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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 businesses such as Book People, Did you know that Austin Wireless City has more free hotspots in Austin, Texas than T-Mobile? According to Rich MacKinnon,…

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 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…

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 gear, but the first products are expected by the second half of 2005.

According to a study by Maravedis, the fixed broadband wireless market is…

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 provider, worked with Psion Teklogix, The Port of Seattle has deployed a wireless network through out its 190-acre (77 hectare) containerized marine terminal. They use…

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 Portland Research and Education Network Municipalities, utilities and telcos are using fiber backbones as a platform for wireless broadband in rural and urban areas, according…

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 presence of free Wi-Fi made I’ve been thinking about this for the last two weeks after coming back from Austin, Texas where I attended the…