- Telerama
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company_name = telerama
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan =
foundation =1991
location =Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
key_people =Doug Luce , Founder, President, and CEO
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revenue =
industry =Internet & Communications
products = ISP
revenue =
homepage = [http://www.telerama.com/ www.telerama.com]Telerama was an
Internet service provider and technology company based inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania . It was founded in1991 as the third ISP in world history.fact|date=April 2008Telerama launched its
Wi-Fi network in Pittsburgh in2001 , comprising over 200 nodes. It concentrated access mainly in "coffee-house" style arrangements.In 2003, Telerama's Wi-Fi network started appearing at sites in the
Pittsburgh Cultural District . [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2003/09/22/daily24.html Telerama unwires Cultural District] ] In 2004 it started lighting up large buildings in downtown Pittsburgh. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20060615112138/http://www.telerama.com/news/items/EEpAkkyupZtZvZXPIU.php3 One Oxford Centre becomes largest public wi-fi location Downtown] ]Telerama's stated approach to municipal Wi-Fi access was somewhat unique. Eschewing the typical
Mu-Fi concept of blanketing every square inch of a town area with signal, Telerama instead concentrated on specific locations like coffee houses and apartments. Locations were usually serviced by a high-speed DSL line aLinux based site router, and a handful of WiFi antennas arranged to service seating areas of a location.Closing
In April 2008, Telerama took its web site and associated email system off-line. On April 4, Telerama founder Doug Luce stated, "We're actually in negotiations now to move service over to another local ISP. If that works out, we will actually be going out of business." [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08113/875321-96.stm ISP provider Telerama closes] ] On April 21, 2008, its IP space began to be announced by
aspStation, Inc . As of April 22, 2008, the Telerama nameservers and website are once again available. [ [http://post-gazette.com/pg/08113/875521-100.stm Telerama customers should get Internet restored soon] ]References
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