Archive | June, 2010

AT&T new wireless data plans impose data caps

By on June 2, 2010 in Consumer

Something tells me the iPhone is about to get another carrier other than AT&T to offer it in the US. Two things have happened lately: AT&T nearly doubled the early termination fee from $175 to $325 last month and today they announced no more unlimited data plans. Starting June 7, new subscribers to AT&T will [...]

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Smart Grid Security: Ground Zero for Cyber Security

By on June 2, 2010 in Government, Smart Grid

It was pretty amazing to see the amount of people involved in Conductivity Week in Santa Clara California last week. They were all there positioning their expertise on how to build and secure the smart grid. With NIST, WiFi Alliance, Zigbee Alliance, and the IEEE and hundreds vendors and speakers attending, it was like a [...]

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MuniWireless sets up meetup group for Northern California

By on June 1, 2010 in Consumer, Government, Industry News, WiFi News

I have just created the MuniWireless Northern California meetup group. I encourage people living and working in Northern California to join us (and even those who don’t should join because you might be in the neighborhood when we are holding an event). The URL is http://www.meetup.com/MuniWireless-Northern-California. Among the topics we will cover in upcoming events [...]

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San Francisco Bay gets Wi-Fi service

By on June 1, 2010 in WiFi Deployments, WiFi News

Sunrise Wireless has deployed a Wi-Fi network across the San Francisco Bay making it the largest marine broadband network in the United States. Passengers on ferries that regularly cross the Bay can now get Wi-Fi access on their laptops and portable devices. Initially Wi-Fi service will be free of charge. Sunrise has deployed a network [...]

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