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The California Public Utilities Commission has received $2.3 million in grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to map broadband use in the state. Other grant recipients are North Carolina’s Rural Economic Development Center which received $2 million; the Indiana Office of Technology ($1.3 million) and the the Vermont Center for Geographic Information [...]
Devicescape is coming out with a new version of the Easy Wi-Fi hotspot finder and connectivity software. This version includes the Easy Wi-Fi Network which allows you to find high-quality, free WiFi around the world. Devicescape is getting equipment manufacturers to embed this software in devices so that users don’t have to twiddle around with settings and [...]
I thought this old post from 2004 about Swisscom Eurospot’s outrageously priced and lousy hotel Wi-Fi service would be long forgotten and recede into the mists of time. Unfortunately it has not. Today the article got a comment from Ed: I travel for work in Europe and I cannot stand the extortionist SwissCom rates. I [...]
This week we reported that St. Cloud, Florida would be shutting down their free citywide WiFi service. However, the city council has voted to keep it running for another four months. Apparently, a number of angry residents showed up at the council meeting to demand that the city keep the service running: Scores of angry [...]
Steve Kimatian, a Republican candidate for mayor in Syracuse, NY, wants the city to have Wi-Fi everywhere for free or a very low price. According to Kimatian, the city can fund the costs of deployment partially through federal funds. While the article discussing Kimatian’s plan does point out that there have been some successes and [...]
What a brilliant idea! Withings is now offering the Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale which looks like an ordinary bathroom scale but it is connected to Wi-Fi so that it can register your weight, fat mass and BMI and send it to the Internet. You can monitor your progress via a web page and an iPhone [...]
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