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June 23, 2008

Metro Round-Up: Delays and New Beginnings

By Glenn Fleishman

Milwaukee, Wisc., network likely won’t expand: Midwest Fiber Networks spent $700,000 to build a pilot network that they can’t fund citywide. They want anchor tenants for the $20m network, and can’t get the city signed on. The company will continue running the network, though, and is looking into alternatives. I always thought a fiber provider had a great win in having their backhaul to operate the many Wi-Fi nodes needed.

Nashua, N.H.’s downtown network may never launch: The local paper says, c’mon, already. The network was to span a 1.2-mi stretch of the main street and use donations. Deadlines have come and gone for a year.

Covad may launch San Carlos, Calif., test network: The company know for wired installations as the last-man-standing among competitive DSL and other digital line providers nationwide, is looking for city access to build a square mile test area. This is the latest wrinkle in trying to get Wireless Silicon Valley underway after the consortium was unable to raise funds, and lead-partner Azulstar stepped back or was replaced.

Lexington, Kent., may relaunch shuttered network: The city bought SkyTel’s network assets for $10 over a year ago—10 dollars, not 10 plus any zeroes—and the city may partner with the University of Kentucky to build a public-safety network. The university would manage the network. It’s unclear from the article if any public access would be included.

Posted by Glennf at June 23, 2008 10:54 AM

Categories: Metro-Scale Networks, Municipal

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