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Can Location-Specific Advertising Generate Revenue for WiFi?new
When NAC took over EarthLink's Philly network, it proposed a hybrid business model: steady revenue from wired broadband for large businesses combined with a free public access network that could generate revenue from advertisements. This latter part is particularly interesting, because, while it sounds promising, no reliable model exists for ads on a WiFi network.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Timothy J. McLaughlin |
07-22-2008 |
Tech
Portland's WiFi Cloud Headed Toward Evaporationnew
In the summer of 2006, the city partnered with Silicon Valley start-up MetroFi and launched a free wireless internet service. The WiFi network was supposed to cover 95 percent of the city by August of 2008. The problem is, the project is all but dead.
The Portland Mercury |
Jonathan Shapiro |
03-06-2008 |
Tech
Tags: WiFi, computers & technology
The Unbearable Plight of Wireless-less-nessnew
WiFi Philadelphia was supposed to be the best thing ever. So far, it's not. Is there hope?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Katherine Silkaitis |
11-13-2007 |
Tech
Tags: WiFi, computers & technology
The Triangle Unwirednew
Around the country, some cities say providing cheap wireless Internet access is as essential as water. Why not in the North Carolina Triangle?
INDY Week |
Fiona Morgan |
03-28-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: North Carolina, technology, Internet, BellSouth, broadband, Carrboro, digital divide, Durham, Raleigh, verizon, Wi-Fi, WiFi, wimax, wireless
