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News that's changing the Wireless World!
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Friday, May 21, 2004 |
Source: Computer World
You want MP3s with that?
McDonald's plans to use its Wi-Fi network to deliver digital content,
including music files, to customers, as well as to support in-house business
applications.
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9:15:41 PM 
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Source: Computer World
McDonald's to Supersize Use of Wi-Fi Connections
The fast-food chain plans to use Wayport Inc.'s nationwide broadband network
to provide Wi-Fi wireless access and content such as MP3 files to diners. In
addition, the network will be used to process credit card transactions and
distribute training videos to restaurants.
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9:15:40 PM
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Source: Computer World
Tales From the Road
Global road warriors find they need to outfit themselves with a plethora of
gadgets to ensure wireless connectivity anytime, anywhere.
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9:15:37 PM
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Source: Computer World
Wi-Fi Quiz
Do you know your 802.11 standards? Take our interactive quiz to find
out.
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9:15:35 PM
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Source: Computer World
Wi-Fi provider Cometa shutting down
Cometa Networks Inc., which had hoped to bring nationwide wireless access in
the U.S., plans to shut down because it hasn't been able to attract enough
capital to continue operations.
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9:15:32 PM
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Source: Computer World
Wi-Fi provider Cometa shutting down
Cometa Networks Inc., which had hoped to bring nationwide wireless access in
the U.S., plans to shut down because it hasn't been able to attract enough
capital to continue operations.
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9:12:56 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Which ISPs Allow
Sharing?
Some Internet service providers allow connections to be shared, but they're
few and far between: I mentioned in passing yesterday that Speakeasy
Networks was the only ISP to encourage sharing access to anyone and everyone
for any of their personal or business DSL and T-1 accounts. Dana Spiegel of
NYCwireless wrote in to note that three New York providers allow sharing. He
also pointed to PersonalTelco's run-down on ISPs and their sharing policies,
but the information is largely out of date, or includes ISPs as allowing
sharing which have only confirmed this by phone or in email but not in their
AUP. EFF had a list as well which they've intended to update for two years,
and may happen soon. I don't take a statement from an ISP via email or by
phone that sharing is permitted as legitimate: it has to be in the publicly
posted terms of service. NYCwireless lists Bway.Net, Cloud9.Net, and Ace
DSL. I checked their terms of service to see how they word it. Bway.net
explicitly allows it, but you have to notify them to be legit. Cloud9.Net
doesn't really state you can share, and you can read their terms to state
you can't. They say, in summary: The customer may permit a member of their
immediate household to use the customer's account subject to the account
holder's supervision and the customer agrees that Cloud 9 reserves the right
to prevent other Internet users from accessing its network, either in part
or in whole, for any reason. Ace's policies are even vaguer, making it a
gray issue that you can share a connection. But they do say In conjunction
with the terms of Section "III c.", above, I agree not to resell any of the
Services provided hereunder or the passwords thereto; Speakeasy allows
resale of any part of any connection. Updates: Oregon's Easystreet allows
noncommercial sharing of their DSL service. Their page clearly says its an
experiment, and they're working with Personal Telco to see if this concept
works. Butler Networks of Tennessee specifically allows noncommercial
wireless sharing, too. Their agreement is very specific, saying you can't
accept money or trade services in exchange for offering wireless access via
your account, but that's perfect for community networking and other free
public hotspots. You can help compile a newer list of sharing-friendly ISPs:
email me if you're an ISP that specifically allows sharing in your...
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2:31:59 PM
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Source: Scripting.com
Yahoo Maps shows WiFi hotspots now. Quite useful!
2:31:58 PM
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Source: Scripting.com
ComputerWorld: "Wi-Fi wholesale network operator
Cometa Networks Inc. has announced that it's suspending operations, citing a
lack of money."
2:31:57 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Motorola Demos Working
UWB
Motorola's Freescale division ups the ante on ultrawideband (UWB) by showing
working demo of what's to come this Christmas: The head of UWB innovator
XtremeSpectrum, acquired by Motorola last year, is now director of Motorola
subsidiary Freescale's UWB division. Martin Rofheart showed a camcorder
sending data over UWB to a plasma television, according to this second-hand
report at Wi-Fi Planet. Motorola's version of UWB is still winding its way
through the IEEE process, but literally every other company in the industry
(most members of the Multi-Band OFDM Alliance) withdrew from 802.15.3a to
develop standards through trade organizations. By showing working products
and promising Christmas 2004 products, Motorola has raised the bar. Some
industry experts are convinced that Motorola hasn't a chance at dominating
the market, no matter how early they get in, because Intel, Texas
Instruments, and many, many other firms will have competing products that
all interoperate. Motorola's consumer partners' equipment will only work
with other Motorola-based equipment....
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10:13:46 AM
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