Portland

Portland Looks at Broadband Plan

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:02:14 -0400

Full article: CivSource
Bailey McCann
After a series of fits and starts, the Portland City Council will hear a proposal for the city's broadband plan. The highly anticipated plan comes after the city backed away from an earlier version that would've cost nearly a half billion dollars. City officials want to create a high-speed, city administered broadband network to support the growing community of high-tech companies and increase Portland's overall competitiveness.

Why Should Portland Get Google Fiber?

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:35:51 -0400

Full article: Ars Technica
Matthew Lasar
Why should Google choose Portland, Ore., for it's broadband test? First, hardcore telecommuters. Next, Portlanders are huge long-term planners of the green variety. And Portland "was the first government in the nation to endorse 'open access' requirement to then-emerging broadband Internet platforms,"

A Maine Beacon Blinks

Stevie Converse — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:56:02 -0400

Full article: Boston Globe
Tania deLuzuriaga
Residents of Maine's largest city are confronting the possibility that the <em>Portland Press Herald</em> could soon stop publishing, and that Portland could become one of the first American cities to lose its daily newspaper.

Blethen Maine Newspapers CEO Says Three Papers May Shut Down

Stevie Converse — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:07:29 -0400

Full article: Associated Press
Jerry Harkavy
The president and CEO of Blethen Maine Newspapers says its dailies in Portland, Augusta and Waterville may have to be shut down if its parent company winds up in default and its Maine assets cannot be sold.

The Hole in the Fiber Doughnut

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:40:21 -0400

Full article: Willamette Week
Corey Pein
The city of Portland, Ore., is set to mount a fresh expedition into the dark heart of Internetland. Saltzman learned just how perilous this territory could be two months ago, after the untimely death of Portland’s free Wi-Fi service, MetroFi.

Portland, Oregon Has Wi-Fi and WiMAX Alternative to MetroFi

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:15:32 -0400

Full article: MuniWireless
Esme Vos
A Portland-based wireless ISP announced it is offering Wi-Fi and fixed WiMAX service within the five square miles of Portland’s downtown area.

MetroFi Selling Muni Wi-Fi Networks in Portland and Other Cities

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:11:05 -0400

Full article: MuniWireless
Esme Vos
MetroFi is trying to sell its citywide Wi-Fi networks in Portland (Oregon), Aurora and Naperville (Illinois) and Santa Clara, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Foster City and Concord (California). MetroFi founder, Chuck Haas, says he is also exploring the sale of MetroFi itself to a third party.