MetroFi Inc., a start-up company founded by former Covad officials, is eyeing Wi-Fi as the foundation of a new nationwide broadband network that could serve as a viable alternative to high-speed service from local telephone and cable companies. Via [computerworld.com]… Continue Reading
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Broadcom To Give Wireless Networks Zip
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]… Continue Reading
A Quarter Of Products Fail Wi-Fi Tests
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… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi E-Mail Takes Flight
Airline will offer wireless LAN service to keep passengers connected. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
Wayport Hits Wi-Fi Milestone
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]… Continue Reading
Study: Wi-Fi Weaving Its Way Into Homes
An estimated 50 million homes in Europe, the United States and Asia will have Wi-Fi connections by 2007, according to new data released Wednesday. Via [zdnet.com.com]… Continue Reading
TI Technology Makes For Cheaper Dual-mode Wi-Fi
Wireless LAN access points using new software from Texas Instruments will be able to support 802.11g and 802.11a connections simultaneously using a single chip set, the company says. Via [techworld.com]… Continue Reading
NetGear Plugs Wi-Fi Into Hi-Fis
NetGear unveiled a Wi-Fi device on Tuesday that is designed to retrofit stereos so they can connect to wireless networks. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Chipmaker GlobespanVirata Speeds Wi-Fi
Chipmaker GlobespanVirata announced that it has developed an upgrade for wireless networking processors that dramatically increases transfer rates of compressed data. Via [zdnet.com.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Networking: Trend May Be What Stealing Cable TV Was In The ’80s
In apartment complexes, dormitories and neighborhoods, people are using Wi-Fi technology to set up communal wireless networks with friends. The process allows multiple users to take advantage of one high-speed broadband Internet connection, sparing many from shelling out the extra bucks for a connection of their own. Via [deseretnews.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Web Reaches Out In 2004
The UN says it is good for poorer nations, Exeter is the best place for it, you can get it with your burger, lager or latte, it is in 200 phone boxes, and the UK’s E-commerce Minister Stephen Timms wants every library to have it. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi And The Future Of Wireless
What started a century ago with Marconi’s radio and became the now ubiquitous cellphone is now taking shape around a two-way radio technology called wi-fi (short for “wireless fidelity”). It promises to unplug more communications devices by making the Internet available just about everywhere and letting people talk to each other more easily than ever… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi’s Biggest Fan
Dennis Eaton, chairman of the Wi-Fi Alliance, has turned his love of wireless into the pursuit of safe, interoperable enterprise gear. Via [nwfusion.com]… Continue Reading
Radio Boost For Rural Broadband
Rural broadband has been given a boost by the UK Government’s decision to free up a key radio frequency. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
How WhyFi Can Turn Hotspots Into A Real Industry
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… Continue Reading