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Stop The Cap has informed us that “North Carolina’s incumbent cable and phone companies are once again trying to ram through an anti-municipal broadband bill, and their timing is designed to rush it through committee before a groundswell of consumer opposition… Related posts:

1. Indiana anti-municipal bill: hearing on February 16
2. N. Carolina shelves anti muni broadband bill
3. Hearing on Indiana telecom bill on 10 January

Sioux Falls, South Dakota has just deployed a microwave backhaul system to link together 20 public buildings. The project caught my eye because it challenges one of the assumptions most of us make – that fiber is always more reliable… Related posts:

1. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio also goes wireless
2. Lack of fiber backhaul delays Sprint’s WiMAX launch
3. Buyer’s Guide: Applications: Hansen Information Technologies

Continuing the discussion of the budget muni wireless network requires analyzing the front line component, the Access Point (AP). There are many variations of APs. They all have features and capabilities that provide enhancements in certain environments. Some of the… Related posts:

1. Is multi-radio Wi-Fi mesh worthwhile?
2. Compensating for limited signal coverage with external antennas
3. Tales from the towers: a wireless ISP’s experience building large Wi-Fi networks

David Pringle, moderator of the discussion forums on the GSMA’s Mobile Innovation Exchange, argues that Wi-Fi, not WiMAX, is the real competitor to LTE because the economics of Wi-Fi, not to mention its speed compared to existing cellular technologies, make it… Related posts:

1. Skype offers free calls to landlines in France
2. Voice over Wi-Fi: cheap, reliable calling unloved by mobile operators
3. Wi-Fi demand still surging

The iPad is now the second most popular non-laptop device connecting to Boingo’s Wi-Fi networks, displacing Android devices and more than doubling the daily number of visits for the previous second place device, despite its recent launch (April 3, 2010). “It’s… Related posts:

1. Apple launches the iPad in WiFi and 3G versions
2. Boingo awarded patent for hotspot access
3. Boingo Wireless now in six major UK airports

The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today that it received 867 applications requesting $11 billion in funding for proposed broadband projects in Round 2. Unfortunately, the agency has only $2.6 billion to allocate for the second… Related posts:

1. NTIA, RUS receive over 2000 applications for broadband stimulus funds
2. BIP, BTOP broadband infrastructure grant deadlines extended
3. Illinois counties get $11.9 million broadband grant for fiber network

A federal appellate court in the DC Circuit has ruled that the FCC does not have the authority under the Communications Act of 1934 to stop Comcast from blocking the use of peer-to-peer applications by customers on its network. To… Related posts:

1. Comcast blocking Internet traffic
2. Video distributor takes on ISPs over peer-to-peer throttling
3. FCC to blame for ISPs traffic shaping, app blocking

Several people have asked me how to build lower cost municipal Wi-Fi systems that cover anything from a very small area to hundreds of miles. To be honest, we haven’t yet deployed a muni Wi-Fi network that covers hundreds of… Related posts:

1. Is multi-radio Wi-Fi mesh worthwhile?
2. Why structured mesh is different
3. Mumbai gets citywide wireless mesh network

Meru Networks, a manufacturer of enterprise wireless equipment, launched its initial public offering (IPO) today. Meru and other holders of Meru shares sold 4,386,784 shares of common stock at a target price of $15. The company’s IPO will raise over… Related posts:

1. Santa Fe deploys wireless across 35 schools
2. Wi-Fi IPO – partying like it’s 1999?
3. CALEA and Ownerless Networks: FCC-Mandated Hacking?

We’re still working on some fun stuff we did at CTIA, so for today’s WiMAX news we will redirect you a bit. Check back later though, for some video-related material… ! Clearwire, Sprint launch 4G WiMAX services in Houston: Clearwire made… Related posts:

1. Verizon says no to Clearwire proposal to merge WiMAX, LTE
2. Clearwire’s Big Q4: 87,000 New 4G Subscribers Added
3. Five things you didn’t know about the Clearwire WiMax deal

Corpus Christi, Texas is one of the few cities in the US with a citywide Wi-Fi network used for a variety of applications: municipal (public safety, automated meter reading) and public Internet access. Now they are using the network to… Related posts:

1. Corpus Christi, Texas gets citywide Wi-Fi
2. EarthLink will deliver Internet access on Corpus Christi citywide network
3. Corpus Christi shares its Wi-Fi experience in new report

I am looking for people to contribute articles to MuniWireless about: - ongoing citywide WiFi projects or large WiFi hotzones - use of wireless (WiFi, WiMAX, 3G or LTE) in smart grid projects, AMR/AMI, public safety and other municipal applications - convergence of… Related posts:

1. Corpus Christi, Texas muni Wi-Fi welcomes Spring Break
2. WiMAX debuts in Madison, Wisc.

LAS VEGAS, NEV. — CTIA — Even though its proponents are confident that Long Term Evolution (LTE) services will appear in the U.S. before the end of the year, a quick look around the show floor here at CTIA saw… Related posts:

1. Verizon LTE update: friendly trials this summer, real service late 2010, no “bricks”
2. Verizon says no to Clearwire proposal to merge WiMAX, LTE
3. EricssonAB suspends WiMAX development

Time Warner Cable is now giving Road Runner customers in New York City access to the cable company’s Wi-Fi hotspots for no additional charge. Unfortunately, people who are not TWC or Road Runner customers are not allowed to use the… Related posts:

1. Sarasota citywide network for public safety and Internet access
2. Who’s missing out on muni Wi-Fi? The cable guys, but maybe not much longer
3. Milwaukee free municipal Wi-Fi access

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced 10 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investments totaling more than $63 million in grants for broadband projects. The grants will fund projects that lay the groundwork to bring enhanced high-speed Internet access to… Related posts:

1. Level 3 gets $13.8M in broadband stimulus grants
2. NTIA announces more broadband stimulus grant recipients
3. NTIA gets 867 applications requesting $11 billion in broadband grants

LAS VEGAS, NEV. — CTIA — Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow used a keynote appearance here Wednesday to extend a sort of olive branch to proponents of competing 4G radio technologies, saying that the industry and end-users would be better off… Related posts:

1. Clearwire’s Morrow: Let’s merge WiMAX, LTE
2. Verizon LTE update: friendly trials this summer, real service late 2010, no “bricks”
3. LTE: not ready for prime time in the US

In 2008, I posted an article about Ponca City, Oklahoma’s wireless automated meter reading (AMR) project: outdoor wireless nodes that collect data from residents’ wireless water and electric meters, then transmit the data via the city-owned fiber back to the… Related posts:

1. Ponca City, Oklahoma blends municipal wireless with energy management
2. Texas City, Tx. considers citywide WI-Fi
3. South Carolina city uses muni wireless for energy management, public safety, free WiFi

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has deployed a wireless network for a statewide Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). This wireless network uses over 600 radios from Proxim, and connects traffic and video components over hundreds of square miles throughout the… Related posts:

1. Brownsburg, Indiana, gets the greenlight for muni Wi-Fi
2. Who’s more important for spectrum policy: FCC or Department of Transportation?
3. Indiana anti-municipal bill: hearing on February 16

© 2010 MuniWireless. All Rights Reserved.. Related posts:

1. Riverside muni wireless network making good progress
2. Ruckus Wireless scores with football stadium Wi-Fi deployment
3. Ruckus Wireless launches Wi-Fi end-to-end solution for service providers

Related posts:

1. Riverside muni wireless network making good progress
2. Ruckus Wireless scores with football stadium Wi-Fi deployment
3. Ruckus Wireless launches Wi-Fi end-to-end solution for service providers

LAS VEGAS, NEV. — CTIA — Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow used a keynote appearance here Wednesday to extend a sort of olive branch to proponents of competing 4G radio technologies, saying that the industry and end-users would be better off… Related posts:

1. Verizon says no to Clearwire proposal to merge WiMAX, LTE
2. Morrow County, Oregon, hosts Wi-Fi public safety workshop
3. Mobile WiMAX moving to 1Gbps