Archive | March, 2004

Austin Wireless City boasts more hotspots than T-Mobile in Austin

Did you know that Austin Wireless City has more free hotspots in Austin, Texas than T-Mobile? According to Rich MacKinnon, president of Austin Wireless City, T-Mobile has 34 for-pay Wi-Fi locations in Starbucks, Kinko’s, Borders, and the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The Austin Wireless City Project has 36 free Wi-Fi locations in small and medium, independently-owned [...]

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What do the airphone, Iridium and 3G have in common?

I am citing to this March 2003 article by Clay Shirky because it is very interesting to see whether his analysis of permanets and nearly-nets is accurate, now that the operators are launching 3G services and Wi-Fi becomes even more popular and available.I am citing to this March 2003 article by Clay Shirky because it [...]

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Intel and Alcatel partner to deliver WiMAX gear

Intel and Alcatel are teaming up to deliver WiMAX equipment. No date yet on when exactly we will be seeing the gear, but the first products are expected by the second half of 2005. Intel and Alcatel are teaming up to deliver WiMAX equipment. No date yet on when exactly we will be seeing the [...]

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Port of Seattle unwired

The Port of Seattle has deployed a wireless network through out its 190-acre (77 hectare) containerized marine terminal. They use four Vivato 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi switches and two Vivato bridge routers. The Vivato switch is the same one used for Spokane’s giant downtown hotzone. Tideworks Technology, an international full-service terminal management and planning software solutions [...]

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Fiber broadband wireless networks

Municipalities, utilities and telcos are using fiber backbones as a platform for wireless broadband in rural and urban areas, according to Dailywireless. The article cites Preferred Connections, a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) which just launched wireless broadband service from Eugene to Oakridge, Oregon this week. The article also goes into great detail about the [...]

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What will it take to make Wi-Fi more popular in Europe?

I’ve been thinking about this for the last two weeks after coming back from Austin, Texas where I attended the Wireless Future Conference (part of South by Southwest Austin). At the Austin Convention Center, I saw dozens of people tapping away at their Wi-Fi enabled laptops (mostly Apple Powerbooks) during the sessions and outside. The [...]

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Municipal utilities deliver wireless broadband

Municipal utilities are beginning to deliver wireless broadband as an added service to residents. In the US, the Franklin Public Utility District (PUD) in Washington State has deployed a wireless broadband network using its extensive fiber optic network as a backbone, according to Al Bonnyman of Community Broadband Networks. The PUD will offer wholesale capacity [...]

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This week on Wireless Tech Radio Show

The Wireless Tech Radio Show presents this Wednesday (March 24): Matt Larsen on bandwidth management and Tim Nash (Purple Patch Wireless in Scotland) on developments in Europe. The Wireless Tech Radio Show presents this Wednesday (March 24): Matt Larsen on bandwidth management and Tim Nash (Purple Patch Wireless in Scotland) on developments in Europe. Jim [...]

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Lufthansa to offer Wi-Fi in airplanes

Finally, good news we can all use. Lufthansa is rolling out Wi-Fi service in its airplanes, according to Glenn Fleishman (Wi-Fi Networking News). I am excited about this because I have most of my frequent flyer miles with Lufthansa and try to use them or their partners whenever I travel. I like the airline and [...]

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Spokane’s giant downtown hotzone

Is there a race to build the largest municipal wireless broadband network? It seems that way these days. Hermosa Beach and Cerritos (both in California) recently announced the launch of their city-wide wireless broadband networks. Now Spokane, Washington says their 100-block downtown hotzone is the one to beat. Is there a race to build the [...]

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