Houston, Texas has issued an RFP for a citywide wireless broadband network. The deadline for responses is 16 May 2006. To view the RFP documents, click here. The city is looking for a vendor who will build and run the network.
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Bush Jammed all Frequencies during his visit to India
Police jittery over jammed airwaves
Mayank Tewari, Kanu Sarda
New Delhi, March 1, 2006
Apart from Airforce One, 800 secret service agents and fighter jets, President Bush’s armada of protection comes with a highly secret communication suite, installed at Hotel Maurya Sheraton.
The hi-tech jammers even forced Delhi Police to switch to a different frequency. On Wednesday, the policemen found their cell phones jammed.
Even the hotel’s Internet system was affected.
The suite enables hawk-eyed secret service agents to virtually scan and control the airwaves in a 15-km radius of the hotel. All radio-frequency devices, even wi-fi laptops and mobile calls, will be monitored in that area.
“There is a lot of secrecy about the whole set-up,” said a senior Delhi police officer. Even hotel staff have little idea where it has been installed.
This surveillance will be over and above the jammers to block signals in the air. Sources have said that the jammers will operate in a 1-km radius.
However, such security has become a cause of worry for the Delhi Police.
“The jammers blocked our own wireless network on Tuesday during the rehearsal at Purana Quila. We had to switch to another frequency,” a police officer said.
Apparently, the US security agencies did not inform their Indian counterparts about the frequency that will be used. However, officials said things have been sorted out.
The jammers may are likely to make television remotes and even mobile phones useless in a 3-km radius. Residents of nearby localities, like Kaka Nagar and Bapa Nagar, will be affected.
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Mayank Tewari, Kanu Sarda
New Delhi, March 1, 2006
Apart from Airforce One, 800 secret service agents and fighter jets, President Bush’s armada of protection comes with a highly secret communication suite, installed at Hotel Maurya Sheraton.
The hi-tech jammers even forced Delhi Police to switch to a different frequency. On Wednesday, the policemen found their cell phones jammed.
Even the hotel’s Internet system was affected.
The suite enables hawk-eyed secret service agents to virtually scan and control the airwaves in a 15-km radius of the hotel. All radio-frequency devices, even wi-fi laptops and mobile calls, will be monitored in that area.
“There is a lot of secrecy about the whole set-up,” said a senior Delhi police officer. Even hotel staff have little idea where it has been installed.
This surveillance will be over and above the jammers to block signals in the air. Sources have said that the jammers will operate in a 1-km radius.
However, such security has become a cause of worry for the Delhi Police.
“The jammers blocked our own wireless network on Tuesday during the rehearsal at Purana Quila. We had to switch to another frequency,” a police officer said.
Apparently, the US security agencies did not inform their Indian counterparts about the frequency that will be used. However, officials said things have been sorted out.
The jammers may are likely to make television remotes and even mobile phones useless in a 3-km radius. Residents of nearby localities, like Kaka Nagar and Bapa Nagar, will be affected.
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Thursday, March 02, 2006
Wi-Fi mesh completed in Tempe
A basic data package at $29 per month promises up to 384Kbps upstream and up to 1Mbps downstream. Some subscribers will be able to connect directly to the nearest access point from say a laptop or Wi-Fi phone. Some number will have to install a wireless bridge, roughly comparable to a DSL or cable modem, as an intermediary connection.
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