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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Citywide WiFi was a really cool idea 2 or 3 years ago but with cellular speeds quickly reaching WiFi equivalent levels, the cost and logistics of rolling out citywide WiFi just don't equal the payoff.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blinkcowz182]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 28th 2007 2:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[There's also Wimax, with a much bigger range, very suitable for city-wide networks.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 28th 2007 2:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, it was never a very good business model. The ISM power limits kept it an extremely hardware intensive solution, especially for a pure-play ISP. As a technology for eliminating wires in a home or office (or point to point over short distances), it is just great, but it just doesn't scale well.<br><br>Note, I didn't say anything about campus wide networks in schools. They have a guaranteed revenue stream in the form of student computer fees to pay for that "laptop in the commons" picture on the cover of the brochure. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 28th 2007 2:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[In Minneapolis, they tap into the street and traffic lights.<br><a href="http://www.usiwireless.com/service/minneapolis/overview.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usiwireless.com/service/minneapolis/overview.htm</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SOCOMRAIDER]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 28th 2007 2:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[in toronto, the hydro company is doing it, putting access points on lamp posts. they're also going to start offering voip services.<br><br>i'm beginning to see the slow demise of Rogers and Bell (finally), because you can get free phone/TV online, but you'll always need power.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[phrozunsun]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 31st 2007 1:07AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[... or maybe it's because of the 0-7 start...?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[modenadude]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 28th 2007 3:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, in St. Louis, the power issue was that they were going to tap into the street lights but, a whole block of lights are powered by one sensor that turns them on and off.  This means that when they are off, power is not flowing up the pole and they could not be powered.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Monroe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 28th 2007 3:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[That was exactly the problem.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Louie Mantia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 28th 2007 6:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[ok so how are the censors set up in MN?  I don't see why that is a major problem, it seems like a fix in the circuit would solve it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jameson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 29th 2007 12:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[I would be happy if AT&T just got some freak'n towers in downtown St. Louis. Their coverage here is absolutely horrible.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 28th 2007 8:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[I work in Metropolitan square right behind the arch and frequently lose calls when sitting in my office.  That's not right.<br><br>And forget wifi, I'd just take area wide DSL.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 29th 2007 3:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[ I'm form Milwaukee, and we feel your pain because we have about the same situation in our city that you citizens in St. Louis seem to be having with this so called WiFi technology.  <br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[B. RUPERT]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 28th 2007 9:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Poor St. Louis.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sirocco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 29th 2007 2:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T scales back citywide WiFi agenda in St. Louis]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/28/atandt-scales-back-citywide-wifi-agenda-in-st-louis/</guid><description><![CDATA[They should have opened the bid to existing WISPs (wireless Internet Service Providers)in the area.  They may have not done it for free, but they would have identified the basic power issue before they embarassed the city. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[airwav]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 29th 2007 9:46AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
