It’d be absolutely spectacular to actually see one of these admittedly ambitious municipal WiFi projects actually work out every now and then, but instead, we’re seeing the nails start to sink into yet another citywide WiFi coffin.
This go ’round, the network blanketing most of Philadelphia, PA is on the verge of sending out its last [...]
The New York Times is running a story about how hope is fading for the implementation of municipal wireless access in cities across the U.S. Major cities and small towns alike are finding that ISPs are withdrawing from such plans due to the low profitability of ventures that are similar to Philadelphia’s incomplete network.
From the [...]
We already have Bluetooth that operates separately from WiFi. Both wireless functions are common on today’s laptops but they run off separate chips and serve separate tasks. Bluetooth is relatively low bandwidth and relatively short distance but it is designed to be easy to use since devices are automatically discovered and then made available [...]
With 802.11n poised to become the mainstream WiFi standard, chips suppliers are racing to lower their costs and offer affordable single-chip solutions at 90nm and below in order to get a head-start in the market, according to industry sources. In 2007, the industry still had doubts about the acceptance of 802.11n, but now chip suppliers [...]
Thanks to CBS, you can access free wireless Internet in midtown Manhattan. To be able to use it, you have to go through a CBS landing page and that is why they are trying this out. If it’s a success, NYC will see a dramatic increase in free WiFi in the near future.
The United Nations telecommunications agency in Geneva gave the upstart technology called WiMax a vote of approval, providing a sizable victory for Intel and something of a defeat for competing technologies from Qualcomm and Ericsson. The International Telecommunication Union’s radio assembly agreed late Thursday to include WiMax, a wireless technology that allows Internet and other [...]
FON and British Telecom have partnered to create the BT FON Community to cover the entire U.K. with hundreds of thousands of BT FON hotspots. Very cool! FON has the interesting, copyleft-ish “you share yours, you get others for free” model, or you can go all capitalistic and share revenue from your hotspot with them. [...]
Today is October 2nd, the official launch of the WiFi iTunes Store for Starbucks in Seattle and New York City. The folks at Gear Live live in Seattle, and were among the first to try the new service.
It seems to work well. Upon launching iTunes on a laptop, they were automatically connected with full access [...]
TruPhone, a VoIP services provider in the UK, is reportedly developing new software that would enable iPhone users to make calls over WiFi. In turn, this means users would be paying to make calls over the Internet as opposed to over their mobile network, which is generally considerably less expensive. When not in range of [...]
Cisco Systems Tuesday answered one of the biggest questions surrounding the 802.11n high-speed wireless standard by unveiling plans to ship draft-based products within the next two months. Cisco plans in October to begin shipping its new Aironet 1250 Series access point, the vendor’s first enterprise-grade 802.11n equipment. The technology, developed in-house, is based on the [...]
Broadcom has revised its outlook for 802.11n chips, envisioning that 802.11n is unlikely to replace 802.11g as the mainstream technology standard for the WLAN market, according to Michael Hurlston, vice president and general manager of Broadcom’s WLAN business unit. The price difference between 802.11n and 802.11g solutions was a fundamental factor in Broadcom’s shift in [...]
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that a proposed plan for municipal WiFi in Chicago has fallen apart. The story cites contract disputes, and the falling price of residential broadband as reasons for the talks collapsing.
From the Article: “Chicago officials had intended that the city would offer infrastructure, but no cash, to a carrier that would [...]
It’s been a year since the folks at Google successfully knocked off WiFi in Mountain View California. Transmitting all those great 802.11 b/g signals to the grateful residents, businesses and visitors at absolutely no charge at all. They are still trucking along on the San Francisco wireless deal with EarthLink and the city to give [...]
iPhone owners are reporting that the second update issued this month for their smart device has significantly boosted its wireless reception, even though Apple Incorporated only said 1.0.2 included unspecified “bug fixes.” Owners on several popular message forums have come forward with claims that the iPhone now connects to wireless access points once written off [...]
According to the Times Online, Google’s plans to bid for a portion of America’s airwaves were dealt a blow last night when the Federal Communications Commission refused to approve two of the internet company’s conditions.
“Google had said that it would match the $4.6 billion (£2.3 billion) reserve price set for a 700MHz license, which [...]
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