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MetroFi

Hot Zone hangs on: Company plans to begin charging for public Wi-Fi

KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sep. 7--Age and wear have faded the spray-painted logos touting the Spokane Hot Zone on downtown street corners. And with cellular wireless cards in the hands of more computer users, it...

Reissued Without Change From 8-13-08: Proxim Wireless Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results

SILICON VALLEY, CA — (Marketwire) — 08/14/08 — — Sales Increased by 47% Over Q108 — Raised $3M and Exploring Strategic Alternative for the Harmonix Division to Support Core Business Growth — Narrowed Non-GAAP Loss to $0.1M from...

Phorm secretly tracked Americans too

Published Wednesday 13th August 2008 12:02 GMT Nail down your security priorities. Exclusive Phorm has also deployed its behavioral ad targeting technologies in the US of A. Even before the London-based outfit first tracked...

Another muni wi-fi failure (Portland), and taxpayers will pick up the tab

Portland's muni wi-fi experiment has failed. [Add it to the list of failures]. According to Broadband Reports, taxpayers are going to be on the line for $60K: Portland had high hopes of being one of those cities where citywide...

Portland's MetroFi Nodes Still Hanging on

The Oregonian notes that the city may still pick up tab for removing MetroFi's base station: Although MetroFi posted a $30,000 bond against removal of its antennas, the cost could be $90,000 if the company winds up with...

Fresno issues RFP for municipal wireless network

Fresno, California (pop. 480,000; 112 square miles) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the creation of a Wi-Fi or WiMAX network that will cover the entire city. The municipality will spend no public funds on the...

Santa Clara Takes over Its MetroFi Network

Santa Clara takes over MetroFi network for meter reading: The city might also expand free public access. Advertisements will be removed as well as logins. This action is a far cry from the last time a firm said they were...

Stephouse Proves Slow and Steady Wins the Race

MetroFi’s grand plans to provide the entire city of Portland, OR with free Wi-Fi went down in flames last month. Meanwhile a local WISP that provides some free Wi-Fi is thriving. When the city of Portland, OR issued its RFP for...

Cities Gone Wireless: Safety or Surveillance...

While some U.S. cities have seen their dreams of wireless Internet access for all fade, others are creating wireless networks for a different purpose: surveillance. Vast networks of cameras on city streets and buses are aimed...

Jul 31, 2008: Municipal and Community Wireless: A Portland 501 Tech Club Event from NTEN at Lucky...

Interested in community wireless and the history of wireless in Portland? Want to learn more about the Personal Telco Project and ways to increase the wireless connections in your neighborhood? Join us for a panel discussion!...

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