Philadelphia Inquirer: Wireless network nears scrap heap
may 2008 by McChris
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
november 2007 by McChris
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
september 2007 by McChris
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
february 2007 by McChris
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...
august 2006 by McChris
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
august 2006 by McChris
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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