Read more municipal wireless stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11502/municipal-wireless.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:13:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/22237/hopes-for-wifi-cities-fizzling-fast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHopes for wireless cities are flickering out one by one as Internet providers run up against mounting logistics and small profits, the New York Times reports. Ambitious plans to provide free or cheap high-speed service to poor residents of cities such as Philadelphia, Houston, and San Francisco have ground to...http://www.newser.com/story/22237/hopes-for-wifi-cities-fizzling-fast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Mar 2008 12:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19547/wireless-tech-leaps-forward-on-balloons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA decidedly whimsical business model could bring wireless Internet and cell service to wide swaths of rural America, slinging signals from balloons drifting toward the edge of space. Don’t scoff—the system is already providing services for truckers and oil companies, courtesy of Space Data Corp., and Google is so...http://www.newser.com/story/19547/wireless-tech-leaps-forward-on-balloons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 Feb 2008 11:22:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/15604/small-company-promises-sf-free-wifi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA tiny startup has a plan to blanket San Francisco with free Internet access and revive the floundering municipal wireless concept. Meraki Networks hopes to enlist city residents to install free radio repeaters atop their homes, which would be simpler and cheaper than placing them on public property, as Google...http://www.newser.com/story/15604/small-company-promises-sf-free-wifi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Jan 2008 16:47:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14446/paul-allen-to-bid-in-fcc-wireless-airwaves-auction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft co-founder Paul Allen is joining the competition for wireless airwaves being auctioned by the FCC next month. Allen’s firm, Vulcan Spectrum, applied, as have Google, Verizon, AT&T and others, to bid for the 700-megahertz spectrum that goes on the block Jan. 24, reports Reuters. Allen's investment company, Vulcan Capital,...http://www.newser.com/story/14446/paul-allen-to-bid-in-fcc-wireless-airwaves-auction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Dec 2007 9:57:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11912/manhattan-to-launch-free-wi-fi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA big slice of the Big Apple will get free Wi-Fi at the end of the month, courtesy of the city and CBS. New Yorkers with Wi-Fi enabled technology will be able to access high-speed wireless service at no cost in a 20-block zone between Times Square and Central Park—...http://www.newser.com/story/11912/manhattan-to-launch-free-wi-fi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Nov 2007 5:38:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/9939/wimax-gets-green-light-from-un.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a huge victory for Intel, the UN’s telecommunications agency yesterday gave WiMax a thumbs up, opening the way for member nations to devote public radio space to the upstart wireless internet technology. Intel lobbied hard for the WiMax, which can sling data 40 miles at up to 70 megabits...http://www.newser.com/story/9939/wimax-gets-green-light-from-un.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Oct 2007 14:55:38 CDT