicensed spectrum. That was the point of the ruling they made just a few months ago telling airports they can't stop anyone from setting up WiFi networks within the airport. At the same time, though, this does demonstrate some of the issues with unlicensed spectrum. As great as it's been for generating massive growth for things like WiFi, interference is still a problem -- and one that not enough people have paid attention to.

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.

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."...

Philadelphia going wireless

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

Floods Cause Evacuations in Philadelphia
(AP)

Floods Cause Evacuations in Philadelphia
(AP) 08/02/2004 08:06 AM
AP - Torrential rain and flash floods caused airport delays, transit stoppages, apartment evacuations and a few vehicle rescues in the Philadelphia region.

Wireless streets of Philadelphia

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

Man Kills Co-Worker, Self in
Philadelphia

Man Kills Co-Worker, Self in
Philadelphia 12/29/2003 10:32 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 29 2003 9:39PM ET

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

Philadelphia reveals Wi-Fi plan

Philadelphia reveals Wi-Fi plan 04/07/2005 06:06 PM
After a contentious fight with Verizon, Philadelphia releases a report outlining its citywide wireless Internet access ambitions.

Philadelphia to Announce Wi-Fi Expansion
Plans

Philadelphia to Announce Wi-Fi Expansion
Plans 02/05/2005 09:20 PM
The city will move forward with a public/private partnership to build a citywide wireless broadband system starting this year.

NBC10.com - News - Philadelphia Police
Say Dog Ate Man

NBC10.com - News - Philadelphia Police
Say Dog Ate Man 06/04/2004 03:40 PM
Philadelphia Police Say Dog Ate Man .. eating his owner .. NBC10 News

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Philadelphia plans first U.S. citywide
Wi-Fi network

Philadelphia plans first U.S. citywide
Wi-Fi network 04/08/2005 12:07 PM
The city of Philadelphia will become the largest U.S. Internet "hot spot" next year under a plan to offer wireless access at about half the cost charged by commercial operators, city officials said.

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 Inquirer 09/09/2004
Newsrooms under siege

Philadelphia Inquirer 09/09/2004
Newsrooms under siege 09/09/2004 04:40 PM

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Philadelphia plans nation's first
citywide Wi-Fi network

Philadelphia plans nation's first
citywide Wi-Fi network 04/12/2005 01:49 AM

Philadelphia Plans First U.S. Citywide
Wi-Fi Network (Reuters)

Philadelphia Plans First U.S. Citywide
Wi-Fi Network (Reuters) 04/07/2005 03:43 PM
Reuters - The city of Philadelphia will become the largest U.S. Internet "hot spot" next year under a plan to offer wireless access at about half the cost charged by commercial operators, city officials said on Thursday.

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 Considers Citywide Wireless
Internet

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

Philadelphia Worker Falls 8 Floors, Dies

Philadelphia Worker Falls 8 Floors, Dies 12/31/2003 10:51 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 31 2003 9:37PM ET

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 considering creating world's largest WiFi hotspot

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