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Phila. Network Use Skyrockets while Free

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2008-07-21 19:32:31 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
No surprise that more people use a free network than one that charges: However, the strategy of Network Acquisition Corp. (someday to be renamed) is to create a best-efforts Wi-Fi network that will be subsidized through their other business and residential offerings. So the 17,000 daily users now versus 6,000 EarthLink subscribers as of last...
 
Tags: network, free network, best-efforts wi-fi network, network acquisition corp, complete outdoor coverage, daily users, metro philadelphia, residential offerings, earthlink subscribers
 
 
 
 
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AT&T Says Fie on Free Fi for iPhone (Again)

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2008-07-18 10:39:24 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...information about putative, future, free Wi-Fi access at 17,000 domestic Wi-Fi hotspots (McDonald's and Starbucks, mostly) for the iPhone. The page went up on their site promoting the program, a thousand articles bloomed on blogs, and then AT&T spokespeople said, sorry, false alarm. The page should be gone by now. AT&T said that it's "our...
 
Tags: wi-fi, domestic wi-fi hotspots, free wi-fi access, iphone, wi-fi service, att, att spokespeople, wi-fi hotspot network, creative commons license
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Exhaustive Looks at In-Flight-Fi, Every-Fi

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2008-07-17 09:57:49 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
Airline in-flight broadband overview: Computerworld surveys what's about to happen with in-flight broadband in the U.S. and worldwide. It's an exhaustive look (especially the run-down at the end) about what we'll be able to get on each airline or from each service. American's launch of GoGo from Aircell should be days away Wi-Fi wherever...
 
Tags: wi-fi planet, wi-fi, eric griffith, computerworld surveys, in-flight broadband, exhaustive, aircell, limitations, thousands
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Kentucky Town-Fi; Exorbitant Hotel-Fi

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2008-07-15 11:06:22 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
Kentucky town shaves 97 percent of Wi-Fi network cost: The town of Prestonsburg, Kent., thought a city-wide Wi-Fi network could help attract tourists and businesses, while expanding remote access for telemedicine and other purposes. But Government Technology reports that the first estimates for building a network were from $48,000 to $248,000....
 
Tags: town, network, cost, wi-fi network cost, city-wide wi-fi network, kentucky town shaves, cheaper hotels include, internet, night
 
 
 
 
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Lompoc's Comeback

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2008-07-15 10:57:35 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
I've been citing Lompoc, Calif., as a poster child of what can go wrong in municipal Wi-Fi for a few years: But I apparently have to change my tune. Lompoc, near Santa Barbara, had unreasonable expectations, if you read their first and second RFPs. The first provider built a network that Lompoc found unacceptable and they bid it out for a second...
 
Tags: city, city network administrator, network, wi-fi network, network coverage, network guru, lompoc, network deployment, cable
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Sprint Treo 800w, New Wireless in Portland (Ore.), Hartford (Conn.) Fail

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2008-07-14 10:45:41 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
Palm Treo 800w released: Sprint is offering the EVDO/Wi-Fi phone with Windows Mobile 6.1 and built-in GPS. The phone is $250 with a two-year contract. This is apparently the phone that Palm should have released a couple of years ago; now, it's unfavorably compared to the iPhone except for keyboard entry and the ability to subscribe ($10/mo) for...
 
Tags: hartford, portland, city-wide wi-fi, city, business phone, phone, business, business-grade wireless availability, free hour
 
 
 
 
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Wireless Sensors Tell Drivers of Parking Spots in San Francisco

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2008-07-12 22:42:32 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...information about parking availability and traffic speed through a mesh network It's unfortunate that such applications weren't in place when San Francisco was thinking about Wi-Fi public access. The intelligent integration of necessary city services that require a wireless backhaul with a public access Wi-Fi network could be a viable model....
 
Tags: san francisco, san francisco intends, public access, wi-fi public access, spots, city services, wireless sensors, city, avoid congestion
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Germans Can Leave Networks Open; Belkin Announces Wireless High-Def

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2008-07-11 14:01:39 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
A German appeals court says an open Wi-Fi network isn't equivalent to the owner's responsibility for actions over that network: This decisions overturns a lower court's ruling in a peer-to-peer file sharing copyright infringement case that the owner of a Wi-Fi network was de facto culpable for any activity that could be tracked back to the...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi network, network, appeals court, german appeals court, belkin, audio input panels, broadside charges worldwide, infringement
 
 
 
 
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iPhone 2.0 Software Adds 802.1X for Enterprises

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2008-07-10 15:51:30 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...information that's not secured--such as the shared secret for certain VPN connections--could be disclosed to someone who had access to the profile or could download it off the local network
 
Tags: software, iphone, iphone software, enterprise, wpa2 enterprise, wpa enterprise, iphone configuration utility, network security, network
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Zen X-Fi, Apple iPod/iPhone Remote, Bullet Train-Fi, St. Louis-Fi

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2008-07-10 14:40:15 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
Creative unveils ZEN X-Fi: The handheld music player, one of the first to have what appears to have real flair without being an iPod ripoff, can stream music from a local collection over Wi-Fi. It also includes a Secure Digital slot, instant messaging (via Yahoo and MSN), an FM tuner, and a wide LCD scree. The unit is on sale in Singapore for...
 
Tags: software, itunes software, iphone, wi-fi remote control, free remote software, wi-fi, apple, itunes, network provider