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Archive for December, 2002

Air Clock

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 31st, 2002

PDA Live reports that AirSpell has an impressive new Palm clock/IR application, called AirClock. It can function as a regular clock/alarm app for your Palm device but it also provides timed remote actions for other IR enabled devices. Alarm not loud enough? Set the AirClock to [...]

Year in Review

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 31st, 2002

Year-end wrap-ups are as predictable as the rain in Oregon. But I’ve got movies see and intoxicants to consume. No time! So here are a few picks if you just must have a year in review feature. Tim Higgin’s New Wireless Product News [...]

Wireless Manifesto

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 31st, 2002

Brewster Kahle nailed a Community LAN manifesto a couple years ago with his SF LAN Manifesto:

SF LAN Manifesto Bring Moore’s law to Internet bandwidth: 1Mb/sec for $1/month in 10 [...]

Wi-Fi Growth Summary

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 29th, 2002

Market researcher Forward Concepts reports that shipments of WLAN products increased more than 100 percent in 2002, and will continue growing as the most charged wireless market performer for the next several years. While average equipment prices overall dropped by almost 28 percent, revenues increased more than 50 percent to $2.6 billion worldwide [...]

Can Wi-Fi Kill Cellular?

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 29th, 2002

Much has been made of AT&T’s scaled back launch of true 3G (W-CDMA) service in the United States. Instead of launching in 13 major U.S. cities next June, AT&T’s 3G rollout will now be limited to four cities — San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas and San Diego — and won’t be ready until the [...]

Wi-Fi Card Comparison

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2002

While catching up on the BAWUG posts, I ran across a note from Matt Peterson that linked to his photos of Wi-Fi stuff at Comdex. I thought the Intersil display showing different Wi-Fi form factors was particularly interesting so I shamelessly reproduced it below: [...]

BAWUG At Vivato

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2002

The Bay Area Wireless User Group meeting was held at Vivato headquarters this December. Jim Thompson formerly of Musenki Boxes and Waveport walked through a PowerPoint on Vivato (but doesn’t reveal much). He was joined by the engineering group videoconferencing in from Spokane. Here’s the BAWUG’s Video. [...]

Wireless ISP Tour

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 27th, 2002

Providing commercial-quality, wireless broadband to homes and businesses is becoming a viable alternative to DSL or cable modems. Wi-Fi can deliver the internet faster than DSL and cheaper than “3G” cellular. AT&T Wireless (with Cometa) and Starbucks (with T-Mobile) may deliver wireless “hot spots” but they still use phone lines for the “last [...]

Seasons Greetings!

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 23rd, 2002

Repeaters and Wireless Distribution

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 21st, 2002

Wireless bridges and repeaters can eliminate wires and phone lines. Blanket outdoor coverage might be provided inexpensively and without wires. It’s sorta like Christmas. The Wireless Distribution System (WDS) pdf is described by Intersil. It’s largely reiterated below (in html). Network authority Tim Higgins has the definitive [...]