A bit-o-history
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Broadband providers like Verizon and BellSouth view the cities' involvement as a threat to their market share and have been lobbying fiercely against the idea. Laws restricting future public broadband schemes have sprung up in about a dozen states, including Pennsylvania--though its governor conceded on signing the measure in December 2004 that Philadelphia could go ahead with its existing plans.
Congress has also taken notice. A bill prohibiting municipal governments nationwide from running such networks surfaced in the House of Representatives last summer, though one proposing just the opposite emerged in the Senate only days later.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6022185.htmlSt. Petersburg, Florida issues RFP for citywide Wi-Fi network (85 page RFP)
St. Petersburg, Florida (pop. 250,000) has issued an RFP for a citywide network. The city will not spend any public funds for the network. The provider is responsible for building and maintaining the network. There are some city assets available for mounting wireless nodes, but the provider must also negotiate with Progress Energy, the local utility company. Minimum required speed is 1 Mbps symmetrical. Responses are due on 16 August 2006.
http://www.wifistpete.com/option1= not many yet
http://www.earthlink.net/about/muni/http://www.troposnetworks.com/http://www.motorola.com/mesh/pages/newsroo.../2006_06_20.htmoption2=
Press Releases
Fujitsu Offers New Metro Wireless Mesh Solution that Simplifies Deployment and Access to Broadband Services
http://www.belairnetworks.com/about_belair...iew.cfm?p_id=91 Press Releases
Toronto Hydro Telecom Selects Siemens For Deployment of Canada's Largest Wi-Fi Zone
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Toronto, Ontario, May 8, 2006 - TORONTO HYDRO TELECOM INC. today announced that SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, a division of Siemens Canada Limited, has been selected vendor of record for equipment supply, implementation and services in support of Toronto Hydro Telecom’s plans to make Toronto the largest ubiquitous Wi-Fi zone in Canada. Negotiations relating to the terms and conditions of equipment supply, implementation and services are ongoing and have not yet been finalized.
http://www.belairnetworks.com/about_belair...iew.cfm?p_id=88
