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Friday, July 30, 2004Grand Haven, Mich., latest municipality with Wi-Fi
The city of Grand Haven, Mich., is the latest municipality to embrace Wi-Fi as a way to provide Internet access to residents, provide high-speed data services to city departments and try to lure new tech-savvy residents
Ottawa Wireless charges $19.99 a month for 256Kbit/sec. service to a fixed desktop and $24.99 a month for mobile service to a laptop at the same speed. Ottawa Wireless sells 512Kbit/sec. service for $44.99 a month and 1Mbit/sec. service for $84.99 a month. Full Story... Wednesday, July 28, 2004Sprint: Card Packaged with Wi-Fi
Sprint and Novatel Wireless announced the Sprint PCS Connection Card by Novatel Wireless (Merlin C201) now comes packaged with Sprint PCS Connection Manager Software with Wi-Fi, providing seamless access to the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network and compatible Wi-Fi ZONES through one convenient client interface.
Sprint PCS Wi-Fi Access — Sprint's high-speed wireless Internet service — is currently available in thousands of locations, including airports, convention centers, hotels, major truck stops and other public venues. With the Sprint PCS Connection Manager Software, customers can travel across the country, detect Wi-Fi ZONES compatible with Sprint service and quickly connect to the Internet or their company networks with the use of a third-party Wi-Fi card or a laptop with embedded Wi-Fi technology. Full Story... Tuesday, July 27, 2004StarBand offers new 481 Residential service.
StarBand a two-way satellite Internet provider to residential and small office customers, announced the national launch of the new StarBand 481 Residential service. This new service provides residential customers the satellite industry leading upload speeds at a monthly fee ranging from $69.99 to $89.99 per month based on term commitment length.
With the high-performance StarBand 481 Residential service, customers receive download speeds up to 500 kbps, upload speeds routinely up to 100 kbps in Turbo Mode(TM), limited VPN capabilities, connectivity with Windows, Mac, Unix, and Linux operating systems, ten free e-mail accounts, free basic Web hosting and an optional static IP address. Full Story... New nomadic/mobile Two-Way Internet antenna system.
DATA TECH, a WINEGARD Company, will offer a nomadic/mobile Two-Way Internet antennae system on the HNS/DirecWay ‘High Speed’ bandwidth platform in the fall of 2004. Available in a .74 meter and 1.2 meter mobile Internet antennae system, these systems will deploy very rapidly, providing instant Internet connectivity, simple touch screen interfaces, and easy installation.
“Just imagine the possibilities! Our system is the perfect product for the RV-er or private and government entities. Need to report an event quickly? What about emergency response or disaster situations? says Vice President Chuck Uhl. Full Story... DirecWay marketing enhanded service.
DirecWay begins a big marketing push for an enhanced version of its broadband internet operation.
With recent technological upgrades -- and more enhancements planned by September -- Hughes Network Systems Inc. hopes to persuade big US companies and institutions that satellite can be a viable, though premium-priced, alternative to cable modems and telephone digital subscriber lines for telecommuting employees who need secure access to office networks. Full Story... New Internet Satellite Company launched Bird.
On July 17, WildBlue Communications of Greenwood Village, CO, launched a satellite from a site in French Guiana. It will use the satellite to offer broadband Internet access all over the U.S. beginning in about five months.
WildBlue expects to beat its predecessors, DirecWay and Starband, on both speed and price. Downloads at up to 1.5 Mbps, uploads at 256 Kbps, for a minimum $49.95 monthly fee. Full Story... Monday, July 26, 2004Forbes Magazine Reviews T-Mobile Wi-Fi
The first time you sign on to the Internet via a Wi-Fi hot spot from outside your home or office, you'll suddenly feel just a bit freer.
Having tried the service this week at three Starbucks locations in New York, we found there is a lot to like. It is a real pleasure ordering a cappuccino and sitting down at a table to read through e-mail or check the news. The service works with PCs running Microsoft Windows or Apple Computer Macintosh operating systems. Turn on the laptop's Wi-Fi connection, open a Web browser and the hot spot detects you, presenting you with a Web page asking you to sign in. Type in your user name and password, and then you can use the Internet more or less normally with a fast connection. What could be better? Full Story... "G" version of Wi-Fi enhances speed, security
Uniting the electronic gadgets around the home is becoming easier, the latest technology, called 802.11g, improves both speed and security. This article is a good explanation of Wi-Fi use and standards. Full Story...
Wi-Fi providers begin to share access
Telephone giant SBC said it and Sprint agreed to share their wireless Internet networks, called Wi-Fi hot spots. Sprint customers will be able to use SBC's 1,800 hot spots nationwide. SBC customers will have access to Sprint's 12 hot spots, which are in high-traffic airports, convention centers and hotels, SBC says.
Full Story... T-Mobile USA to Sell HP Handheld Phone with Wi-Fi
T-Mobile USA and Hewlett-Packard Co. next month will introduce the first-ever handheld computer that also works as a cell phone and can tap into the Internet using high-speed wireless hotspots, the companies said on Monday. Full Story...
Friday, July 23, 2004Greensboro, NC has free Wi-Fi in City Center Park.
"Having access to downtown Wi-Fi in the park will make it a place people will be able to enjoy in different ways," said Deputy City Manager Mitchell Johnson.
http://www.news-record.com/news/local/gso/wireless_072304.htm Provider to add Wi-Fi to cellular service plans
Rogers Wireless Inc., plans to bundle Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) hotspot access with its personal communications service (PCS) rate plans.
The Toronto-based carrier has not announced pricing plan for the bundles, nor has it set a launch date, but it's unlikely it will be available before 2005. http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&lid=1&sid=56245&adBanner=Wireless Hello and Welcome...
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