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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 deployment of Wi-Fi in 15 The French government and Intel have signed an agreement to install Wi-Fi access points in several French universities and public…

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 the governments has been selling Dailywireless reports that urban Wi-Fi gridlock will happen in 2004. What happens when Wi-Fi is ubiquitous? Apparently all of these…

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 donors and the World Bank. On September 1, FMS and CambodiaSchools.com launched Internet Village Motoman for 15 solar-powered village schools, telemedicine clinics, and a governor’s…

“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 campus in the 1980s and “Ubiquity Breeds Utility”, a recent entry on VentureBlog makes interesting observations and predictions about how we would be living if…

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 fiber lines of the local The Personal Telco Project, a volunteer group in Portland, has reached a first milestone in building a city-wide radio-based data…

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 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…