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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet & Communications |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Pittsburgh |
Key people | Doug Luce, Founder, President, and CEO |
| Products | ISP |
| Website | www.telerama.com |
Telerama was an Internet service provider (ISP) and technology company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1991 and promoted itself as the third ISP in world history.[1]
Telerama launched its Wi-Fi network in Pittsburgh in 2001, comprising over 200 nodes. It concentrated access mainly in "coffee-house" style arrangements.[2]
In 2003, Telerama's Wi-Fi network started appearing at sites in the Cultural District, Pittsburgh.[3] In 2004 it started lighting up large buildings in downtown Pittsburgh.[4]
Telerama's stated approach to municipal Wi-Fi access was somewhat unusual. 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, a Linux based site router, and a handful of WiFi antennas arranged to service seating areas of a location.
- ^ Telerama Internet entry on bioportfolio.com
- ^ "Pittsburgh goes wireless with Telerama technology". bizjournals. 2001-08-03. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
- ^ Telerama unwires Cultural District
- ^ One Oxford Centre becomes largest public wi-fi location Downtown