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Archive for April, 2004

Indianapolis Goes for Top Ten Cloud

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 29th, 2004

Sputnik, a San Francisco-based provider of secure managed Wi-Fi software and hardware, and start-up eWireless, hope to make Indianapolis one of the top 10 wireless cities in Intel’s annual survey. Sputnik will provide software and hardware while eWireless will deploy and service a WiFi “cloud” across greater Indianapolis. Indianapolis, ranked 46th in Intel’s annual “Unwired” [...]

Hundt: 700 MHz Best for Broadband Wireless

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 29th, 2004

Wireless Week and WiFi Planet report that former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt told told the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday, that wireless broadband is currently allocated to the wrong spectrum and the result is hampering the growth of the technology. Hundt said wireless broadband should be put in the same spectrum swath used by analog UHF [...]

Photo Sharing with Flickr

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 29th, 2004

Flickr, the image-sharing social software app, has announced new features, including Photostreams, a new way to share your photos on Flickr. All the photos you upload automatically go into your Photostream, but different viewers see different images, depending on their relationship to you. How does it work? You can make photos public or private. You [...]

Community LAN Software

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 28th, 2004

Portless Networks is testing a Linksys WRT-54G modification that embeds NoCat inside. The modified Linksys Box, unveiled at last night’s PersonalTelco meeting, eliminates the need for a computer. It embeds NoCat captive portal software inside the small, popular 802.11g Linkys box which can be found in office supply stores for around $80. By flashing the [...]

ISP in a Trailer

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 28th, 2004

Does your group or organization need access to the internet in a remote location? The NomadISP kiosk can come to the rescue. It’s a complete “ISP in a trailer”. It utilizes a 2-way satellite connection, solar panels, four internet ready workstations, and WiFi internet access within 1000 feet of the trailer. A revenue sharing model [...]

Sleeper Cells

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 28th, 2004

Telecommunications tycoon Craig McCaw is getting into the fixed wireless game and he’s using the assets of Arlington-born Clearwire and NextNet, to do it, reports the Dallas Business Journal. Clearwire, which supplies high-speed, wireless Internet access, was recently combined with a McCaw organization in Kirkland, Wash. McCaw has also purchased NextNet Wireless to help him [...]