MuniWireless

Last week I posted an article about the ubiquitous presence (and sponsor support) of AT&T at the Democratic Convention so I wondered whether an Obama administration would really push for net neutrality. Several people pointed out that Barack Obama has always been a proponent of net neutrality and is well aware of the lack of broadband competition in the US.

His stand on net neutrality is posted on the Obama website:

“A key reason the Internet has been such a success is…

ARCEP, the French regulator (equivalent to the FCC in the US) released a report which revealed that the number of fixed broadband access lines reached 16.7 million households in the country, up 18% from last year. In the last quarter, only 450,000 new subscribers were registered: “This confirms a slight slowdown in growth since the third quarter of 2006,” said the press release. The growth rate year-to-year was 25 % in early 2007.

ADSL access is dominant in the French market…

The IEEE has approved the 802.11r standard that allows Wi-Fi devices to roam between Wi-Fi access points with a delay of less than 50 milliseconds during the handoff.

Handoffs are already supported by the 802.11 a, b and g standards but only for data, not for voice or video. So if you are walking down the street talking on your Wi-Fi enabled device (e.g. a Nokia phone with Wi-Fi) and the access points to which your device is connecting while you…