Google wrote grandly of the importance of Wi-Fi in its recent proposal for free wireless here, but the search company downplayed its own potential role in delivering Internet service. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Deployment
Choosing Optimum RF Channels
With 802.11 wireless LANs (WLANs), an AP (AP) is set to a specific radio frequency (RF) channel. As part of the association process, each user’s wireless network interface card scans all channels, detects the AP, and then tunes to the channel of the AP to complete a connection. In order to deploy an effective wireless… Continue Reading
Madison Steps Forward On Wi-Fi
The papers are signed: Cellnet Technology of Atlanta and Wireless Facilities, Inc. (WFI) of San Diego will partner to install a citywide Wi-Fi network in Madison, Wisconsin, extending to the county airport. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Balloon Delivers 4Mbps Broadband
A European research team has successfully launched and tested the world’s first Wi-Fi balloon, raising hopes that high-tech dirigibles could be used to provide wireless communications in remote regions or disaster areas. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Nintendo And McDonalds Sign Supersized Wi-Fi Deal
McDonald’s plays host to free wireless access for Nintendo DS gamers in the US but the UK will have to wait. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Taiwan Tests Island-Wide WiMax
Taiwanese government officials said on Monday they plan to make Taiwan the world’s largest testing ground for WiMax, and inked a pact with Intel to work together on the wireless broadband technology. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
EarthLink Gambles On Wireless
This year will be the year that EarthLink, one of the country’s largest ISPs, decided to cast its future success with wireless communications. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Seattle Neighborhoods’ Free Wi-Fi Hits Snags
Five months ago, Mayor Greg Nickels flawlessly demonstrated a new city-run wireless Internet system in Columbia City as part of a program to see if free access could boost business in certain neighborhoods. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Ads Pay For Free Wi-Fi
While hotel guests complain about being charged as much as $13 a day for Wi-Fi Internet access, Tantus Networks has come up with a way to make wireless Internet access free to everyone—through Wi-Fi advertising. Via [redherring.com]… Continue Reading
Winning Municipal Business
For EarthLink, the Philadelphia contract isn’t just about starting a new business line. It’s also about deploying the latest technology. Cole Reinwand is EarthLink’s director of next generation broadband, covering WiMAX, broadband over power lines (BPL), fiber to the home (FTTH), and other technologies. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Free Wi-Fi? What’s Google Up To, Anyway?
Google’s recent bid to offer free Wi-Fi at 300 kilobits per second across the city of San Francisco struck some as being far outside the company’s area of expertise. So what’s this company up to, anyway? Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
In A WiFi-friendly City, It’s Hard To Be Hungry, Or Lost
In the high-tech city of Oulu, Finland, anyone with a wireless laptop or mobile device won’t go hungry or stay lost. Via [boston.com]… Continue Reading
Airline Hits Logan On Bid To Limit Wi-Fi
American Airlines, the biggest carrier at Logan International Airport, is accusing Logan officials of ”strong-arming” to crush competitive alternatives to the airport’s new high-speed Internet access service. Via [boston.com]… Continue Reading
Hospitals Install Wireless To Improve Patient Care
Mini-cameras that transmit from inside your body, and drug trolleys that will only dispense tablets to the right patients, are just two of the uses the health service is exploring for wireless technologies. Via [silicon.com]… Continue Reading
No Shortage Of Wi-Fi Wannabes
Google Inc. is not the only company that thinks San Francisco’s proposed wireless network can be free to the city and its residents. Via [sfgate.com]… Continue Reading