Telerama

{{Short description|Internet service provider}}

{{For|the French magazine|Télérama}}

{{Infobox company

| name = telerama

| logo = TeleramaLogo.gif

| type = Private

| slogan =

| foundation = 1991

| location = Pittsburgh

| key_people = Doug Luce, Founder, President, and CEO

| num_employees =

| industry = Internet & Communications

| products = ISP

| revenue =

| homepage = [http://www.telerama.com/ 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.[http://www.bioportfolio.com/corporate/company/31856/Telerama-Internet.html Telerama Internet entry on bioportfolio.com]

Telerama launched its Wi-Fi network in Pittsburgh in 2001, comprising over 200 nodes. It concentrated access mainly in "coffee-house" style arrangements.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2001/07/30/daily39.html|title=Pittsburgh goes wireless with Telerama technology|date=2001-08-03|website=bizjournals|access-date=2018-06-15}}

In 2003, Telerama's Wi-Fi network started appearing at sites in the Cultural District, Pittsburgh.[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.[https://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 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.