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Philadelphia Inquirer: Wireless network nears scrap heap
Earthlink is working to dismantle the municipal wi-fi network in Philadelphia. I can't say I'm surprised, but I'm a little disappointed.
wifi  Philadelphia  utilities  end-of-life 
may 2008 by McChris
TLF: What EarthLink’s muni wi-fi announcement tells us
The Philadelphia municipal wi-fi project always struck me as silly, and now it seems to have folded. This post describes some of the reasons it failed.
Philadelphia  wifi  utilities  business 
november 2007 by McChris
Dia: a drawing program
A co-worker says this open-source package is a decent replacement for Visio.
chart  model  opensource  useful  utilities 
september 2007 by McChris
FooPlot: Online graphing calculator and plotter
This cool graphing calculator makes me wish I hadn't forgotten all my math. Now I want an RPN chatbot.
math  utilities  visualization 
february 2007 by McChris
The City's Wireless Mesh Explained, Part one...
This very informative post describes the political, technical, legal, and economic forces that led to the design of the outdoor wireless network in downtown Austin.
austin  wifi  politics  utilities 
august 2006 by McChris
Muni Consortium - Tiny Windom leads race to a faster Web
Windom, Minnesota – the small town where my dad went to high school – rolled out a municipal 100mbps fiber-optic network last year to serve the town and surrounding farms.
telecom  utilities  minnesota  awesome 
august 2006 by McChris

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