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Monday, October 20, 2003

Source: Computer World
Sidebar: Verizon Recycles Pay Phones to Deploy Free Wi-Fi
Verizon is using pay phones as platforms for its free Wi-Fi service in New York. The outdoor hot spots are able to reach nearby parks and restaurants.
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9:10:42 PM    comment []

Source: Computer World
Sidebar: A Look at Online Guides to Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots
Online guides to free Wi-Fi service help locate hot spots around the world -- by country, by city, and in some cases, by city blocks.
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9:10:41 PM    comment []

Source: Computer World
Sidebar: Cities Back Free Wi-Fi Hot Zones
Cities and community development organizations launch free Wi-Fi hot zones that range in size from four blocks to 10 square miles.
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9:10:40 PM    comment []

Source: Computer World
Resource List: WLAN monitoring/management tools vendors
A listing of WLAN monitoring/management tools vendors and their chief products.
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9:10:39 PM    comment []

Source: Computer World
Sidebar: 802.11k -- Management Standard Ahead
The IEEE is developing a new standard, 802.11k, to make WLAN management more efficient.
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9:10:37 PM    comment []

Source: Computer World
Managing Over the Airwaves
Setting up a wireless LAN opens up a new set of network management challenges. Fortunately, as the popularity of such networks has grown, so have the options available to monitor and manage them. The trick is choosing the right software for the job you need to do.
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9:10:36 PM    comment []

Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Atheros's Double Speed Compatibility
eHomeUpgrade talks to Atheros about its double-speed modes: Atheros's turbo modes (Super G and Super A/G) boost raw throughput on their equipment to 108 Mbps. Net throughput? Dunno. But it will be compatible among vendors choosing Atheros's gear, depending on local regulation factors. Frame bursting, mentioned here in passing, should work across many vendors' equipments -- at least with ongoing firmware upgrades -- and should dramatically or at least relatively improve the net bandwidth of 802.11g networks and b/g networks by reducing the clutter of very short g packets....
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3:51:24 PM    comment []

Source: Computer World
Sidebar: Cities Back Free Wi-Fi Hot Zones
Cities and community development organizations launch free Wi-Fi hot zones that range in size from four blocks to 10 square miles.
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3:18:50 PM    comment []

Source: Computer World
Sidebar: Verizon Recycles Pay Phones to Deploy Free Wi-Fi
Verizon is using pay phones as platforms for its free Wi-Fi service in New York. The outdoor hot spots are able to reach nearby parks and restaurants.
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3:18:48 PM    comment []

Source: Computer World
Sidebar: A Look at Online Guides to Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots
Online guides to free Wi-Fi service help locate hot spots around the world -- by country, by city, and in some cases, by city blocks.
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3:18:47 PM    comment []

Source: Computer World
Sidebar: Free Airport Wi-Fi Takes Off
Three small airports have embraced free Wi-Fi as a way to attract and travelers.
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3:18:46 PM    comment []

Source: Computer World
Free Hot Spots Pay Dividends
Some hotels and restaurants say giving away wireless Internet access draws and retains customers and delivers a strong ROI.
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3:18:45 PM    comment []

Source: C|Net
Cypress Semiconductor to buy Cascade
Cypress says the acquisition will bolster its lineup of low-power SRAM chips used in wireless devices and give it greater access to chip foundries.
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2:34:15 PM    comment []

Source: C|Net
Hot spot fever?
Wayport CEO Dave Vucina has big plans to create a far-reaching network of hotel and airline Internet hot spots.
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2:13:04 PM    comment []

Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Strix Gets More Financing
Strix Systems raised $15 million in stock financing, for a total of $34 million invested in the company: It hopes this investment will take the company to profitability, but it doesn't say when that might happen. Strix APs, or nodes as it likes to call them, can do backhaul using 802.11 instead of wired Ethernet. The nodes see each other and configure like a mesh network so that one node can pass data directly to another node, even hopping along a number of nodes to deliver the data to its proper destination....
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10:22:13 AM    comment []

Source: Wi-Fi Planet
Intel, iAnywhere Lend a Hand to Wireless Developers
The companies are offering a new Wi-Fi toolkit aimed at fueling wireless application development.
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9:07:24 AM    comment []

Source: C|Net
Intel, iAnywhere team up for Wi-Fi
The chipmaker and the Sybase subsidiary aim to foster wireless applications for corporations with a bundle of mobile development tools and Wi-Fi ready notebook and handheld PCs.
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7:34:54 AM    comment []

Source: Extremetech
Review: SIPphone
Fresh from his success with MP3.com and Lindows, Michael Robertson has turned his attention to VoIP. If you've got broadband, you can now make free calls to anywhere on Earth.
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7:24:24 AM    comment []

Source: Ziff Davis
Review: SIPphone
Fresh from his success with MP3.com and Lindows, Michael Robertson has turned his attention to VoIP. If you've got broadband, you can now make free calls to anywhere on Earth.
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7:13:54 AM    comment []

Source: The Register
Comtralis unwires Newmarket
'We're number one in rural broadband'
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6:11:34 AM    comment []

Source: eWEEK Technology News
iAnywhere Puts Mobile Data on Tap
The CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment in Las Vegas this week will be a product launching pad for companies wanting to woo mobile business workers and the carriers that serve them.
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1:42:14 AM    comment []





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