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Archive for March, 2003

Nortel Gets Wi-Fi Religion

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 31st, 2003

The ability to roam around an office while continuously connected to a wireless LAN will be extended across whole buildings and campuses with a set of products Nortel Networks announced Monday. Their network switch can handle as many as 500 secure wireless LAN connections across multiple access points. The platform [...]

Linksys + Ricochet

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 31st, 2003

Linksys, a leading global manufacturer of broadband, wireless and networking hardware, has teamed with high-speed Internet service provider Ricochet Networks, to produce the Linksys Ricochet Router. The new router allows Ricochet to deliver affordable ($44.95 per month) high-speed, wire-free Internet access to network users in the home and small office. [...]

Regional Fiber Backbones

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 31st, 2003

Northwest Open Access Network Oregon (NoaNet Oregon) is deploying Riverstone’s family of RS routers to bring video on demand, IP telephony and other advanced services to rural communities in Oregon. NoaNet Oregon interconnects schools, hospitals, judicial systems, libraries and emergency services. NoaNet Oregon’s members and wholesale customers [...]

Ted Turner

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2003

On March 18th, Ted Turner, the founder of Cable News Network and Turner Network Television, spoke to the New Yorker writer Ken Auletta at a forum sponsored by the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. Here’s a transcript of their conversation. The Cable Center has historical data [...]

Collaborative Wi-Fi School

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2003

I’m researching the feasibility of “unwiring” our community center in North Portland. The wireless proposal would tie students and teachers together. The school is just 4 blocks away and the neighborhood is tightly knit and has many low income families. In order to lower costs, I was looking at cheap [...]

Pocket Flash 6

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2003

Macromedia Flash Player 6 is now available for Pocket PC 2002 (downloads & FAQ). It enables developers to incorporate video and other content using Macromedia Flash MX. The Flash 6 player allows richer Internet applications than were possible with previous versions. The Flash Communications Server can seamlessly integrate [...]

UWB Consorts

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2003

The IEEE 802.15.3a task group (FAQ), is trying to prepare a draft proposal for ultrawideband (UWB) communications. Texas Instruments’ hometown of Dallas recently hosted a meeting of the project that saw 23 different proposals presented on how to standardize the operation of UWB as a short-range wireless communications network. [...]

Tapping VoIP

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2003

The Smart Convergence Blog reports the Justice Department and the FBI are asking regulators for expanded technical capabilities to intercept Voice Over IP communications… and anything else that uses broadband. Jeffrey Pulver’s Free World Dialup enables members to make no-cost telephone calls between each other. But [...]

T-Mobile Adds Video

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2003

T-Mobile USA, on Thursday announced it is now offering customers the ability to send 10-second video messages with sound, a first for the United States. The feature will be available initially through the Nokia 3650 phone (right). Customers would be able to use this feature by using the phone [...]

D-Link Beams Up

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2003

D-Link, today announced its participation in the Hughes Broadband Alliance. Broadband Members like D-Link will utilize SPACEWAY to enable their video conferencing, surveillance and other broadband products to become certified to operate on Hughes’ spot-beam Ka-band satellite, with service due next year. D-Link’s DVC-1000 i2eye VideoPhone and [...]