Reporters’ log: Wi-fi day out (BBC News)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

The BBC News Interactive technology section is spending the day of 31 August working remotely via wi-fi in Norwich.

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Norwich pioneers free city wi-fi (BBC News)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

UK city Norwich is pioneering a free, wi-fi project to see how people can use wireless internet.

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AT&T Breaks Into Muni Wi-Fi Market In Illinois (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

AT&T is no longer fighting free municipality Wi-Fi. Instead it’s joining an Illinois city to deploy a 25-square-mile system.

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Wi-Fi to Certify (Unstrung.com)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

AUSTIN, Texas — The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced it plans to certify interoperability of Wi-Fi products that include baseline features from the developing IEEE 802.11n standard in the first half of 2007. This is the first phase in a certification program of the next generation of Wi-Fi products.

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California Considers Wi-Fi Protection Bill (InformationWeek)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

The legislation would require manufacturers to choose one of four ways to protect consumers; the goal is to educate people to help prevent intruders from piggybacking on their Wi-Fi connections.

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Norwich gets free Wi-Fi network (Computer Weekly)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

The city of Norwich has launched a free Wi-Fi network for its citizens.

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Free broadband Wi-Fi to be trialled in Norwich (New Media Zero)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Norwich is trialling what it claims to be the UK’s largest free broadband Wi-Fi network, with coverage stretching across its city centre and three major outer sectors.

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Norwich’s Free City Wi-Fi Update (ISPreview)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Earlier this month it was revealed ( here ) that the city of Norwich would be covered by one giant FREE Wi-Fi Hotzone. The £1.1m 18-month pilot has now been live for three weeks:

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AT&T Breaks Into Muni Wi-Fi Market In Illinois (Government Enterprise)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Once a fierce opponent of municipal Wi-Fi networks, AT&T announced Tuesday that it would deploy a 25-square-mile Wi-Fi system in downtown Springfield, Ill.

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FON, Onet to launch Wi-Fi products, services in Poland (Telecom.paper)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

(TP) Wi-Fi community FON and Polish internet portal Onet have signed a strategic partnership to jointly develop products and services for the Polish market under the brand ‘Onet FON’…

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