August 2007 Archives

How Will EarthLinks’ Restructuring Affect Muni WiFi Projects?

August 29, 2007 11:42 AM | 2 Comments
Internet service provider EarthLink announced Tuesday a restructuring plan to cut costs. The plan includes cutting 900 jobs, and closing the company’s offices in Orlando, Florida; Knoxville, TN; Harrisburg, PA and San Francisco, CA. Further, the offices in Pasadena, CA and Atlanta, GA will be reduced in size.
 
So what does this have to do with wireless? In addition to its other operations, EarthLink has been involved in quite a few high-visibility municipal WiFi projects the past few years, including Philadelphia. The restructuring naturally raises the question: will EarthLink continue signing on to new muni WiFi projects?
 
In April, the company hinted that muni WiFi may not be a part of its future plans.
Continue Reading...

Wireless and Mobile Technology at ITEXPO West 2007

August 17, 2007 5:39 PM | 1 Comment
INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO West 2007 is less than a month away. (The event this year is being held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California, Sept. 10-12, 2007.) If you haven’t registered yet, here’s a plug: this show is not just about IP communications. It’s about wireless, too.
Continue Reading...

WiFi Network Helped Minneapolis Deal with Bridge Collapse

August 9, 2007 12:31 PM | 1 Comment
Craig Settles (author of Fighting the Good Fight for Municipal Wireless and other books on similar topics), who keeps me updated regularly regarding U.S. municipal WiFi projects, wrote the other day to highlight how an only partially-complete WiFi network helped Minneapolis emergency responders deal with the recent Interstate 35W bridge collapse.
 
As you probably know, during evening rush-hour on August 1, the eight-lane interstate bridge portion of I-35 over the Mississippi River collapsed, dropping vehicles about 60 feet into the water below.
 
Ironically, Settles in May completed a report about how municipal WiFi networks can help cities cope with disasters.
Continue Reading...

Firetide Brings Wireless Network to the Carnival

August 7, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 Comments
Running away to the circus no longer means running way from modern technology. Wireless mesh networks developer Firetide said Tuesday that its portable network solution is now being used by Ray Cammack Shows (RCS), a North American carnival midway company.
 
Carnivals put on by RCS get 9 million visitors annually. Maintaining the necessary business environment to serve all those people, while moving frequently from site to site, used to be a challenge. No longer.
Continue Reading...
« July 2007 | Main Index | Archives | September 2007 »

Recent Entries

Tag Cloud

Recent Comments

  • sex shop: he MS fanboys need to step back and realise that read more
  • Georg: Fantastic or Foolhardy - or both at the same time? read more
  • Mirko: As you already mentioned: some methods are more practical than read more
  • Anniversary gift: Based on your article, it seems that the only significant read more
  • oil portraits: I also noticed the same trend here in our place. read more
  • G. Aasen: Interesting indeed. Let's hope they are more successful in Japan read more
  • Bahamut: If earthlink is going into difficulty, it will certainly affect read more
  • Free Flash Clock: Earthlink restructuring will definitely affect the wifi market. But wifi read more
  • Polin Armsley: niceSecond, the amount Li is suing Apple for seems rather read more
  • www.r10.net küresel seo yarismasi: obviously still no iPhone nano around, but plenty of iPods. read more

Around TMCnet Blogs

  • Communications and Technology Blog - Tehrani.com:
    Slacker on Sonos Review
  • First Coffee:
    Win Back Customers, Contact Center Budgeting Help, Marketing to
  • Industry Insight:
    The Future Premises Network, Part I
  • Monetizing IP Communications:
    Stoke's Dan McBride on LTE Security
  • On Rad's Radar?:
    Cell Phones Offer No Privacy
  • Patriot Talk:
    Obama Refuses to use the word "Taxes" - Calls
  • SIP and Serve by a Foodie:
    $100 Billion and Counting
  • Voice of IP:
    Chapter 2: Introduction to Cloud Telephony - What is
  • VoIP & Gadgets Blog:
    TMC Heads to Boston for Video Interviews of Industry
  • 4G: For Generations to Come:
    Interview with Carol Davids of IIT and the RTC
  • Communications and Technology Blog - Tehrani.com:
    Sonos Now Works with Slacker
  • First Coffee:
    Cloud Contact Center Platforms, Kindle Customers Penguinless, Voice Management
  • Gadget Inspector:
    Verizon Offering R2-D2 DROID 2!!
  • Going WiMAX:
    The Power at the Edge
  • Industry Insight:
    My iPad, One Year Later
  • Monetizing IP Communications:
    Avvasi CEO on Quality Experience High Correlation to Revenue
  • Next Generation Communications:
    Customer Experience Transformation Ensures Satisfaction and Profitability
  • On Rad's Radar?:
    A Bad Day for AT&T
  • Patriot Talk:
    Democrats Trading Social Justice for Jobs
  • SIP and Serve by a Foodie:
    Sweet News
  • The Readerboard:
    The New Customer Self-Service: Ourselves
  • VoIP & Gadgets Blog:
    iMainGo XP Portable Stereo Speaker & Case for iPad

    • Latest Whitepapers

  • Top 10 Ways To Boost Contact Center Agent Performance
  • Most organizations have a customer care infrastructure that evolved within channel boundaries.
  • System Integrator NACR Explores SIP Communications Benefits
  • TTEthernet in Motion!
  • Strategies for Improving Schedule Adherence - Monet Software
  • Revolutionizing QA with Speech Analytics
  • Revolutionizing QA with Speech Analytics
  • The Advantages of Cloud-Based Contact center Software Solutions
  • The Top Three Most Violated NERC-CIP Standards
  • o UltiSat Keeps its Satellite Connections Reliable and Efficient with Scrutinizer NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer

    • TMCnet Videos

  • Interview with codeFutures
  • Interview with NaviSite
  • Interview with Internap
  • Interview with Talend
  • Interview with CloudPassage
  • Interview with Interxion
  • Interview with Cloud Keystone
  • Interview with SolidFire
  • Interview with NextIO
  • Interview with Nimbula