IPass teamed up with Wi-Fi operator Broadreach on Wednesday, adding another section of the UK’s public Internet access market to its ‘global broadband roaming’ network. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: HotSpots
Tropos Nets Major Wi-Fi Mesh Project
Tropos Networks has landed its biggest contract fish yet, netting a deal with Oklahoma City to provide a 400-square-mile Wi-Fi mesh network for the city’s public safety communications. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Sends Train Passengers Rushing To First Class
GNER’s trial of high-speed wireless networks on selected trains has proved popular with mobile business workers, according to early figures released by the railway operator this week. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Sydney To Bridge Harbour With Wi-Fi Ferries
The Australian city is considering providing wireless Internet access on the ferries that move commuters and visitors around the bay. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Hotspot Road Trip
A year ago, I hit the road on a six-week cross-country trip. My theory was that as a writer all I needed was a laptop and a cell phone, and I could work anywhere. As the trip got underway, though, I faced a stark reality check. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Hotels Wire Up For Guests
For executive travelers the hotel room is more than just a place to sleep at night; these days it is also a work zone where the businessperson can get connected to the office. Via [cnn.com]… Continue Reading
Free, Wireless Web Comes To Golden Hill
Drew MacCullough lived a fairly unplugged life in a vintage Golden Hill apartment building known as the Pink Palace. No TV. No home phone. No Internet. Then technology changed his life. Wireless Internet. And it was free. Via [signonsandiego.com]… Continue Reading
Don’t Price Wi-Fi To Death, Operators Warned
Mobile phone networks have been warned not to harm their future revenues with data tariffs designed to give the ailing WLAN hotpot business a death blow. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Mobiles Track Down Wi-Fi Hotspots
The best thing about wireless net access, or wi-fi, is that once you find a hotspot, it is so easy to use. The downside is that finding your nearest hotspot when you are out and about can be tricky. Especially if you are in a city you do not know well. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
College Backs Off Wi-Fi Ban
High-tech tensions at the University of Texas at Dallas are easing, as administrators are curtailing the regulation of private hot spots in campus housing, but problems with interference may continue. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
SA’s Public Internet Access Lags Behind Peer Countries
Too little effort is being made to encourage the proliferation of internet cafes in SA, even though they are an efficient way of taking communication services to remote or impoverished areas. Via [allafrica.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi ‘Hotspots’ For Web Access And Crime?
While Wi-Fi access is becoming almost ubiquitous it seems there are still doubts in users’ minds about where they would feel safe getting out their laptop. Via [networks.silicon.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi RFID Tackles Medicine
Radio Frequency identification, or RFID, a high-tech solution to replace barcodes as the number one way to track assets and automatically collect data in any organization, is quickly taking on a life of its own as companies like Wal-Mart begin using it to make sure no widgets are misplaced. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Internet Cafes Passé As Whole Cities Become Wireless
Philadelphia is debating making all 134 square miles of the city the world’s largest wireless hot spot. Boston, Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and other cities are considering parallel moves. In Europe, the firm HotSpot Amsterdam is set to go citywide in the Dutch capital soon. Via [chron.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Masterplan Delayed By Reshuffle
The unveiling of a government strategy to install wireless hot spots in public areas across Britain has been put on ice until at least October. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading