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The French government and Intel have signed an agreement to install Wi-Fi access points in several French universities and public areas. What makes this remarkable is that the government did not end up with the usual suspects, France Telecom, Orange or Bouygues, but rather a US company. The first phase of the project includes the [...]
Dailywireless reports that urban Wi-Fi gridlock will happen in 2004. What happens when Wi-Fi is ubiquitous? Apparently all of these wireless networks will begin interfering with one another and the only solution is a political one — getting the national goverments to open the frequency spectrum to unlicensed use. Good luck on that one because [...]
On September 1, FMS and CambodiaSchools.com launched Internet Village Motoman for 15 solar-powered village schools, telemedicine clinics, and a governor’s office in a remote province of Cambodia using 5 WiFi-enabled Honda motorcycles and a 256 Kb/s Satellite uplink. The project was implemented for CambodiaSchools.com, which operates 225 rural schools throughout Cambodia with funding from private [...]
“Ubiquity Breeds Utility”, a recent entry on VentureBlog makes interesting observations and predictions about how we would be living if we had very fast wireless connections everwhere and Wi-Fi enabled portable devices. The author bases his observations on a recent visit as a conference speaker to the Dartmouth College campus. Dartmouth was the most wired [...]
The Personal Telco Project, a volunteer group in Portland, has reached a first milestone in building a city-wide radio-based data infrastructure according to Dailywireless. Hot spots that are part of the personal telco network to date have been almost always an extension of the internet access that comes to the building using the copper or [...]
Here’s a good lesson for everyone saying that it makes no business sense to offer anything for “free”. While all the various fee-based WiFi hotspots don’t like to talk about their numbers, folks offering free WiFi say the the returns are already very noticeable.Here’s a good lesson for everyone saying that it makes no business [...]
As we reported two weeks ago, a federal judge in Minnesota sided with Vonage and told the state not to regulate Vonage like a phone company. You can now download the judge’s opinion from here.As we reported two weeks ago, a federal judge in Minnesota sided with Vonage and told the state not to regulate [...]
Okay, Newmarket is not a city but it qualifies as “hot” because it now has wireless broadband access. According to this report in the Register, Newmarket is one of many rural towns crying out for broadband service, but are not interesting enough for BT. Nevertheless, Comtralis Networks managed to bring broadband to Newmarket using meshboxes [...]
European telcos continue to charge the highest prices for DSL in the world while Asian telcos charge the lowest fees, according to a report by Point Topic. European telcos continue to charge the highest prices for DSL in the world while Asian telcos charge the lowest fees, according to a report by Point Topic. KPN [...]
This puts a new spin on “community wireless”. Techdirt reports that This puts a new spin on “community wireless”. Techdirt reports that 2Wire, a company that sells WiFi equipment, conducted a small study which revealed that if the opportunity arose, people would connect to their neighbor’s Wi-Fi network. Techdirt adds: “I don’t think this is [...]
Larry Owens: We are really excited about offering free outdoor ...
John: is this a free service for snow birds ?...
Urbanite: I thought the same thing, until I found out they u...
A Ajaz: Dear All Good day!
We are in the business of mine...
irene barry: I am submitting a grant proposal for my school and...
doug berman: Having deployed hundreds of outdoor AP networks. I...
Meeting Fairy: Very good point on wifi access. Now, this is not g...
Someone in Thailand: Engenius, Zyxel, Ubiquiti which do not guarantee g...
Rory Coanway: Singapore is far more dense than the U.S. and make...
Esme Vos: That is something I'm trying to find out....
Rory Conaway: Do we know what access point they are using?...
me: Wimax uses adaptive modulation the speed is direct...
Ken Biba: I am skeptical of the overarching assertions in th...
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