April 11,2005

Philadelphia reveals Wi-Fi plan, Cnet News.com, 8 Apr 2005
“The city of Philadelphia on Thursday unveiled a controversial plan to transform its streets and neighborhoods into a gigantic wireless Internet hotspot. If approved, the project will offer low-cost wireless broadband access throughout the city’s 135 –square-mile area. The city will build out the infrastructure and then sell wholesale access to internet service providers, telecommunications companies and nonprofit organizations. ISPs and other providers will handle all billing, marketing, customer service and the at-home equipment needed to pick up the signals.�
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Philadelphia Turns to Cos. for Wireless Aid, Washingtonpost.com, 8 Apr 2005
“The city will tap the private sector to implement its plan for blanketing most of Philadelphia with cheap, high-speed wireless Internet access. Mayor John F. Street said the city would accept bids through next month to design and build a system that would mount Wi-Fi transmitters on city streetlights. Though Philadelphia is seeking help from private companies to build the system, a nonprofit organization would own it and sell wholesale access to Internet service providers, which would market it back to city residents and businesses at capped rates expected to run between $16 and $20 per month.�

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Gates Wants to Can Spam—Fast, Internetnews.com, 9 Apr 2005

“Microsoft has been working on a number of anti-spam projects, including SmartScreen technology in Microsoft mail servers and the Sender ID program. In addition, the company has set up more than 100,000 MSN Hotmail "trap" accounts. These are accounts that the company monitors to draw in spam and follow the possible links to phishing scams.�

Full Story at http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3496551



Jet Setting With Broadband, Internetnews.com, 8 Apr 2005“Under a license granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Annapolis, Md.-based Company’s SkyLink can service up to 1,000 private aircraft over the continental United States. Arinc anticipates the service will be available on North Atlantic routes and in Europe by next year.�
Full Story at http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3496166


Internet Users More Accepting of Spam, Yahoo, 10 Apr 2005
“Fifty-three percent of adult e-mail users in the United States now say they trust e-mail less because of spam, down from 62 percent a year ago and about the same as a June 2003 Pew survey. Pew also found that 22 percent of e-mail users say they are spending less time on e-mail because of spam, down from 29 percent last year. In 2003, it was 25 percent.�
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