Thursday, August 11, 2011
This blog has run its course: Thank you, loyal readers, many of whom still read this site regularly and have been following the blog for most of the decade it\'s operated. Even less-regular readers may have noticed that posts to Wi-Fi Networking News have become fewer and farther between. There are .. .. read more..
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Taco Bell will add free Wi-Fi and entertainment systems to its 5,600 US stores: I\'ve been wondering for years, as loyal readers know, why McDonald\'s was the only of the large quick-service restaurants to do a full-chain adoption of Wi-Fi. The system will be part of adding damned television sets to .. .. read more..
Monday, June 27, 2011
There\'s no discount, but you can use your Boingo account to pay for in-flight Internet: This is a nice move, long expected, which links up two popular offerings for business travelers. Boingo has a variety of service offerings which all unlimited or high-usage access to various parts of the globe. .. .. read more..
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Cablevision\'s member-only Optimum WiFi service now offers up to 15 Mpbs down and 4 Mbps up: The network is free to Cablevision\'s broadband subscribers, and restricted to them, although the firm also allows some roaming from other cable providers\' customers, and has free and open hotspots here and t.. .. read more..
Thursday, June 9, 2011
This comes years after varying plans and bidding proposals that didn\'t work: AT&T is paying for the cost of installing and operating Wi-Fi in 20 parts in the five boroughs of New York City, including the High Line, the park converted from old elevated rail lines, long abandoned. It\'s a several-year.. .. read more..
Thursday, June 2, 2011
An area between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, nicknamed DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), gets free Wi-Fi: New York has precious little free Wi-Fi, even though non-profit groups like NYCWireless and private firms have worked at times with business districts and parks to get so.. .. read more..
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Alaska Airlines says its Gogo Inflight Internet installation on most planes: A handful of aircraft won\'t feature service, mostly those carrying freight. Facebook access will be free through June, and the airline has a game promotion as well. Alaska charges the same access fees for service as the re.. .. read more..
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Ah, this brings back memories: Cast your mind way way back to 2006, when Tempe, Ariz., was on the cutting edge of municipal wireless systems. The city, which already had its own wireless ring for city backhaul, put out a tender for a firm to provide a combination of public and private services. Neo.. .. read more..
Friday, May 27, 2011
The wireless backbone provider Towerstream will flip on a dense Manhattan Wi-Fi network: Towerstream built a wireless network in the skyline, paying for prime locations on the top of buildings to point high-speed service at line-of-sight locations where conventional wired or even fiber broadband wa.. .. read more..
Monday, May 16, 2011
GigaOm confirms T-Mobile will add free Wi-Fi calls to its UMA-capable phones: T-Mobile tried an alternative to femtocell and unlimited calling plans several years ago, allowing unlimited domestic calls over Wi-Fi for handsets with unlicensed mobile access (UMA) technology built in. UMA allows seaml.. .. read more..
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Finally: I\'ve been asking the question for several years: when will media servers on planes be used to provide in-flight entertainment over Wi-Fi? The answer is now . Aircell told me years ago that they had provisioned the ability to put media servers on planes, and were waiting for pieces to fall .. .. read more..
Monday, April 25, 2011
A Buffalo, NY, man gets an early morning visit (and alleged contusions) from the ICE: His left his Wi-Fi network open, and extremely poor FBI work (according to this AP report) led to a raid on his home because that\'s where the IP address led. While it\'s no crime in the US—it is in some other.. .. read more..
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
A new mode in Eye-Fi X2 cards let you rely images through a smartphone using a neat trick: I\'m a long-time fan of the Eye-Fi digital camera cards that pack a CPU, a Wi-Fi radio, and now up to 8 GB of storage into an SD or SDHC form factor. The Eye-Fi line is regularly updated to add features like t.. .. read more..
Sunday, April 10, 2011
The train line from New York to Connecticut is testing service: The Internet service would be used to drive passenger access, as well as live information on screens in cars coupled with advertising. For now, the MTA isn\'t revealing which train is equipped during this trial so as not to disappoint r.. .. read more..
Friday, April 8, 2011
Some palpable numbers: Air Transport World quotes US Airways president saying that usage averages below 5 percent of passengers on flights, and breakeven is above 20 percent. They only have the service on about 50 planes (their Airbus A321s), which lack power outlets. By only covering part of their.. .. read more..