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News that's changing the Wireless World!
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Wednesday, March 03, 2004 |
Source: Userland.com
U.S. Pressing China to Yield on Wireless Encryption
The Bush administration stepped up its pressure on China this week to back off its plan to impose a software encryption standard for wireless computers that American technology companies regard as an unfair trade barrier.
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11:25:39 PM 
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Source: Userland.com
U.S. Pressing China to Yield on Wireless Encryption
The Bush administration stepped up its pressure on China this week to back off its plan to impose a software encryption standard for wireless computers that American technology companies regard as an unfair trade barrier.
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11:15:12 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Simplifi Offers Prepaid Access to iPass Network
A new service called Simplifi lets travelers prepay for voice and wired and wireless Internet access: Users can connect to any hotspot that is part of the iPass network or make phone calls using a single prepaid account. The service may be useful to individual business travelers whose companies don't use iPass because iPass focuses on multi-user accounts. It also lets customers pay for what they use rather than requiring them to pay a regular subscription. However, it's a terrible deal. In North America, Simplifi users will pay almost $15 per hour to use a hotspot. Most hotspots that are part of the iPass network charge quite a bit less than that so it's not clear why users would pay that much for access. For example, T-Mobile is part of the iPass network and it charges $6 an hour or $9.99 for a day pass. The Simplifi concept is interesting as it offers users a single point to pay for access but the prices will have to decrease for it to be compelling....
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11:36:11 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
VoWLAN Heats Up
Two leading voice players have entered the emerging voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN) market with new products that integrate technology from a couple of startups.
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11:04:40 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
BellSouth to Offer Hotspots to Internet Customers
BellSouth says it is building 100 hotspots in Charlotte, N.C.: Existing DSL and dial up customers will be able to use the hotspots, which will become available in the second quarter, for free. It's not clear if folks who are not BellSouth Internet customers will be able to use the network. BellSouth doesn't seem to have a press release about this on its Web site; maybe the story was announced locally in Charlotte. BellSouth is one of the few major landline operators that has yet to announce a Wi-Fi strategy. The company owns a variety of wireless licenses in and around the MMDS bands. This is pure speculation, but BellSouth would be smart to build hotspots once WiMax gear is available and comes down in price because it can use its licensed frequencies and WiMax to backhaul hotspots at a low cost....
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10:03:10 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Tales of Interoperability
The Register reports on a story that ran in a magazine called Computing Which? that details failures to get standard Wi-Fi gear from different manufacturers to interoperate: The editors tried to set up a Linksys 802.11g router and a Netgear bridge but couldn't get the two devices to interact. Eventually one Netgear help desk agent told the writers the products could be incompatible. It doesn’t appear that the original story is online so it's hard to know more about this trial. It sounds as though the aim of the report was to test how easy or difficult it is to set up wireless networks. The writers concluded that it's too hard to use. It would be unfortunate if the industry has a hard time attracting additional users because the products are inoperable and difficult to use....
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9:52:39 AM
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Source: Ziff Davis
Top Tip: Is a wireless network slower?
I'm finally getting DSL :D and I'm curious as to whether I should hook up a wireless network for it instead of a conventional wired network? My dad has a new laptop with wireless capabilities and so he wants to work with that, but my concern is that it will slow down the speed of the DSL. Is wireless any slower than a wired network, and if it is, is it enough to make a difference to internet performance?
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7:25:42 AM
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Source: Extremetech
Top Tip: Is a wireless network slower?
I'm finally getting DSL :D and I'm curious as to whether I should hook up a wireless network for it instead of a conventional wired network? My dad has a new laptop with wireless capabilities and so he wants to work with that, but my concern is that it will slow down the speed of the DSL. Is wireless any slower than a wired network, and if it is, is it enough to make a difference to internet performance?
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7:25:40 AM
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Source: Wired.com
Indies Stay in Tune With Sharing
Austin's South by Southwest music conference will provide free access to its library of music to anyone near a wireless hotspot. Songs will be accessible to users of Apple's iTunes through a 600-song shared playlist. By Katie Dean.
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2:36:59 AM
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