Comments on: Politics of San Francisco WiFi Project

By: Karakeando por la Web » Madrid subvenciona para más Internet

Karakeando por la Web » Madrid subvenciona para más Internet — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:10:11 +0000

[...] crear un espacio amplio de acceso al Internet y, por qué no, un Madrid cubierto por WiFi. Si lo puede hacer San Franciso, por qué no Madrid, aunque el proyecto de los estadounidenses es iniciativa de la empresa privada, [...]

By: Madrid subvenciona para más Internet

Madrid subvenciona para más Internet — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:42:09 +0000

By: Free Wifi Sometimes Really is Free : Venture Chronicles

Free Wifi Sometimes Really is Free : Venture Chronicles — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:14:09 +0000

[...] the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco keeps arguing about who should own the free wifi network that Google and Earthlink are offering to build for all the residents of the City, and subsequently [...]

By: Om Malik on Broadband : » Earthlink, Google Team On SF WiFi Net

Om Malik on Broadband : » Earthlink, Google Team On SF WiFi Net — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:31:02 +0000

[...] The two companies will share the cost of construction and operational expenses. To clarify, this is just a proposal, and not a done deal. The City has asked for proposals back in November 2005. The San Francisco Wireless project has been a politically tough effort, and I wonder how long it will take before the city does get unwired. [...]

By: Maajorly shadymax arbit fundaes » Blog Archive » Municipal Wi-fi

Maajorly shadymax arbit fundaes » Blog Archive » Municipal Wi-fi — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:14:12 +0000

[...] Many American cities- San Francisco is the most well known example, but Philadelphia and some others are also planning it- are planning to roll out free wireless broadband networks covering the entire city. [...]

By: Om Malik’s Blog » Blog Archive » Five on SF Wireless Short List

Om Malik’s Blog » Blog Archive » Five on SF Wireless Short List — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:13:39 +0000

[...] It is interesting to see Skytel/MCI, a company that is essentially owned by Verizon in the mix. Nothing like a little Bell system infighting. I think this would be fun on to track. Kimo reminds us that there will be a public hearing tomorrow at 2 pm noon in the City Hall. More on the politics of SF Tech Connect. [...]

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:52:11 +0000

Most of the public proposal information is incomplete because the city will not disclose proprietary information. For example, only 10 pages of the 50-page Google response were non-proprietary.

By: Denken Über » FON, redes Muni-Fi y el mundo sin cables

Denken Über » FON, redes Muni-Fi y el mundo sin cables — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:31:44 +0000

[...] La competencia interesante que puede aparecer en su horizonte son las redes Muni-Fi que se están viendo cada día con más intensidad; como siempre, en Estados Unidos primero, por ejemplo la Ciudad de Philadelfia y el contrato con Earthlink o el proyecto de Milwaukee , o Winsconsin o el famoso plan de Google en San Francisco donde, se habla desde costo 0 hasta cifras específicas de u$s20 mensuales por acceso ubicuo. [...]

By: Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:57:09 +0000

Wish I did -- I only know of the engineering proposal's existence but haven't seen it.

By: ftth

ftth — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:38:37 +0000

competition would be good for san francisco. might push sbc to fiber the city and complete with free wireless by offering better services

By: Jackson West

Jackson West — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:39:13 +0000

Hey, Glenn, any chance you have a copy of that?

By: Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:03:59 +0000

You wrote, "One of the many things that Google’s response didn’t address would be the handling of traffic backhaul, fiber and wireless point to multipoint redundancy and whether they would use a distribute mesh network design."

Their engineering proposal wasn't included in the released information. They did submit one. Other companies chose to redact; it seems Google chose to omit.