muni wireless

What Next for SF Wireless?

By Eugene Chan on 30 August 2007 - 9:54am

Ouch. "Wifi Network News":http://wifinetnews.com/archives/007874.html is reporting that "Earthlink":http://www.earthlink.com is withdrawing from its bid to build out San Francisco's municipal wireless initiative. "More":http://urltea.com/1cyg from the San Francisco Chronicle: bq. Ballard said Wednesday that although the joint deal with Google and Earthlink is now history, the city would regroup and issue a second round of proposals from interested vendors. Officials hope Google, which "has been a valuable partner throughout all this," will want to participate, he said.

Tags: muni wireless, san francisco, Google, Earthlink

Down to the Wire on Wireless

By Laura Efurd on 9 July 2007 - 11:31am

Tomorrow July 10th and on Wednesday July 11th the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote on whether to approve the City’s proposed agreement with Earthlink and Google to provide FREE wireless internet access to the City of San Francisco.

Tags: muni wireless, community wireless, community technology, municipal wireless, city of San Francisco, SF Techconnect

Closing the divide through the last mile

By John Hoffman on 26 April 2007 - 11:10am

As several technologies are competing and complementing each other as the dominant technology to bridge the last mile, all are listing digital inclusion as a major goal. At a recent Women in Telecommunications panel, next-generation wireless tech leaders weighed in.