http://satelite-internet.com/newsblog Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:31:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en MySpace has just announced that it will enter the digital music industry by offering an estimated 3 million songs from various independent bands. The popular teen Web site is the latest firm to challenge market leader iTunes Music Store. Despite having just joined the online music business, MySpace is expected to be a threat ... http://satelite-internet.com/newsblog/243/myspace-to-challenge-itunes/ AOL may soon open up its Internet services to non-subscribers as company executives try to push profits up amidst the continuous exodus of its dial-up customers. If approved, any user with an Internet access would be able to sign up or use any AOL service, including e-mail, free of charge. The company stands to lose ... http://satelite-internet.com/newsblog/242/aol-to-offer-free-broadband-access/ Thanks to the growing popularity of Internet-based calling, many believe that the day of ‘free’ phone calls is fast approaching. The thought comes as no surprise as everyday, more and more people are relying on the Internet for numerous things such as getting the news, checking the weather, and shopping. As such, expecting to ... http://satelite-internet.com/newsblog/241/internet-telephony-forcing-phone-costs-down/ The demand for wireless Internet in Loveland, Colorado is growing. Although Wi-Fi is available in several downtown business establishments, residents want the local government to sponsor a network which would allow them to connect to the Internet wherever they may be in the city. The Downtown Loveland Association is spearheading the campaign to wirelessly connect ... http://satelite-internet.com/newsblog/240/loveland-considering-municipal-wi-fi/ The underserved towns of Central Vermont will soon be able to surf the Net wirelessly as Cloud Alliance is set to install three signal repeaters that will expand the coverage of its original equipment in Plainfield. Calais, Marshfield, and East Montpelier will be the beneficiaries of the expansion. Marshfield officials have already approved ... http://satelite-internet.com/newsblog/239/central-vermont-towns-to-have-wireless-internet/ Internet users are protesting the approval of a bill that they believe would lead to restrictive or discriminatory access to online content. The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee has recently approved a bill that would help phone and other telecommunications firms compete with cable companies in the video industry. The committee did not accept ... http://satelite-internet.com/newsblog/238/protests-greet-approval-of-controversial-net-bill/ Seven bidders are vying to cover all 1,500 square miles of Silicon Valley with wireless Internet access. Among the prospective Wi-Fi providers that were able to submit their proposals before the deadline include MetroFi and Cisco Systems. MetroFi has a considerable background on municipal Internet systems. It has already installed networks in several locations in ... http://satelite-internet.com/newsblog/237/7-bidders-tussling-for-silicon-valley-wi-fi/ Two big Internet service providers have just agreed to sell EarthLink Internet access to their clients. EarthLink has decided to open up its municipal wireless systems to competitors by allowing them to distribute its service on a retail basis. The company has no problem with the set up, saying that it does not ... http://satelite-internet.com/newsblog/236/directv-aol-to-retail-earthlink-municipal-wi-fi/ Earthlink has just inaugurated its first municipal wireless network in the country. The Internet service provider’s Anaheim system covers 6 square miles of the city’s downtown area. The network is still a work in progress, though, as EarthLink’s wireless blueprint involves all of Anaheim. Network coverage will increase to 10 square miles within a month. ... http://satelite-internet.com/newsblog/235/earthlink-launches-first-municipal-wireless-system/ Atlanta officials are bent on putting up a wireless Internet access system in the city. Invitations for bids and proposals were already sent out for the installation of a network that would provide Internet coverage to all of Atlanta. While city officials are hoping that they would get favorable deals or proposals from several Internet service ... http://satelite-internet.com/newsblog/234/atlanta-determined-to-have-wi-fi/