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News that's changing the Wireless World!
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Monday, March 15, 2004 |
Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Austin's Wi-Fi and SXSW Free Music Coverage
Truly excellent television news coverage in Austin of Austin Wireless City and the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference's free music preview at free Wi-Fi hot spots: Watch the video for this segment about the community wireless group's partnership with SXSW to put music (via Apple's iTunes music library sharing) from acts that will appear at the event in dozens of free hotspots....
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10:18:29 PM 
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Source: Computer World
Sidebar: Dartmouth Looks to Expand WLAN, Beef Up Bandwidth
The director of technical services at Dartmouth College says the school will install about 1,000 centrally managed wireless access points as part of a project to make its campuswide WLAN available to virtually all students, faculty members and administrative staffers.
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9:17:12 PM
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Source: Computer World
Some wireless IP phone users shun Cisco WLAN gear
The networking equipment giant added so-called fast roaming capabilities to its wireless LAN technology last June, in an effort to improve performance on voice calls. But that hasn't stopped some IT managers from migrating to systems that rely on centrally managed switches.
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9:17:10 PM
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Source: InfoWorld
Wi-Fi bandwith breakthroughs leave consumers behind
As the market for wireless networking products continues to grow, vendors are constantly one-upping each other with performance
claims for their products. However, it's a moot point to millions of U.S. and European home users stuck with Internet connection
speeds far below the bandwidth promised by new 802.11g products.
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5:21:49 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Hunting the Wily Wi-Fi Signal in San Jose's Free Zones
San Jose Mercury News reporter tries to find some of that free Wi-Fi deployed in San Jose and succeeds -- eventually: Highlighting the difficulties of deploying Wi-Fi across zones and advertising the notion that it's available ubiquitously, Jon Fortt equips himself well and sallies forth. But it requires some inside information for him to find an ideal spot within one of the three free hot zones in San Jose that the city is promoting. [link via TechDirt]...
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12:35:33 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
CTIA's Venue: Seven Hotspots, Millions of Square Feet
Alan Reiter notes that the cellular industry's big CTIA event next week is in a conference center that thought it had Wi-Fi covered, but didn't: Alan notes that the conference center's management said they had Wi-Fi coverage, but when the CTIA organizers checked it out, the venue had seven APs (and two dead ones) covering millions of square feet. Needless to say, the CTIA stepped up to the plate with sponsor Cisco's help to provide free Wi-Fi in all common areas during the event. Remarkably, the Atlanta Georgia World Congress Center hasn't had much call for Wi-Fi. This might reflect the paucity of service or possibly the center's fee structure for it, too. Or, when organizers discover the dysfunctional system, they book elsewhere. Let's not do a posteriori reasoning here, Atlanta!...
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11:13:29 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
The Predictability of Voice
Switch vendor Meru says its technology, when used by Wi-Fi handset makers, can give Voice over WLAN phones the same or better talk time as cell phones.
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11:13:28 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
iFido Fetches Broadband Wireless in Canada
Canadian service offers 2.2 Mbps download speeds for Cdn$40 per month over broadband wireless: In areas of Richmond, B.C. (south of Vancouver), and Cumberland, Ontario, you can purchase iFido's broadband wireless service for Cdn$40/month service (intro rate of $20/month for six months) plus $125 or $325 for signup depending on whether you commit to 24 months or not. A $50 setup fee is being waived as part of this introductory deal. (I have to ask: will the Quebec version be called iFeydeau?)...
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11:02:53 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
Extreme Platform Extends Wireless Abilities
The company's strategy for network edge devices will integrate voice, wired and wireless via additions to its switch line, starting with a site survey tool, a new dual-band antenna, and a modular switch.
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8:06:42 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
Agere Claims Boost to150Mbps
The basic technology behind the Wi-Fi chipmaker's turbo mode is pre-standard Quality of Service, but the advanced velocity comes from compression.
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6:12:39 AM
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