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Falmouth launches Wi-Fi hot spots tomorrow

Tue, 15 May 2007 21:11:04 -0400

By CAPE COD TIMES
May 15, 2007 6:00 AM

Tomorrow at approximately 9 a.m., the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce will flip the switches that officially launch the Unwired Village, a system of wireless Internet access points that will, ultimately, allow users to get online from park benches and beach blankets throughout town.

A total of ten new wireless nodes will be activated throughout the week, providing free access in an area that stretches from the village green to the front lawn of the town’s public library, said Christine Ross, CEO and president of the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce.

Other locations with wireless access are to include the Falmouth Harbor area and the Gus Canty Recreation Area, Ross said.

Orleans, MA, the first Unwired Village

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:37:40 -0400

July 2006
Next time you're in the village of Orleans on beautiful Cape Cod, check out the WiFi hotspots. Check out the map of the hotspots.

Unwired Village Orleans: Urban Myths Debunked

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:33:07 -0500

As with any new innovation, there are many misunderstandings about what WiFi is and isn’t and what role it does or doesn’t play. Here are a few of the commonly repeated ‘urban myths’ and the truth behind them.

MYTH: Community WiFi is unfair to private enterprise
REALTIY: Community WiFi is NOT a competitor to existing private enterprise. Rather, it is an extension and an adjunct to the private sector, one that is likely to generate business for private access vendors. It enlarges enlarged the potential market and helping to sustain young business and create new jobs, and exposes the benefits of access to people who may not have been exposed to it previously.

Technology Terms Glossary

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:28:33 -0500

Some terms one may hear when talking about Unwired Village:

Access: The ability to connect to a network and send or receive data while connected, for example, browsing a webpage, reading an email, or accessing an online application.

Broadband: Fast connectivity, enabling people to send or receive large amounts of data quickly and easily. The exact speed of “broadband” varies depending on who is defining the term.

Wireless, Unwired: Two works which are sometimes used interchangeably, the ability to access a network without being physically connected with a cable.

Unwired Village: Backgrounder

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:59:04 -0500

Infrastructure Needs

At each era in history, an infrastructure innovation has driven economic growth. The transportation of goods and information has, and continues to be, essential to business and economic development.

Throughout history, access to ports, riverways, the high seas, railroads, highways, airports were key drivers of growth. Today, highspeed access to the Internet takes its place along side these traditional types of infrastructure as a critical ingredient to economic development and the ability to compete as a business or a region.

Announcing Unwired Village

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:28:57 -0500

Cape Cod Technology Council to use $136,500 John Adams Innovation Institute grant to empower technology, commerce, community; Town of Orleans to become pilot site model for community-based wireless access

In October 2005, The Cape Cod Technology Council, in partnership with The Orleans Chamber of Commerce and funded by a grant from the Regional Priority Fund of John Adams Innovation Institute launched Unwired Village, Orleans. The goal of the project is turn a large portion of Orleans into a wifi hotspot, bringing the lower Cape into the forefront of telecommunication technology and providing a regional base for economic growth AND to research and pilot a community wireless access model which can then be deployed as a regional solution.