A free WiFi hotspot operating through Jan. 22 along Washington’s Pennsylvania Ave. will let observers send photos, e-mail and commentary about the presidential inaugural events. Via [gcn.com]… Continue Reading
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Wi-Fi Goes (West) Hollywood
The city of West Hollywood, home of the renowned Sunset Strip, wants to join the growing ranks of municipalities making free wireless broadband available to anyone. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Cingular Expands Wi-Fi Reach
Cingular Wireless has expanded its Wi-Fi offering to seven international airports in the United States, with the addition of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Charter Communications To Launch WiFi Service
Charter Communications Inc. will launch wireless Internet service for its high-speed Internet customers through a new agreement with RemotePipes Inc. of St. Paul, Minn., the companies said Monday. Via [stlouis.bizjournals.com]… Continue Reading
Vegas Airport Offers Free Wi-Fi Access
For anyone with a laptop computer, what happens in Vegas needn’t stay in Vegas. Visitors waiting for flights out of town can share their exploits over a public wireless LAN in the airport—for free. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Networks Slated For Area Downtowns
The wireless fidelity revolution is about to take over downtown Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe. Via [msnbc.msn.com]… Continue Reading
Guest Internet Access Just Got A Lot Easier
Open sesame. The magical command Ali Baba used to open the door of a robbers’ den has taken on a new meaning at a Canadian law firm. Via [theglobeandmail.com]… Continue Reading
Kaohsiung Becomes A Wireless City
Claiming to be the nation’s first “real” mobile city, Kaohsiung City yesterday inaugurated wireless Internet connections in parts of the city to provide free access in the public. Via [taipeitimes.com]… Continue Reading
FCC Aims To Boost Airborne Wireless, Internet
U.S. airline travelers may be able to use their mobile telephones as well as get high-speed Internet service while in the air under plans launched by U.S. communications regulators on Wednesday. Via [olympics.reuters.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Network Could Become Nation’s Largest
Atlanta’s ambitious plan to create the nation’s biggest citywide Wi-Fi network is no longer up in the air. Via [msnbc.msn.com]… Continue Reading
Vodafone To Offer In-flight Wi-Fi
Vodafone has agreed to allow its mobile data customers to use Boeing’s Connexion in-flight Wi-Fi service, the mobile phone network said last week. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Test Of Wi-Fi On Bremerton Ferry Dropped
Plans to test high-speed wireless Internet – Wi-Fi – service on the Seattle-Bremerton ferry run have been dropped because ferry officials have not been able to secure rights for an antenna in the Blake Island area. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Comes To Air Travel
Hot spots for wireless Internet links are really taking off, with El Al Israel Airlines currently examining the possibility of operating an infrastructure for wireless Internet connection for airline passengers, Haaretz has learned. El Al officials are checking the technology and receiving proposals from Internet service providers (ISPs) interested in operating the service, which is… Continue Reading
Chicago Public Library Offers Free Wi-Fi
Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey rolled out free wireless Internet connections at the main Harold Washington Library Center and 76 branches. Via [washingtontimes.com]… Continue Reading
Lawsuit Halts Sprint Wi-Fi At Truck Stops
Service was halted Tuesday to wireless-fidelity hot spots at more than 500 truck stops nationwide — including some in Nebraska and Iowa — disrupting Internet access for thousands of truck drivers. Via [americasnetwork.com]… Continue Reading