2006
06.08
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is expanding wireless Internet access throughout the airport to make traveling more convenient for their flying customers. BWI joins airports in Canada and across the US in offering Wi-Fi as a free customer service rather than the paid concession it once was. Holdouts in the wireless conversion are major airports in Atlanta, Miami, Chicago and Los Angeles, with Atlanta and Chicago planning to provide some Wi-Fi access by this summer.
Via [msnbc.msn.com]
2006
06.08
China is crying foul over the IEEE’s rejection of the Chinese backed WAPI system back in March. The IEEE chose the widely used and favored 802.11i standard instead. The Chinese are claiming a conspiracy by the US to have thier own proposed standards accepted.
Via [seattlepi.nwsource.com]
2006
06.08
Wireless chip maker Airgo has tweaked MIMO wireless chips to handle up to 240 mbps in thier test home. This is enough bandwidth for up to 3 high definition IPTV channels. The problem they are trying to solve is one of the IPTV last mile. Most homes are not wired up for ethernet, so wireless makes sense. Up till now though, there was’nt enough bandwidth to do that with traditional WiFi gear.
Via [news.zdnet.com]