Daily Archives: March 23, 2006

UK Airports Get Wireless Access

London Stansted, Heathrow, Gatwick, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Southampton airports will all soon have WiFi available for travellers. The partnership between ‘The cloud’ and BAA allows the BAA to provide for the ever increasing demand worldwide for WiFi service in airports. Via [vnunet.com]Continue Reading

Municipal Wi-Fi Gets Backers

Only a short time ago telco operators were quietly pushing for legislation all over the states to prevent municipalities from starting thier own municipal WiFi programs for fear of competition and undercutting thier pricing. Now it seems that they have realized the oppourtunity in front of them and are starting to wake up and partnerContinue Reading

Doubts Raised Over WiMax’s Future

Any time a new technology emerges, there is always debate over how well it will work. One group always touts it as the solution to all sorts of problems, while others say that it’ll never catch on. WiMax is no exception it seems. Developers of WiMax products obviously tout it as the solution to allContinue Reading

IEEE Group Reaches Pact On Mesh Wi-Fi

Wireless mesh networking is the key ingredient in making the dream of municipal WiFi a reality. That dream is a little closer with the adoption of 802.11s. Until recently there was no standard available for early adopters to use so they were risking alot if things changed from the method they were using. The lackContinue Reading