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iPhone center stage as FCC looks at wireless Internet

About time!Yea! It's time for the FCC to act against these mobile companies who advertise "unlimited" then put a limit on Internet use and also allow any mode that phone can support. From WIFI to VOLP to TALK.RE: iPhone center stage as FCC looks at wireless InternetIt'll be...

Tags: Federal government, Smart phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, FCC, Apple iPhone, wireless Internet, wireless, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

iPhone center stage as FCC looks at wireless Internet

Look for major action from the FCC against Apple/AT&T on the iPhone, as well as other exclusive wireless deals. USA Today reports that the FCC will discuss at its regular meeting Thursday a three-part probe: Wireless competition; Barriers to entry and investment ...

Tags: FCC, Apple iPhone, Internet, Wireless Internet, Wireless, Federal Government, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-23

Free national Wi-Fi? Pardon me not holding my breath.

In today's Wall Street Journal, reporter Amy Schatz writes that a proposal to create a free, national wireless Internet service got a boost after Federal Communications Commission engineers "concluded that concerns are overblown about such service interfering with other carriers." Which is all well and good, except...

Tags: FCC, Airwave, Wireless Internet, Federal Government, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Government, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Fight for a wireless Internet being lost

Fight for a wireless Internet being lostWhat wireless?Here I am in central Ohio, a couple of miles from a small city with DSL service. No such thing where I am. No DSL, no cable. Only very slow dialup (

Tags: Wi-Fi, DSL, Network technology, Broadband Internet, wireless, wireless Internet, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

Fight for a wireless Internet being lost

"The Network" is not the Internet. The Internet is a network-of-networks with open standards and fierce competition, assuring the lowest possible prices, the best possible service terms, and a market guarantee that if your ISP doesn't let you do what you want you can leave. ...

Tags: Strategy, Google Inc., Network, Wireless Internet, Internet, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-30

Set up and share a wireless Internet connection in Windows Vista

Some of the best behind-the-scenes improvements in the new Vista operating system involve networking: with Vista, networking is both easier to set up and more stable. In this chapter download from Wireless Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista, learn how to set up and share a wireless Internet connection...

Tags: Internet Connection, Wireless Internet Connection, Network, Wireless Internet, Microsoft Windows Vista, Que Publishing, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Operating Systems, Software

Book chapters 2007-10-04

Photos: Solar powered streetlights, Wi-Fi routers

Solis Energy uses solar power to fuel wireless routers and streetlights.A portable solar generator from Orlando, Fla.-based Solis Energy that can be used to power a wireless Internet router. It cranks out 220 watts, a lot more than it takes to run a router. But it uses the excess power...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi router, Wi-Fi, photograph, router, Solis Energy, Internet router, solar energy, Orlando, wireless router, wireless Internet, wireless, Florida, battery, Japan

Image galleries 2007-08-26

Shaw University Teamed Up With Avaya to Connect Its Main Campus to Remote Sites Through a Cost-Effective IP Network, and Provide Wireless Internet Access to the Local Community

The primary mission Shaw of the University is teaching with the commitment to maintain excellence in research and academic programs that foster intellectual enhancement and technological skills. They wanted to build a university-wide communications system over an IP voice, data, and video backbone to connect campuses, eliminate busy signals, and...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Network, Wireless Internet, IP, Remote Site, Avaya Inc., IP Network, Wireless, Networking, Corporate Communications, VOIP, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Marketing

Case studies 2007-07-01

Wireless Internet Links Highland Community to the World

Heavily dependent on the nearby town of Sapa as a market for its farming goods, as well as a source of tourist dollars, Internet access promises to widen the linkage to Sapa and beyond. A successful deployment in remote Ta Van proves broadband access may be readily available to other...

Tags: Linkage, Wireless Internet, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Internet, Network Technology, Wireless, Networking

Case studies 2007-07-01

Wireless Internet Applications

Web services provide the ability to design new exciting internet applications and innovative mobile applications. Web services are a family of XML-based standards designed for the communication of loosely coupled, dynamically bound applications. Web services can be seen as the evolution of the Web where not only humans interact with...

Tags: Web, Internet, Vienna University, Wireless Internet, Web Service, Wireless, Cloud Computing, Web Services, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing

White papers 2006-12-11

Scandic Hilton Offers Free Wireless Internet With ProCurve Networking

Owned by Hilton International, Scandic is the leading hotel chain in the Nordic countries with more than 120 hotels and 23,000 rooms. Responding to customer demand is a particularly important business requirement in the hospitality trade. When Scandic found that an increasing number of guests were arriving with laptop computers,...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Wireless Internet, HP ProCurve, Hilton Hotels Corp., Wireless, Scandic, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Internet

Case studies 2006-12-01

Mobile Data Services and Platforms

Mobile technology is rapidly growing in scope and importance, providing extensive, seamless access to computer networks, including the Internet. The wireless Internet is already a reality in many places, and will pervade the lives of more and more people as increasingly capable mobile phones, two-way pagers, PDAs, and other devices...

Tags: Mobile, Wireless Internet, Mobile Technology, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing

White papers 2006-08-01

Privacy Enhanced Wireless Internet Platform for Secure UHF Mobile RFID

The goal of this paper is to provide an approach for ensuring RFID Radio Frequency IDentification network security based on security engineering method. In order to ensure secure mobile RFID service network, it describes an approach which includes the concept of security state and security flow. This paper proposes light-weight...

Tags: Internet, Mobile, Wireless Internet, Privacy, WIPI, RFID, Security, Wireless, Biometrics

White papers 2006-05-02

Hitchhiker 0.32 (Mobile)

"Hitchhiker" helps you to connect your Pocket PC to the wireless Internet. Simply click "Connect" and it will try all nearby public access points. Hitchhiker will handle all settings for you and perform complicated tests to ensure you can connect to the Internet in no time.Powered by WiFi Graph technologySpeedy...

Tags: Consultant, Mobile, Wireless Internet, Wireless, Internet, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

Software downloads 2005-05-09

29% growth in wireless Internet users worldwide in 2004

Wireless data access experienced a 29% increase in global wireless Internet users in 2004, according to Ipsos-Insight and reported by Red Herring Fast Stats. 44% of Internet users in measured markets have accessed the Internet wirelessly. Growth was most significant in the US and Japan, whose 15 mln and 11.6...

Tags: Internet, wireless, wireless Internet, wireless internet user

Blog posts 2005-03-28

29% growth in wireless Internet users worldwide in 2004

Wireless data access experienced a 29% increase in global wireless Internet users in 2004, according to Ipsos-Insight and reported by Red Herring Fast Stats. 44% of Internet users in measured markets have accessed the Internet wirelessly. Growth was most significant in the US and Japan, whose 15 mln and 11.6...

Tags: wireless internet user, wireless, wireless Internet, Internet

Blog posts 2005-03-28

Wireless Internet opens new path for thieves

Wireless Internet opens new path for thieves*SOB*! That poor cop!I weep for the officer at the end who stated that 'all we are doing is making his job harder' by using Wi-Fi.Sarcasm aside, too bad, copper. It would be real easy if all criminals would just REGISTER as such, and...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Wi-Fi, job, wireless Internet, wireless, Internet

Discussion threads 2005-03-21

Integrated Mobile GIS and Wireless Internet Map Servers for Environmental Monitoring and Management

With the progress of mobile GIS technology there is a great potential for adopting wireless communications and Internet mapping services for regional environmental management programs and natural habitat conservation. This paper provides an overview of a NASA-funded research project that focuses on the development of mobile GIS tools and wireless...

Tags: Internet, Mobile, Wireless Internet, Server, San Diego State University, GIS, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Software, Marketing

White papers 2005-03-16

Wireless Internet the Future Is Here

Two wireless technologies have evolved: Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11b. Each is a method that allows portable devices to access the network as well as talk with one another wirelessly. IEEE 802.11b is an 11 Mbps wireless standard designed to provide full network services to a user with a notebook or...

Tags: Internet, Wireless Internet, University Of Chicago, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Wireless LANs, Bluetooth

White papers 2004-09-01

WiFi Clouds and Zones: A Survey of Municipal Wireless Initiatives

This study is one of the first to analytically describe how businesses, governments, communities, and other organizations are using wireless technology to create large WiFi and wireless internet clouds. Going beyond simple hotspots, these implementations offer some of the most pervasive high bandwidth access possible and may shed light on...

Tags: Wireless Internet, Survey, University Of Georgia, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Wireless LANs

White papers 2004-08-25