Tag: Commentary

You thought spyware slowed you down? Try Wi-Fi congestion. But with mesh networking, you can win the battle for bandwidth. Via [eweek.com]

When I moved into a new neighborhood last week, I expected the usual hassles. Then I found out I'd have to wait more than a month for a DSL line. I started convulsing. If I don't have Net access for even one day, I can't do my job. So, what was I supposed to do?...

The biggest joke about 802.11 is that nobody uses any of the encryption schemes—except when they shouldn't. Via [eweek.com]

Wireless services will lead the next growth phase of the Internet as venture capitalists who helped fund the early boom open their wallets again, industry leaders said Monday. Via [reuters.com]

Most large UK companies are leaving their networks open to attack by failing to take wireless security seriously, newly released research has claimed. Via [vnunet.com]

Like it or not, standards are what enable the IT industry, and networking in particular, to flourish. But it takes time to agree standards and there will always be vendors wanting to bring products to market ahead of those agreements, as is happening now with the 802.11n wireless specification. Via [vnunet.com]

Nigel Ballard, Wi-Fi guru on his Web site and wireless director for Matrix Networks of Portland Oregon, had a nuanced message for attendees at ISPCON. Drawing on his experience with the WiMAX Forum, he described his hopes for a technology that he feels can solve the well-known flaws in Wi-Fi. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Fearless Wi-Fi warrior and Basex chief analyst Jonathan Spira says hotels should proceed cautiously with WLANs because having them fail might be worse than not having them at all. Via [searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com]

Spiralling consumer demand for network services will lead to wireless home bandwidth requirements jumping by a whopping 1,800 per cent to 57Mbps by 2009, research has claimed. Via [vnunet.com]

For corporate deployment of WiFi networks, security has been the biggest hurdle to overcome and one of WiFi's biggest cons. Today, all that has changed. Via [cioupdate.com]

A few telcos appear to be realizing that Wi-Fi isn't a business by itself, but does have great potential to reduce churn for other services. Via [thefeature.com]

Reams of newsprint have been printed about how Wi-Fi will free us all from the tyranny of being chained to our desks. Let’s be fair, the thought of being able to work anywhere, anytime is tempting. Unforunately the Indian experience has turned out to be far from heavenly. The wireless revolution has run into the...

Wireless broadband access is great when you're on the road. But sometimes, the only thing that's hot at a Wi-Fi hot spot is the coffee. Via [eweek.com]

You've heard the hype: Wi-Fi is booming. Businesses large and small are partnering with telecommunications and development companies to create Wi-Fi hotspots. Via [clickz.com]

While high-speed wireless data networks are evolving rapidly, it is PDA users, not laptop PC users, who will make these systems profitable and productive, according to mobile computing pioneer Andrew Seybold. Via [eweek.com]