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« Previous EntriesEarthLink selling Muni WiFi
Friday, February 8th, 2008Bad news coming from Earthlink, announcing they are selling their Muni WiFi division. I’ve written on Business Unusual many times about the problems surrounding the business model they were pursuing, but they never asked for my opinion. Pity …
FT.com /EarthLink to sell ‘Muni’ WiFi business
EarthLink, the internet service provider, is to sell its citywide [...]
More Earthlink Bad News
Friday, December 14th, 2007Philadelphia is joining the chorus of Earthlink-bashers after being ‘dissed for a scheduled meeting. Bad business decisions by their Muni-Wifi division makes recovery difficult.
Earthlink recently wrote a check to the City of Houston for $5 million dollars for failure to meet deadlines, leaving the project’s future questionable for some. Now it appears they may [...]
Full Disclosure for Muni-WiFi
Friday, September 21st, 2007June 12, 2005 was the date I wrote my first article about the Municipal WiFi problem. That article asked twenty-five questions that needed to be answered about Muni WiFi, many of which remain unanswered to this day.
I addressed the topic of money (business model) and Muni WiFi in March of 2006 with an article [...]
EarthLink pays $5 million to delay Houston Wi-Fi buildout
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007That didn’t take long.
Earthlink has agreed to pay the City of Houston $5 million dollars for missing deadlines in the Muni WiFi buildout. I did miss one part in my prediction—Earthlink has agreed to continue the project with a nine month extension.
EarthLink pays $5 million to delay Houston Wi-Fi buildout | Tech news blog [...]
No happy ending for Earthlink’s Fairy Tale
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Today I am predicting that the City of Houston will soon be $5 million dollars richer!
Earthlink is in the process of making key decisions on the company’s strategy for remaining in business. Yesterday they announced half their employees would get a pink slip before the end of the year, and they will close many of their remote offices.
There are three [...]
links for 2007-08-29
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Samsung to Build Mobile Network in NY
more news from the Samsung 4G forum
(tags: WiMax)
WiMAX World 2007
the big event for American WiMax takes place next month in Chicago. The news will probably repeated information we already know, but you can never tell.
(tags: WiMax)
Wireless on the Island–will it make it to the finish line?
A couple of New [...]
The Three Different 4G Technologies
Monday, August 27th, 2007Beginning today in Seoul, Korea, the 5th Annual Samsung 4G Forum 2007, brings together supporters of the three different competing 4G technologies. Attendees will get a first-hand look at the pros and cons of each of these.
They all have their champions, with the host, Samsung, supporting WiMax. I’ll try to catch reports and report [...]
The Road To WiMAX
Friday, August 24th, 2007Business Week takes a good, long look at the past and present of WiMax in this article dated for next week. Chronicling the consensus building discussions beginning in 2002, the article covers a lot of ground bringing us up to the present contentions between the WiMax supporters and Qualcomm.
Interested in the debate? This will get [...]
Sprint brands its WiMax—Xohm
Friday, August 17th, 2007WiMax … the ultimate solution for replacing the incumbent carrier over the last mile. That’s how some companies are positioning this product, including Sprint. This announcement yesterday about their new name for WiMax services got me thinking about the reality of last mile replacement and how WiMax will fulfill that destiny. (The included link goes [...]
Start-up wants free spectrum for free Wi-Fi
Thursday, August 16th, 2007This is a unique approach to gaining bandwidth from the Federal Government. It probably won’t work, but interesting non-the-less.
Not seeing their business plan, but watching what is happening in the Wifi world in the United States, my guess is they will burn through a ton of capital, then pop like the preceding tech [...]