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Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Starwood executive discusses hotel chain's Wi-Fi trials. Effort stalled by lack of profit models [InfoWorld: Wireless]
2:16:06 PM

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Qualcomm, Broadcom team on Bluetooth. Wireless-technology company Qualcomm and communications-chipmaker Broadcom announce a deal both say will yield more North American cell phones that use the wireless standard. [CNET News.com]
12:27:43 PM

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Putting Water Towers to Work http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireless/equipment/2003/watertower_bol.html [January 7, 2003] Water towers are a great place for wireless ISPs to mount antennas, but there's a lot to learn about how to keep everything fastened where it belongs.

Someone Shot Down My Solar Panel http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireless/technology/2001/solar_panel_bol.html [July 16, 2001] Members of the ISP-Wireless list discuss the vagaries of solar power. There's more than bad weather to worry about when you hoist those pretty, shiny power sources.
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Vivato's Vivacious Waves http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireless/equipment/2003/vivato_bol.html [February 18, 2003] Most new technologies make at least some waves. According to some observers, the recently announced "Wi-Fi Switch" from Vivato, Inc. may well cause a tsunami in the WISP community.
10:00:32 AM

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Antennas for the Birds http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireless/equipment/2003/for_the_birds_bol.html One of the hazards of being a wireless ISP is that a variety of natural forces can interfere with your external infrastructuresuch as antennaswreaking havoc with your signal.
9:58:12 AM

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Autocell Adjusts WLAN Milieu. A startup introduced software designed to control the spectral milieu of a WLAN without much need for human intervention. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis]
9:27:38 AM

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High-speed wireless links go unlicensed. More options, lower bandwidth costs eyed [InfoWorld: Wireless]
9:26:25 AM

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Dutch school launches herculean hot spot. The University of Twente claims that having 8,500 Dutch users won't clog up the airwaves of its groundbreaking wireless access project--said to be the largest in Europe. [CNET News.com]
9:11:15 AM

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Agere, CSR Put Parts toward Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Module. Taiwanese manufacturer Universal Scientific Industrial is releasing a module supporting simultaneous Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections for small devices, featuring chips from Agere and Cambridge Silicon Radio. [News]
9:09:49 AM

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First Look: WatchGuard's Firebox SOHO 6. The Firebox SOHO 6 answers the need for a security solution that combines an integrated 802.11b Wireless Access Point, wired 4-port LAN switch and Web-based remote management capabilities in one devices. [News]
9:09:23 AM

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