Culver City, California, the first Los Angeles municipality to offer the public free WiFi, has now installed a program to filter illegal and problematic content from their network, notes GovTech and Broadband Reports.
The city added Audible Magic’s CopySense Network Appliance to filter illegal and “problematic content” from their network. Three major movie [...]
Pipex announced results for the latest phase of its WiMAX trial in Stratford-upon-Avon. Speeds achieved were: 2Mbps down/2Mbps up indoors at 1.2km (.75 miles); with 10Mbps down/9Mbps up using external antennas at that distance; and 6Mbps down/4 Mbps up, using external antennas at 6km (3.7 miles).
Speeds in excess of [...]
Broadband Reports and Light Reading note that Verizon has decided to use 270 Mbps home networking technology from the Multimedia Over Coax Alliance (MOCA) for their fiber installs. Coax cable can be plugged directly into a television set while CAT-5 requires a settop box.
AT&T, who was [...]
CBS announced today a new digital media initiative, CBS 3, offering viewers news video directly to their cell phones and other wireless devices. The service includes local news, traffic and weather information.
CBS 3 is part of CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corporation consisting of 39 stations, including 21 CBS, 11 The CW, [...]
Microsoft began sending invitations for testers Tuesday to sign up for a beta of a Wi-Fi connection manager, reports Beta News. Called Windows Live Connection Center Wi-Fi (support), it will assist users in finding, registering with and using public wireless hotspots. The service is split into two parts, an application and Web site component.
The [...]
Katie Fehrenbacher and PDA Street say T-Mobile may launch a service in Seattle as soon as September 12 using Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA), which would allow cellular/WiFi roaming for voice calls with automatic handoff.
T-Mobile users could theoretically walk off the street, enter Starbucks, and automatically switch to talking over WiFi. That would free up cell [...]
Business 2.0 says Michael Arrington is a partying kind of guy.
Arrington, a 36-year-old entrepreneur behind a long list of unrecognizable startups, has suddenly become one of the rising stars of Silicon Valley. Why? The answer lies in TechCrunch, Arrington’s blog about new technologies and companies. In the year since he launched the site, [...]
Deborah Platt Majoras, the FTC’s Republican chairman, said extensive Net neutrality legislation currently pending in the U.S. Senate is unnecessary, reports C/Net.
Majoras said there has been no demonstrated harm to consumers, that normal market forces would likely prevent any problems, and that new laws would cause more problems than they solve.
Majoras’ comments come as the [...]
Verizon called on rivals “to come together in addressing emerging broadband concerns that customers really care about,” reports The Street.
Verizon said taxes are killing telecom. “Today in some states, taxes on cell phones exceed that of liquor and tobacco,” the exec said. “That’s just not right.”
But, as Om Malik points out;
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Wherify Wireless announced today it will launch its Wherify Family Locator Service and companion Wherifone GPS Locator Phone this October. The Wherifone is said to be the world’s first GSM/GPS phone designed for children and seniors. Parents can track and communicate with their young children or elderly relatives.
The Wherifone GPS Locator Phone will [...]
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