Wi-Fi Networking News: EarthLink Gets New Orleans
New Orleans taps EarthLink for citywide Wi-Fi: The company will unwire New Orleans, its fifth city, across a 15-square-mile area offer free service at 300 Kpbs and paid service at 1 Mbps.
Found this on BayouBuzz just now:
“New Orleans has entered into an agreement with Microsoft Corporation to develop a “Phoenix Rising Initiative” which would help with public safety and emergency preparedness and to help create further education initiatives.”
The full article contains a statement by the New Orleans Chief Technology Officer, Greg Meffert, giving more detail and the party line.
Read the complete article here. I am still formulating my opinions. On the one hand anything that can help kickstart us technologically is a boon, on the other this is Microsoft…
I welcome your opinions and comments.