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Day December 18, 2004

Madison WiFi: Ohio Tries to Block Municipal Telco Services

Falling further behind in true broadband services (2-way high speed internet), Ohio is evidently giving it up to the incumbent telco’s (SBC and others) via a bill to prevent municipal high speed networks.

WEAC Survey: Revenue Caps & School Spending

WEAC:

The Wisconsin Education Association Council and Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators annual survey of school administrators uncovered a new trend in the 2003-2004 school year: districts are being forced to cut academic programs because of state-imposed revenue controls. Revenue controls severely limit the funds school districts can raise and spend.

US/Wisconsin Broadband: Falling Further Behind

John Borland reports that NTT/DoCoMo is testing wireless cell system downloads with speeds up to 1GBPS….. We’re far, far behind that.
Meanwhile, David Isenberg notes that we’re now 15th in per capita broadband penetration.