Wireless Philadelphia: Some Progress, Some Delays

Friday, December 2nd, 2005

The plan to turn Philadelphia into what Mayor Street calls “the first completely wireless city in the country” is moving ahead, but with possible delays.
Back on Oct. 3, Dianah Neff, the city’s Chief Information Officer, announced an agreement with Earthlink under which the ISP would finance and build a city-wide Wi-Fi broadband network for Wireless [...]

Penn offers assistance

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

Glad to see my alma mater offering up some assistance for students and faculty displaced by Katrina. Even more importantly, the University of Pennsylvania is offering three weeks off for any faculty or staff who feel the need to travel to the Gulf Coast and volunteer. Says President Amy Gutmann:
“We felt it important [...]