July 31, 2006

Aspen officials looking at Wi-Fi (Aspen Daily News)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Aspen doesn’t yet have citywide wireless Internet, but officials said that a move towards providing the service to Web users might not be far off. The town of Vail recently announced its intention to launch Wi-Fi this fall, as a virtually free service accessible from any point in town.

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Nokia tests Wi-Fi mobile (Australian IT)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

NOKIA the world’s largest mobile phone maker has started to tests technology that allows users to roam seamlessly between phone networks and Wi-Fi wireless hotspots.

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Wi-fi boost plan for rural areas (BBC News)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Rural areas could benefit from proposals to boost the power of signals used in wi-fi networks.

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Wi-Fi access etiquette (Chicago Tribune)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

When it might be OK to log on to someone else’s connection Pretty much anywhere you go, you can access the Internet. Starbucks, dorm rooms, airports–if your computer is equipped for Wi-Fi, short for wireless fidelity, you can get online.

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Nokia test Wi-Fi mobiles (The Age)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Nokia, the world’s largest cellphone maker, has started its first tests of a technology that allows users to roam seamlessly between phone networks and local wireless hotspots such as Wi-Fi.

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Should you access neighbor’s Wi-Fi? (Orlando Sentinel)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Pretty much anywhere you go, you can access the Internet. Starbucks, dorm rooms, airports — if your computer is equipped for Wi-Fi, short for wireless fidelity, you can get online.

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AMD’s ‘Centrino’ Strategy Worries Wi-Fi Vendors (eWeek)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

AMD’s bid to buy ATI Technologies is making waves in the wireless world, which is wondering when, or if, AMD might buy its way into the Wi-Fi space.

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Wi-Fi Access Etiquette A Matter Of Debate (Hartford Courant)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Pretty much anywhere you go - Starbucks, dorm rooms, airports - you can get access to the Internet. If your computer is equipped for Wi-Fi, short for wireless fidelity, you can get online.

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Ruckus Wireless Delivers MetroFlex, the First Reliable Wi-Fi System for In-Home Connectivity to Outdoor Metro-scale (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Ruckus Wireless, an innovator in next-generation smart Wi-Fi technology, today announced the commercial availability of MetroFlex, the first high-performance 802.11b/g wireless access gateway specifically designed to give consumers better in-home connectivity to outdoor metro-scale Wi-Fi networks — a key problem facing service providers deploying city-wide Wi-Fi networks.

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July 30, 2006

Alpharetta misses out on money for public Wi-Fi (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

The list of Georgia communities applying for state funding to start publicly available wireless Internet programs is out, and Alpharetta is unexpectedly missing from the list. Seventeen cities and counties from around the state applied to the Georgia Technology Authority for funding to help start widespread Wi-Fi networks designed to serve entire communities, including four in metro Atlanta:

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