[telecom-cities] Wired News: LED Architecture

2006-07-03 Thread Anthony Townsend
http://blog.wired.com/ledarchitecture/ Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are reinventing the look and feel of skylines, bridges, facades and other architectural surfaces around the globe. The light bulb is being unscrewed by energy-efficient LEDs that are both environmentally friendly and

[telecom-cities] Earthlink bets the farm on uncertain Municipal WiFi - Analysts skeptical declines to bid the Silicon Valley WiFi Joint Venture

2006-07-03 Thread kimo
In May Earthlink was suggesting that they wanted to franchise out some of their contracts - that received a poor response - Now news that Earthlink explicitly declined the Silicon Valley WiFi Joint venture. Cnet has a fairly devastating report on their prospects (below) and the Anaheim rollout

[telecom-cities] Earthlink scam - Anaheim is only 6 mile downtown test hotspot

2006-07-03 Thread kimo
Earthlink issued a Press Release indicating they have launched City Wide coverage for Anaheim on 6/29 Guess what? It's only a Downtown 6 mile pilot, even their coverage map shows this to be the case see here: http://www.emnwifi.com/cities/anaheim/ Here's minutes from a 5/30/06 City Council