Category: Municipal Telecom SystemsFebruary 1, 2006 Wireless Philadelphia Agreement with Earthlink Nearly CompleteContract 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 August 1, 2005 Comcast’s Roberts: Municipalities Shouldn’t Build WirelessComcast’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. May 4, 2005 Cox Accused of Underhanded PollingIn 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. May 2, 2005 Municipal Telecom Projects Summarized on CNET MapCNET 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. April 18, 2005 So You Want to Be in the Broadband Business?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. |
||
|
