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Category: Municipal Telecom Systems

February 1, 2006

Wireless Philadelphia Agreement with Earthlink Nearly Complete

Filed under: Municipal Telecom Systems - 01 Feb 2006

Contract terms between Wireless Philadelphia and Earthlink have been finalized. Philadelphia’s City Council will consider the contract sometime next week.

According to several press reports, the contract requires
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August 1, 2005

Comcast’s Roberts: Municipalities Shouldn’t Build Wireless

Filed under: Municipal Telecom Systems - 01 Aug 2005

Comcast’s Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said today that he “didn’t believe [wireless broadband is] a business municipalities should be in,” and claimed that his company isn’t “that focused” on governments as competitors in the high speed Internet access market.
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May 4, 2005

Cox Accused of Underhanded Polling

Filed under: Municipal Telecom Systems - 04 May 2005

In my past life with cable operators, my team and I managed a number of campaigns in opposition to proposed municipally-owned telecommunications systems. Given that experience, I’d recommend a story appearing in today’s 2theadvocate.com to all communities considering construction of their own telecom system. The article reveals one of the tactics some incumbent companies will use when public debate begins to develop and just how ugly the situation can become.
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May 2, 2005

Municipal Telecom Projects Summarized on CNET Map

Filed under: Municipal Telecom Systems - 02 May 2005

CNET has put together a great interactive map that summarizes municipal wireless projects, municipal fiber-to-the-premises projects and laws limiting municipal development of broadband infrastructure.

The map is useful in many respects, but some caution should be applied when reviewing one of the categories.
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April 18, 2005

So You Want to Be in the Broadband Business?

Filed under: Municipal Telecom Systems - 18 Apr 2005

As demonstrated by the activity in Hermosa Beach, California, it’s not always easy to get a municipal wireless Internet system started. NetworkWorldFusion reports that local politics can be a significant, and sometimes unanticipated, obstacle.

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