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Provo, Utah becomes third Google Fiber city
Google has announced that it will be offering Google Fiber service in Provo, Utah, if the city council approves Google’s acquisition of iProvo (the fiber optic network built by the city 10 years ago)....
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O2 WiFi proves highly popular among UK public
O2, a telecom company that operates WiFi hotspots across the UK says that more adults are now seeking out free public WiFi when they go shopping. O2 conducted a survey of 2000 adults in February 2013...
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The new challenge for Wi-Fi hot zones: video on smartphones
Large Wi-Fi hot zones have been making news again, in Santa Clara (thanks to the city’s smart meter project), San Jose (free Wi-Fi downtown), Petaluma (free Wi-Fi hot zone), New York City (thanks to...
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Time Warner Cable to offer free Wi-Fi in Austin, Texas
Time Warner Cable (TWC) will start offering free Wi-Fi throughout Austin, Texas to people who subscribe to its cable service. People who are not subscribers will pay $2.95 per hour. Perhaps it is TWC’s...
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Tales from the Towers, Chapter 44: Why the Connect America Fund should be...
This article addresses why the Connect America Fund should be shut down and what steps can be taken to encourage competition in the market for wired and wireless broadband services. I’ve mentioned many...
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More free Wi-Fi in parks
As I mentioned in The Return of Large Scale Wi-Fi Deployments, municipalities have bigger budgets these days, thanks to the improving economy in the United States, so they’re spending it on new Wi-Fi...
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Ruckus Wireless drops 17 percent
The price of Ruckus Wireless (RKUS) shares dropped 17 percent yesterday to $15.80 after the company reported Q1 2013 revenues and earnings that were below analysts’ expectations. Ruckus Wireless...
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Free Wi-Fi in Nice and the French Riviera
Nice, France has entered into a deal with GOWEX to offer free Wi-Fi service in some of the city’s public areas such as the Cours Saleya and Place du Palais. The SSDI is «NiceGOWEXFREEWiFi». That’s...
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From payphones to Wi-Fi hotspots
South Island of New Zealand You’ve seen all those forlorn phone booths gathering dust on a weedy corner waiting for the elusive Person-Without-A-Cellphone to step in and drop coins into the pay phone....
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Is Google quietly funding large scale Wi-Fi projects?
I was surprised to hear that Pryor, Oklahoma (pop. 9500) received a $200,000 grant from Google to deploy and maintain a free public Wi-Fi network that covers 13 blocks around the downtown area. The...
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Tales from the Towers, Chapter 45: I’ll give you two 5s for 10
In this article, Rory Conaway argues why wireless ISPs should use the 10 GHz frequency for backhaul. He urges the FCC to open it up for unlicensed use. What if there were a new 500 MHz wide band of...
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Details about the Douglasville muni Wi-Fi project
Last week I posted an article entitled “Is Google secretly funding large-scale Wi-Fi projects”. In the article, I pointed to two municipal Wi-Fi projects funded by Google, one in Pryor, Oklahoma and...
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Cable WiFi Alliance allows US cable customers to roam on Wi-Fi networks
Comcast, Cablevision, Cox Communications, Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable have entered into an agreement under the umbrella of Cable WiFi to allow their customers to roam on each other’s...
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Orange France creates nationwide community Wi-Fi network
I received an email last month from Orange France telling me that I will soon be able to take advantage of Wi-Fi everywhere in France and the Reunion island because I am a subscriber to their...
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Gowex deploys free Wi-Fi hotzones in San Francisco
After building Wi-Fi hotzones in New York, GOWEX takes the leap to the West Coast and lands in San Francisco with 450 “Wi-Fi Smart Zones”. GOWEX plans to increase the number of hotzones in the city....
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Webinar June 13: Performing site surveys for location-based apps
I found this webinar taking place on 13 June 2013 (Thursday) at 11:00am Pacific Time given by Jim Geier, who has contributed many articles to MuniWireless. Jim will explain how to perform a site survey...
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Tulsa, Oklahoma RFP for marketing partnerships
The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma is requesting proposals from qualified vendors to assist the City in developing marketing partnerships with outside entities. This includes sponsorships, advertising,...
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Taiwan gives away free Wi-Fi to tourists
Taiwan is now extending its free Wi-Fi service to tourists visiting cities and towns where free Wi-Fi already exists for residents. I wrote two pieces several years ago: Taipei slowly rolling out free...
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NJ Transit hires Cablevision to provide Wi-Fi service
New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) has entered into a 20-year agreement with Cablevision for the latter to provide Wi-Fi service in trains and stations. Customers of Cablevision will have access at no...
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Gowex launches free Wi-Fi service in Corsica
Gowex, the Madrid-based Wi-Fi operator, has begun providing free Wi-Fi service in the Ajaccio, the capital of the island of Corsica (birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte and popular holiday island), just...
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