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WiFi — 802.11b, -a, and -g wireless networking — is the big Internet success story of this decade. It’s successful because it is simple, cheap, and unlicensed. And that lack of a required license is taking WiFi places nobody ever expected it to go. How could a local area networking technology, for example, compete with and even threaten such entrenched (and licensed) technologies as mobile and wired telephones and even broadband Internet?
Via [pbs.org]

Broadcom has introduced a Wi-Fi chipset that it says can speed the performance of 802.11g networks to 125mbps, potentially creating new opportunities for routing high-bandwidth media across wireless networks.
Via [news.com.com]

More than a quarter of Wi-Fi products fail compatibility tests the first time, according to the Wi-Fi Alliance, the body that promotes Wi-Fi use. Most users find that Wi-Fi devices work the first time with any hotspot, however, because the problems are always fixed before the product earns the Wi-Fi badge — the 1000th of which has now been issued by the Alliance.
Via [infoworld.com]

Airline will offer wireless LAN service to keep passengers connected.
Via [pcworld.com]

Thanks to a lift provided by its latest hotel deal, Wi-Fi service provider Wayport Inc.’s network now has more than 4 million customer connections.
Via [wirelessweek.com]