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February 8, 2006

Who's Hot Today? Madison (Wisc.), Nassau (Bahamas), Boston (Mass.), Cincinnati (Ohio)

By Glenn Fleishman

Madison starts its unwiring: The downtown and nearby university will be covered. Service will be free for at least a month when fully operational. It’s being built as a vendor-neutral wholesale network by Cellnet.

Voice, video, and data will cover 140 square miles of Nassau: The service will be deployed by Sawtel using Meru gear, which has a VoIP focus. Behind the Wi-Fi coverage, there will be centralized phone switch options for businesses, too.

Boston tries take two: The mayor convenes a task force to focus on putting more wireless in Boston. Last year’s effort with a Wireless Summit produced conversation, but no plan for action.

Cincinnati lets Bells put Wi-Fi in libraries: Some libraries find funds tight, and in those cases, have turned to for-fee providers. Cincinnati’s system will have Wi-Fi available, some starting this week, at $4.95 per hour or $9.95 per day. However, subscribers to operator Cincinnati Bell’s existing ZoomTown and FUSE customers pay nothing extra.

Posted by Glennf at February 8, 2006 9:18 AM

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