Muni Wireless's Not So Free Lunch
A doff of the chapeau to Adam Thierer at Progress & Freedom Foundation for citing for the San Jose Mercury's critical look at "free" municipal wireless in Silicon Valley. The article is only the...
View ArticleChicago Scraps Muni WiFi
Chicago is the latest city to pull the plug on plans to build a citywide municipal wireless system after failing to come to terms with EarthLink, its perspective partner, the Chicago Tribune reports...
View ArticleDetails of Corpus Christiís Muni Wireless Deal
Corpus Christi is remains one of two cities to which EarthLink remains committed, the other being Philadelphia, which stands as EarthLink's highly visible entry into muni wireless. At the Public...
View ArticleMunicipal Broadband Fails - Again
City officials in Provo, Utah, are still scratching their heads over the persistent low revenues and high subscriber turnover from iProvo, the city's municipal broadband network.iProvo, the...
View ArticleCalifornia Proposes ëBroadband Bondsí
Government still tends to view the broadband usage problem in the U.S. as a paucity of infrastructure. The California Broadband Task Force (CBTF) blundered in the same policy direction in its...
View ArticleDTV Transition Illustrates Video Competition
The FCC-mandated conversion to digital TV broadcasting next February is touching off a battle among cable TV and telephone companies to hook-up so-called "nevers," consumers, who for whatever reason,...
View ArticleThink Tank: iProvo's Losses at $8 Million and Counting
Los Angeles (April 16, 2008) - iProvo has already posted over $8 million in losses according to a new Reason Foundation policy brief that concludes that Provo is destined to join a list of cities like...
View ArticleDon't Panic! Fiber Is Coming
The municipal broadband fad has thankfully peaked as more and more cities see the financial havoc such plans can wreak on their budgets and credit ratings.So, to the benefit of local taxpayers and...
View ArticleFCC Cancels Meeting on AWS-3 Auction
Responding to a request from Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Rep. Henry Waxman, who will lead, respectively, the Senate and House commerce committees next year, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has canceled...
View ArticleCongress Approves Broadband to Nowhere
Via Slashdot, a Wall Street Journaleditorial takes a look at the broadband portion of the stimulus bill:...nothing in the legislation would address the key reason that the U.S. lags so far behind other...
View ArticleWill The Stimulus Kill Smart Ideas for Rural Broadband?
The Wall Street Journal yesterday reported on efforts of Tim Nulty, a former World Bank and Senate economist and 35-year veteran of the telecom industry, to bring fiber-based broadband to a rural...
View ArticleIt Is Broadband Stimulus Day in D.C.
Today we learn a little more about who might get some of the $7 billion Congress is doling out for broadband infrastructure as part of the Obama’s massive government spending plan.A public meeting is...
View ArticleIt All Depends on What the Meaning of the Word "Unserved" Is
Yesterday’s hearing on broadband stimulus reportedly was SRO, yet after several hours, most attendees walked away shaking their heads over the lack of general detail and panel’s own reticence to define...
View ArticleMaking Sure the Broadband Stimulus Money Isn't Wasted
It’s discouraging that after a daylong, standing-room-only meeting on the allocation of broadband stimulus funds the two federal agencies responsible for spending the cash couldn’t even define the...
View ArticleBillions In Stimulus Going to Broadband Projects
The federal government doesn’t belong in the Internet business. But, of course the stimulus bill offers up $7.2 billion for broadband projects. In a recent meeting the agencies charged with passing out...
View ArticleVP Biden on Broadband "Information Overline"
You knew the White House was taking its chances sending out Vice President Joe Biden to talk up the broadband stimulus. And Old Joe was on form, as usual.This afternoon outside Erie, Pa., the veep was...
View ArticleRethinking Universal-Service Policy in a Broadband Internet Era
Historically, government initiative was behind the great water and power infrastructure projects undertaken during the Progressive Era. Many see parallels between the need for electricity and running...
View ArticleReport: Poorest States Rank Highest in Broadband Competition
Low-income states have a much higher degree of facilities-based competition than wealthier ones, according to a new report from ID Insight, a consulting firm that provides authentication, verification...
View ArticleThe Year 2010 in IT Outsourcing, Network Neutrality, and Federal Broadband
This section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2010 provides an overview of hot topics in technology outsourcing and telecommunications policy. Topics include:IT outsourcing in state...
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