EarthLink selling Muni WiFi

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Bad 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 [...]

WiFi Security Lacking

Friday, January 11th, 2008

One technology topic I haven’t written about is security. Although I have a good working knowledge of the subject, there are many fantastic experts that freely share their advice on their own blogs and websites.
In selling technology to businesses, I always caution against using inexpensive wireless access points for a number of reasons. This [...]

Save Internet Freedom—from regulation

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

I’ve been against the net-neutrality movement from the beginning, stating my mistrust of any government involvement in a free and open Internet. It goes hand-in-hand with my views on Muni-Wifi, where my experience with wireless technology and business showed no viable business model long before Earthlink started to re-think their position.
Today on c|net’s News.com, [...]