Tag: HotSpots
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Signs at a McDonald's in downtown San Francisco cordially beckon customers to surf the Web using its wireless Internet service, but no one is biting during a recent Wednesday lunch hour. Via [zdnet.com.com]
A jerk lurking at a hotspot with a public domain sniffer can potentially gain access to all manner of confidential information, including the assets on your enterprise's network. For many users, HotSpotVPN is a viable security solution. Via [internetweek.com]
Need to find a Wi-Fi signal but hate having to boot up the laptop to do it? PCTEL feels your pain. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]
Hotspot "wholesaler" Cometa Networks was supposed to have opened up a few thousand hotspots by now. However, with actual numbers falling far short of previously announced plans, the company has adopted a "year-by-year" approach to installing its public access Wi-Fi network. Now, in what the company is touting as the "initiation of its national rollout...
When Mayor Street announced on Friday that he intends to rig LOVE Park up with wireless access to the Internet, he proved he's thinking along the right lines when it comes to this under-used urban park. Via [philly.com]
Looking to drum up more business, ACJ Technology is giving a little in hopes of getting a lot. The wireless networking company is developing a network of free Wi-Fi hot spots for Seattle area businesses. Via [wirelessweek.com]
Cometa Networks has lost AT&T as its service provider for a hot-spot test with McDonald's in New York City, but prospects may be heating up on the other coast for the Wi-Fi company. Via [news.com.com]
San Francisco has made its share of alternative-type news lately. In addition to being the world center for same-sex marriage -- at least for a while -- it's also vying to become the center for alternative, independent Wi-Fi Internet service. To that end, say hello to SFLan. Via [newsforge.com]
Charging more for hot-spot access than burgers will not be a winning strategy, according to an Australian IDC analyst. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]
T-Mobile, Cisco, IBM and Intel today used 3GSM in Cannes to announce an initiative to roll out broadband WLAN and mobile networks across European university campuses. The plan will enable students to work and communicate wirelessly and off-campus, using either WLAN, UMTS or GPRS. Via [theregister.co.uk]
T-Mobile has at last linked its US and European hotspot networks to allow subscribers based in either territory to continue using the service when the travel to the other. Via [theregister.co.uk]
Huge surge in wireless use means enterprises need to implement hotspot strategy. Via [vnunet.com]
The Asia-Pacific region experienced the most dramatic spread of wireless local-area networking hotspots of anywhere in the world in 2003, seeing a more than tenfold increase over 2002, according to BWCS, a market research and consultancy service in the U.K. Via [commsdesign.com]
BT is installing Openzone Wi-Fi access points in 80 British Airways customer lounges around the world. Via [vnunet.com]
Last week, we explored the practicalitie of using Wi-Fi in London. As the UK's most populous area, London was always going to play host to some of the nation's first public Internet access hotspots. But wireless is all about mobility, and its value is severely limited if you can't get an Internet connection when you're...