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Friday, October 24, 2003 |
Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Client Software Helps Manage Connectivity
BVRP has developed software that automatically locates and configures connections. The product will look for Wi-Fi, cellular, DSL, cable and dial-up connections and automatically configure the laptop for the available connection. It also manages security such as VPN and WEP. This kind of product is a good idea and I'm seeing more of them. However, it seems that this should be something offered by a service provider or aggregator, not something that end users must go out and buy on their own. Each service provider already has some sort of client that does what this software does. I just don't see end users taking the effort to go out and buy something like this. The news doesn't seem to be posted on BVRP's Web site but when it is you can find it here....
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3:38:22 PM 
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Wi-Fi to Grow Faster in Europe
A new study contends that Wi-Fi will expand faster in Europe because of Europe's cafe culture: I think there's a chance that Wi-Fi will grow faster in Europe but that's a silly reason why. There are plenty of places in the United States--take Seattle--that have very robust cafe cultures. If Wi-Fi takes off faster in Europe it will be because operators there are sometimes more sensible then operators here. Already I'm seeing tons of roaming agreements in Europe which will make it easier for Wi-Fi users to get on networks. Here, those agreements are just starting to happen, and there are still some significant holdouts, like T-Mobile. But this study makes one good point. Laptop penetration isn't as great in Europe as it is in the United States, meaning Europe is primed for an uptake in Wi-Fi enabled laptops. It could take longer for Wi-Fi laptops to replace those without here because so many people already have laptops....
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3:38:20 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi on a (Memory) Stick
Hagiwara Sys-Com to release Wi-Fi on a Memory Stick: The Memory Stick is a very compact and lightweight memory interchange format found primarily in Sony devices. The company may also release Bluetooth Memory Stick adapters, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Secure Digital. [via Gizmodo]...
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3:35:34 PM
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Dartmouth Serves as Experiment
TechDirt offers an interesting take on an analysis of the affects of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless cloud: The item points to Naval Ravikant at VentureBlog who believes it will be worthwhile to watch how Dartmouth students use the wireless network as an indication of how everyone may use wireless connections in the future. Ubiquitous wireless is a new medium that will slowly come into its own. It's like any new medium--remember when corporate Web sites consisted only of duplicates of printed collateral material? In time we'll come up with great ways to use wireless....
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3:35:32 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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3:35:31 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi on a (Memory) Stick
Hagiwara Sys-Com to release Wi-Fi on a Memory Stick: The Memory Stick is a very compact and lightweight memory interchange format found primarily in Sony devices. The company may also release Bluetooth Memory Stick adapters, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Secure Digital. [via Gizmodo]...
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3:33:13 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Dartmouth Serves as Experiment
TechDirt offers an interesting take on an analysis of the affects of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless cloud: The item points to Naval Ravikant at VentureBlog who believes it will be worthwhile to watch how Dartmouth students use the wireless network as an indication of how everyone may use wireless connections in the future. Ubiquitous wireless is a new medium that will slowly come into its own. It's like any new medium--remember when corporate Web sites consisted only of duplicates of printed collateral material? In time we'll come up with great ways to use wireless....
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3:33:12 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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3:33:10 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi on a (Memory) Stick
Hagiwara Sys-Com to release Wi-Fi on a Memory Stick: The Memory Stick is a very compact and lightweight memory interchange format found primarily in Sony devices. The company may also release Bluetooth Memory Stick adapters, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Secure Digital. [via Gizmodo]...
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3:32:02 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Dartmouth Serves as Experiment
TechDirt offers an interesting take on an analysis of the affects of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless cloud: The item points to Naval Ravikant at VentureBlog who believes it will be worthwhile to watch how Dartmouth students use the wireless network as an indication of how everyone may use wireless connections in the future. Ubiquitous wireless is a new medium that will slowly come into its own. It's like any new medium--remember when corporate Web sites consisted only of duplicates of printed collateral material? In time we'll come up with great ways to use wireless....
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3:32:00 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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3:30:50 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi on a (Memory) Stick
Hagiwara Sys-Com to release Wi-Fi on a Memory Stick: The Memory Stick is a very compact and lightweight memory interchange format found primarily in Sony devices. The company may also release Bluetooth Memory Stick adapters, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Secure Digital. [via Gizmodo]...
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3:29:39 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Client Software Helps Manage Connectivity
BVRP has developed software that automatically locates and configures connections. The product will look for Wi-Fi, cellular, DSL, cable and dial-up connections and automatically configure the laptop for the available connection. It also manages security such as VPN and WEP. This kind of product is a good idea and I'm seeing more of them. However, it seems that this should be something offered by a service provider or aggregator, not something that end users must go out and buy on their own. Each service provider already has some sort of client that does what this software does. I just don't see end users taking the effort to go out and buy something like this. The news doesn't seem to be posted on BVRP's Web site but when it is you can find it here....
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3:28:33 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Dartmouth Serves as Experiment
TechDirt offers an interesting take on an analysis of the affects of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless cloud: The item points to Naval Ravikant at VentureBlog who believes it will be worthwhile to watch how Dartmouth students use the wireless network as an indication of how everyone may use wireless connections in the future. Ubiquitous wireless is a new medium that will slowly come into its own. It's like any new medium--remember when corporate Web sites consisted only of duplicates of printed collateral material? In time we'll come up with great ways to use wireless....
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3:28:32 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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3:28:30 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi on a (Memory) Stick
Hagiwara Sys-Com to release Wi-Fi on a Memory Stick: The Memory Stick is a very compact and lightweight memory interchange format found primarily in Sony devices. The company may also release Bluetooth Memory Stick adapters, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Secure Digital. [via Gizmodo]...
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3:27:26 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Client Software Helps Manage Connectivity
BVRP has developed software that automatically locates and configures connections. The product will look for Wi-Fi, cellular, DSL, cable and dial-up connections and automatically configure the laptop for the available connection. It also manages security such as VPN and WEP. This kind of product is a good idea and I'm seeing more of them. However, it seems that this should be something offered by a service provider or aggregator, not something that end users must go out and buy on their own. Each service provider already has some sort of client that does what this software does. I just don't see end users taking the effort to go out and buy something like this. The news doesn't seem to be posted on BVRP's Web site but when it is you can find it here....
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3:27:25 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Dartmouth Serves as Experiment
TechDirt offers an interesting take on an analysis of the affects of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless cloud: The item points to Naval Ravikant at VentureBlog who believes it will be worthwhile to watch how Dartmouth students use the wireless network as an indication of how everyone may use wireless connections in the future. Ubiquitous wireless is a new medium that will slowly come into its own. It's like any new medium--remember when corporate Web sites consisted only of duplicates of printed collateral material? In time we'll come up with great ways to use wireless....
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3:27:23 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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3:27:22 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi on a (Memory) Stick
Hagiwara Sys-Com to release Wi-Fi on a Memory Stick: The Memory Stick is a very compact and lightweight memory interchange format found primarily in Sony devices. The company may also release Bluetooth Memory Stick adapters, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Secure Digital. [via Gizmodo]...
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3:25:14 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Client Software Helps Manage Connectivity
BVRP has developed software that automatically locates and configures connections. The product will look for Wi-Fi, cellular, DSL, cable and dial-up connections and automatically configure the laptop for the available connection. It also manages security such as VPN and WEP. This kind of product is a good idea and I'm seeing more of them. However, it seems that this should be something offered by a service provider or aggregator, not something that end users must go out and buy on their own. Each service provider already has some sort of client that does what this software does. I just don't see end users taking the effort to go out and buy something like this. The news doesn't seem to be posted on BVRP's Web site but when it is you can find it here....
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3:25:12 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Dartmouth Serves as Experiment
TechDirt offers an interesting take on an analysis of the affects of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless cloud: The item points to Naval Ravikant at VentureBlog who believes it will be worthwhile to watch how Dartmouth students use the wireless network as an indication of how everyone may use wireless connections in the future. Ubiquitous wireless is a new medium that will slowly come into its own. It's like any new medium--remember when corporate Web sites consisted only of duplicates of printed collateral material? In time we'll come up with great ways to use wireless....
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3:25:11 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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3:25:09 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi on a (Memory) Stick
Hagiwara Sys-Com to release Wi-Fi on a Memory Stick: The Memory Stick is a very compact and lightweight memory interchange format found primarily in Sony devices. The company may also release Bluetooth Memory Stick adapters, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Secure Digital. [via Gizmodo]...
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3:23:59 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Dartmouth Serves as Experiment
TechDirt offers an interesting take on an analysis of the affects of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless cloud: The item points to Naval Ravikant at VentureBlog who believes it will be worthwhile to watch how Dartmouth students use the wireless network as an indication of how everyone may use wireless connections in the future. Ubiquitous wireless is a new medium that will slowly come into its own. It's like any new medium--remember when corporate Web sites consisted only of duplicates of printed collateral material? In time we'll come up with great ways to use wireless....
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3:21:43 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Client Software Helps Manage Connectivity
BVRP has developed software that automatically locates and configures connections. The product will look for Wi-Fi, cellular, DSL, cable and dial-up connections and automatically configure the laptop for the available connection. It also manages security such as VPN and WEP. This kind of product is a good idea and I'm seeing more of them. However, it seems that this should be something offered by a service provider or aggregator, not something that end users must go out and buy on their own. Each service provider already has some sort of client that does what this software does. I just don't see end users taking the effort to go out and buy something like this. The news doesn't seem to be posted on BVRP's Web site but when it is you can find it here....
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3:21:42 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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3:21:40 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi on a (Memory) Stick
Hagiwara Sys-Com to release Wi-Fi on a Memory Stick: The Memory Stick is a very compact and lightweight memory interchange format found primarily in Sony devices. The company may also release Bluetooth Memory Stick adapters, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Secure Digital. [via Gizmodo]...
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3:20:35 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Client Software Helps Manage Connectivity
BVRP has developed software that automatically locates and configures connections. The product will look for Wi-Fi, cellular, DSL, cable and dial-up connections and automatically configure the laptop for the available connection. It also manages security such as VPN and WEP. This kind of product is a good idea and I'm seeing more of them. However, it seems that this should be something offered by a service provider or aggregator, not something that end users must go out and buy on their own. Each service provider already has some sort of client that does what this software does. I just don't see end users taking the effort to go out and buy something like this. The news doesn't seem to be posted on BVRP's Web site but when it is you can find it here....
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3:20:33 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Dartmouth Serves as Experiment
TechDirt offers an interesting take on an analysis of the affects of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless cloud: The item points to Naval Ravikant at VentureBlog who believes it will be worthwhile to watch how Dartmouth students use the wireless network as an indication of how everyone may use wireless connections in the future. Ubiquitous wireless is a new medium that will slowly come into its own. It's like any new medium--remember when corporate Web sites consisted only of duplicates of printed collateral material? In time we'll come up with great ways to use wireless....
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3:20:32 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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3:20:31 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi on a (Memory) Stick
Hagiwara Sys-Com to release Wi-Fi on a Memory Stick: The Memory Stick is a very compact and lightweight memory interchange format found primarily in Sony devices. The company may also release Bluetooth Memory Stick adapters, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Secure Digital. [via Gizmodo]...
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3:18:55 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Client Software Helps Manage Connectivity
BVRP has developed software that automatically locates and configures connections. The product will look for Wi-Fi, cellular, DSL, cable and dial-up connections and automatically configure the laptop for the available connection. It also manages security such as VPN and WEP. This kind of product is a good idea and I'm seeing more of them. However, it seems that this should be something offered by a service provider or aggregator, not something that end users must go out and buy on their own. Each service provider already has some sort of client that does what this software does. I just don't see end users taking the effort to go out and buy something like this. The news doesn't seem to be posted on BVRP's Web site but when it is you can find it here....
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3:18:53 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Dartmouth Serves as Experiment
TechDirt offers an interesting take on an analysis of the affects of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless cloud: The item points to Naval Ravikant at VentureBlog who believes it will be worthwhile to watch how Dartmouth students use the wireless network as an indication of how everyone may use wireless connections in the future. Ubiquitous wireless is a new medium that will slowly come into its own. It's like any new medium--remember when corporate Web sites consisted only of duplicates of printed collateral material? In time we'll come up with great ways to use wireless....
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3:18:52 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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3:18:50 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi on a (Memory) Stick
Hagiwara Sys-Com to release Wi-Fi on a Memory Stick: The Memory Stick is a very compact and lightweight memory interchange format found primarily in Sony devices. The company may also release Bluetooth Memory Stick adapters, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Secure Digital. [via Gizmodo]...
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3:16:37 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Client Software Helps Manage Connectivity
BVRP has developed software that automatically locates and configures connections. The product will look for Wi-Fi, cellular, DSL, cable and dial-up connections and automatically configure the laptop for the available connection. It also manages security such as VPN and WEP. This kind of product is a good idea and I'm seeing more of them. However, it seems that this should be something offered by a service provider or aggregator, not something that end users must go out and buy on their own. Each service provider already has some sort of client that does what this software does. I just don't see end users taking the effort to go out and buy something like this. The news doesn't seem to be posted on BVRP's Web site but when it is you can find it here....
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3:16:36 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi to Grow Faster in Europe
A new study contends that Wi-Fi will expand faster in Europe because of Europe's cafe culture: I think there's a chance that Wi-Fi will grow faster in Europe but that's a silly reason why. There are plenty of places in the United States--take Seattle--that have very robust cafe cultures. If Wi-Fi takes off faster in Europe it will be because operators there are sometimes more sensible then operators here. Already I'm seeing tons of roaming agreements in Europe which will make it easier for Wi-Fi users to get on networks. Here, those agreements are just starting to happen, and there are still some significant holdouts, like T-Mobile. But this study makes one good point. Laptop penetration isn't as great in Europe as it is in the United States, meaning Europe is primed for an uptake in Wi-Fi enabled laptops. It could take longer for Wi-Fi laptops to replace those without here because so many people already have laptops....
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3:16:34 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Dartmouth Serves as Experiment
TechDirt offers an interesting take on an analysis of the affects of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless cloud: The item points to Naval Ravikant at VentureBlog who believes it will be worthwhile to watch how Dartmouth students use the wireless network as an indication of how everyone may use wireless connections in the future. Ubiquitous wireless is a new medium that will slowly come into its own. It's like any new medium--remember when corporate Web sites consisted only of duplicates of printed collateral material? In time we'll come up with great ways to use wireless....
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3:16:33 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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3:16:30 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Client Software Helps Manage Connectivity
BVRP has developed software that automatically locates and configures connections. The product will look for Wi-Fi, cellular, DSL, cable and dial-up connections and automatically configure the laptop for the available connection. It also manages security such as VPN and WEP. This kind of product is a good idea and I'm seeing more of them. However, it seems that this should be something offered by a service provider or aggregator, not something that end users must go out and buy on their own. Each service provider already has some sort of client that does what this software does. I just don't see end users taking the effort to go out and buy something like this. The news doesn't seem to be posted on BVRP's Web site but when it is you can find it here....
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1:20:08 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi to Grow Faster in Europe
A new study contends that Wi-Fi will expand faster in Europe because of Europe's cafe culture: I think there's a chance that Wi-Fi will grow faster in Europe but that's a silly reason why. There are plenty of places in the United States--take Seattle--that have very robust cafe cultures. If Wi-Fi takes off faster in Europe it will be because operators there are sometimes more sensible then operators here. Already I'm seeing tons of roaming agreements in Europe which will make it easier for Wi-Fi users to get on networks. Here, those agreements are just starting to happen, and there are still some significant holdouts, like T-Mobile. But this study makes one good point. Laptop penetration isn't as great in Europe as it is in the United States, meaning Europe is primed for an uptake in Wi-Fi enabled laptops. It could take longer for Wi-Fi laptops to replace those without here because so many people already have laptops....
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1:20:07 PM
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Dartmouth Serves as Experiment
TechDirt offers an interesting take on an analysis of the affects of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless cloud: The item points to Naval Ravikant at VentureBlog who believes it will be worthwhile to watch how Dartmouth students use the wireless network as an indication of how everyone may use wireless connections in the future. Ubiquitous wireless is a new medium that will slowly come into its own. It's like any new medium--remember when corporate Web sites consisted only of duplicates of printed collateral material? In time we'll come up with great ways to use wireless....
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1:20:06 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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1:20:05 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hasselt, Belgium, Gets Wi-Fi
Here's one more city boasting to have the world's largest Wi-Fi network: Cisco is helping this Belgium city build a Wi-Fi cloud over the whole town. The project should be complete at the beginning of next year. I'm not the first to say this but it'll be interesting to see how the city-run Wi-Fi networks co-exist with commercial hot spots. If a city builds a Wi-Fi network, does that prevent commercial companies from building their own hot spots and hoping to profit from them? Whistler, B.C., among other municipalities, is wrestling with this problem right now....
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1:20:04 PM
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Wi-Fi on a (Memory) Stick
Hagiwara Sys-Com to release Wi-Fi on a Memory Stick: The Memory Stick is a very compact and lightweight memory interchange format found primarily in Sony devices. The company may also release Bluetooth Memory Stick adapters, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Secure Digital. [via Gizmodo]...
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1:20:02 PM
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GRIC Grows
The remote access aggregator adds 2,200 hot spots to its network: GRIC signed deals with the Cloud, Monzoon Networks and PicoPoint for access to hot spots in parts of Europe and South Africa. Expansion plans by the operators should add as many as 6,000 additional hot spots over the next year. Until hot spot operators aggressively sign roaming agreements with each other, companies like GRIC, iPass, and Boingo are going to attract the serious business travelers. There is really no reason to sign up with just one operator because no network is extensive enough....
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1:19:58 PM
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AT&T Wireless Scores Philadelphia Airport
AT&T Wireless is offering Wi-Fi in the terminals and concourses at Philadelphia International Airport: The operator is also planning to build a network at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Without extensive and open roaming deals these types of deals -- I'm assuming AT&T Wireless is the exclusive operator here as they are in Denver -- aren't going to see huge usage. Sure, some people will pay $10 to use it but an awful lot more would use it if it was part of a monthly plan they already have with another operator. AT&T's Wireless's unlimited monthly plan is a very high $69 per month....
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1:19:56 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
Wi-Fi Help for High-rises
By combining cellular-type coverage with modularity 802.11 mesh products, BelAir Networks says it's got the solution to Internet backhaul coverage for high-rises and other oversized buildings.
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1:19:55 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Toshiba's e800 Offers Wi-Fi and VOIP
The Toshiba e800 series PocketPC has Wi-Fi and bundled VoIP: The specifications don't mention nor does this article which VoIP (voice over IP) software is included, but one assumes it supports standard SIP (session initiation protocol) gateways, and comes with some kind of prefabricated ability to connect out....
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1:19:54 PM
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Source: C|Net
Toshiba adds VoIP to handheld
The company launches two updated Pocket PC handhelds, including one business-oriented model that features built-in wireless networking with voice over Internet Protocol capabilities.
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1:19:52 PM
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Source: C|Net
Toshiba adds VoIP to handheld
The company launches two updated Pocket PC handhelds, including one business-oriented model that features built-in wireless networking with voice over Internet Protocol capabilities.
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1:19:49 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Stumbling in the Path of the Road Warrior
The road warrior's toolkit includes stumbling programs: Mark Frauenfelder, just back from four months on a tiny island, writes about how a real road warrior (in which category he places me) carries software and gadgets to help find Wi-Fi networks. It's true, I do. I have many qualms about connecting to networks that aren't specifically advertising themselves as available. But since I engage in reasonable behavior, and no one I know is metered for small amounts of service, I confess: I connect to unprotected networks. And I like it....
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Source: Userland.com
Sprint Posts Consolidated Net Loss
Sprint, the No. 4 U.S. long-distance telephone company, today posted a consolidated net third qurater loss as weak demand for its long-distance services offset higher wireless sales.
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Source: Wired.com
Get Ready to Ring in the Holidays
Vendors and manufacturers say the wireless phone technology that will hit stores before the end of the year will be mainstream and affordable. Michael Stroud reports from Las Vegas.
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
WiMax Primed for Growth
The arrival of 802.16a equipment will give the wireless broadband industry a boost, according to new research from ABI.
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Slugging Broadband out of the Central Office
US Wireless Online starts serving a big chunk of Louisville, Kentucky: The broadband wireless provider is offering 256 to 384 Kbps upload and 2 Mpbs download for $40 per month residential (including a modem rental of $10/month), and $90 per month or higher for business service. They expect to launch connections of as far as 20 miles and up to 54 Mbps (not sure if that's raw or net) for businesses....
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hide and Go Seek without the Hide
Trepia partners with Telerama to offer Wi-Fi-based proximity social tools: Trepia's software can connect people who have registered and are using the software with one another when in proximity. The real question I have, of course, is how many people want to just meet random folks who happen to be in the same area, even if you know their interests, etc.? I'm somewhat gregarious, but one of my biggest problems is staying in touch with many friends, often nowhere near my proximity, not making new ones. I suppose this is an outgrowth of the mobile society in which people are on the move and on the make in new places all the time. Is this all about dating? (asks the married man). See, I'm so unhip, it's no wonder if my bum were to fall off....
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1:19:37 PM
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Source: C|Net
Internet phones peachy in Georgia?
State regulators order local phone provider BellSouth to let customers buy broadband services alone, which some claim is a win for the people using Internet telephone providers.
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
BT Learns Why iPass's Model Works
BT offers per-minute plan to businesses: BT OpenZone has been charging £85 (US$135 or so) for unlimited monthly access. Feedback from businesses has caused BT to adopt an iPass-like model in which businesses commit to a serious amount of usage but then pay only £5 per month per user and 5 pence per minute, resulting in an average much lower charge for a larger workforce. At the same time, the report says, BT will probably withdraw its unlimited plan, and offer plans like it does now with 300 minutes for £20....
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Indian Lake Unwired
A lake in India now offers Wi-Fi connectivity: Forgive my lack of knowledge, but this article is slightly obscure. I'm guessing there is a lack of habitation on and around the lack, but I'm not sure if it's a tourist area or a permanent residence area. It also mentions "shikaras" without a definition: perhaps these are wireless nodes that move around the lake?...
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Breezy, Casual Wi-Fi
We've seen these stories before, but now they appear with less explanation: Here's a great piece of straight feature news reporting that gets the facts right and makes a good case for Wi-Fi's utility. But the significance is how casually this article sounds. It's not a giant feature, just a small bit of news. That's how much Wi-Fi has now become a part of the general walk of life, even in smaller locales....
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1:19:31 PM
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Source: eWEEK Technology News
Broadband Boost
For millions of broadband subscribers, ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) is the underlying technology that pumps in their high-speed connections to the Internet.
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Source: eWEEK Technology News
Intel Publishes WiFi Hotspot Database
Intel Corp. has published a database of 802.11 wireless hotspots to its web site, including a list of public access points where users can surf for free.
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