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Is muni Wi-Fi dead? Microsoft is wondering

At the Muni Wireless 2007 conference in New England recently, Microsoft officials commented on the future of Wi-Fi, and it looks a bit bleak, reports Computerworld."We're finding that there are real end-user problems," said Stefan Weitz, director of planning for MSN at Microsoft. "That's the bad news. However, there's still...

Tags: Municipal broadband

Blog posts 2007-06-07

In defense of muni Wi-Fi

Esme Vos wrote a long post today taking apart an AP story that says Lompoc, CA, has wasted taxpayer money on a Wi-Fi networks no one wants.The AP article could have used some fact checking. It states: Most communities, including Lompoc, paid for their projects. Elsewhere, private companies agreed to...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Municipal broadband

Blog posts 2007-05-22

EarthLink pulls back on muni Wi-Fi

Municipal Wi-Fi projects are being put on the back burner by EarthLink, a major contractor to local governments, reports Info World. After first quarter losses of about $30 million, Earthlink has decided to pull back from municipal Wi-Fi contracts and focus on more lucrative contracts in large cities. Earthlink...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Municipal broadband, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-30

Muni Wi-Fi can deliver speed, coverage if properly designed

Weve heard a lot of anecdotal stories that municipal Wi-Fi networks are not living up to their billing, as users find the networks to be much slower than hoped and subject to weak coverage. But, compared to cell networks, theyre actually much faster and cover their areas almost as well,...

Tags: Government technology, Municipal broadband, network

Blog posts 2007-01-24

Muni Wi-Fi threatened by patent decision

A federal judge rules last week that Australias science research agency holds a valid patent to key technologies two Wi-Fi standards, 802.11a and 802.11g, News.com reports. If the patent withstands appeals, the additional licensing fees could drive up costs of the equipment to the point where the municipal wireless movement...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, municipal Wi-Fi, patent, Wi-Fi

Blog posts 2006-11-21

Additional Resources

News to know: Layoffs at AT&T, Adobe, Real; AMD warns; $99 iPhone

Larry Dignan: AT&T cuts 12,000 jobs, will cut capital spending Jason D. O'Grady: Adobe lays off 600; skips Macworld Expo Sam Diaz: Next up for layoffs: Real Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD warns of 25% drop in Q4 sales Larry Dignan: AMD:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Layoff, Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., Health Care, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Buffalo Technology moves closer to returning to U.S. Wi-Fi router market

Wireless watchers may have noticed that Buffalo Technology disappeared from the router game some time back, due to a successful suit brought against it by an Australian company. But Buffalo may be getting back in the market, due to a new court decision that stayed the injunction against it selling...

Tags: Buffalo, Buffalo Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Wireless LANs, Routers & Switches, Games, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Study: Google uses 21X more bandwidth than it pays for

Google is by far the largest user of Internet bandwidth, its share of bandwidth usage is rising rapidly, and its bandwidth use is orders of magnitude greater than its payment for its cost, according to a new study by NETCompetition.org, a site committed to Net Neutrality "pro-competition Internet forum funded...

Tags: Consumer, U.S., Google Inc., Bandwidth, Study, Broadband, Precursor LLC, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-04

iPod touch gets VoIP, steals some iPhone thunder

The 'funnest' iPod ever has kicked it up a notch. Bam! Thanks to a microphone adapter and some free software called Truphone, the second-generation iPod touch is now capable of courting consumers as a VoIP mobile phone, in the most literal of senses (just...

Tags: Apple iPhone, VoIP, Apple iPod, Call, Apple iPod Touch, Truphone, Truphone Application, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-04

AT&T cuts 12,000 jobs, will cut capital spending

AT&T said Thursday that it will cut about 12,000 jobs, or 4 percent of its workforce, due largely to "economic pressures." The layoffs are beginning to sound like a broken record (or MP3). AT&T said it wants to streamline its operations as its business morphs to one...

Tags: Job, AT&T Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Telephony, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Apple: Don't believe the iPhone 3G truth

Don't believe what Apple says in its iPhone 3G advertisements, even though the company claims it's not lying. In a nutshell, that's Apple's legal response to a lawsuit alleging misleading advertising for the iPhone 3G. You follow? The corporation's nine-page legal...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Martin free wireless plan brings muni WiFi disaster back from the dead

OK, public spectrum, take 2. Or is it 3? After the infamous D-block auction meltdown, the FCC is set with a new plan to have the private sector deliver free Internet over the airwaves, Reuters reports. And FCC chair Kevin Martin's plan includes another long-held fantasy of policymakers: a...

Tags: FCC, Municipal Wi-Fi, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Martin, Internet, Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-03

News to know: Mac malware, Windows 7, Netbooks, Google

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adam O'Donnell: Despite what blogs and Apple say, Macs will eventually have malware Ed Bott: Windows 7 Beta 1 to arrive January 13? Andrew...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Data Center, Microsoft Windows 7, Malware, Data Centers, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategy

Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategyNational BroadbandI'm surprised AT&T is involved, in 1995 they promised us DSL "soon" were we live (20 miles north of Silicon Valley). It's soon to be 2009 and nothing DSL or WiFi yet. I wonder what their definition of 'soon'...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, Sprint Communications, DSL, broadband, strategy

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategy

It's time for the U.S. to step up to the broadband plate. A coalition of companies that includes Google, Cisco, AT&T and Verizon, among others, has sent an open letter PDF, asking President-elect Obama and Congress to make broadband deployment a high priority for 2009, according to a CNET report....

Tags: Strategy, Washington, Network, Broadband, American, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Joost arrives for iPhone

Back in April 2007 when I first wrote about Joost it was an invitation-only video streaming service from the wunderkind responsible for Skype and Kazaa. Back then it required you to download a proprietary client, then in October 2008 it morphed into a Web-based service. In its...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Joost, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Clearwire-Sprint make it official, pave way for WiMax rollout

A mobile WiMax service, called Clear, will soon be here, now that Clearwire and Sprint-Nextel have completed a $14.5 billion joint-venture deal that was announced in May. The new company formed by the deal, which will retain the Clearwire name, will create a 4G nationwide broadband wireless network that will...

Tags: Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Lenovo IdeaPad Y530

When you're shopping for a low-priced media laptop, the Lenovo brand is not likely to come immediately to mind. After all, the company is best known for its serious, business-oriented ThinkPad line. But Lenovo has been doing some interesting things with its consumer-oriented IdeaPad line, from creating a stunningly beautiful...

Tags: Notebooks, IdeaPad Y530, Lenovo Group Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-11-26

Asus N10J A1 - Atom N270 1.6 GHz - 10.2

Almost every Netbook we've seen to date has featured the same basic setup: the Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and Windows XP. We're even seeing less difference in screen size, as most vendors have settled on a 9- or a 10-inch screen. Really, the only differentiation between...

Tags: Games, Processors, Netbook, graphics, Asus N10J, ASUS, Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2008-11-26

Samsung BD-P2500

Editors' note: The Samsung BD-P2500 is nearly identical to the Samsung BD-P2550, the only exception being that the BD-P2550 is exclusive to Best Buy and adds Pandora streaming to the feature set. Otherwise the two products are identical and buyers should opt for the BD-P2550 unless there is a...

Tags: Monitors & displays, DVD, Consumer electronics, Samsung BD-P2500, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung BD-P2550

Product reviews 2008-11-26