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Archive for the 'Wi-Fi News' Category

Cablevision Building Municipal WiFi Network

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 8th, 2008

Cablevision, the 5th largest cable provider in the USA, announced today that it will build its own municipal wireless network, using Wi-Fi. The announcement came one day after Comcast and Time Warner Cable announced their joint venture with WiMax operators Sprint and Clearwire.
Cablevision, with most of its customers in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, [...]

iPhone Access Back at Starbucks

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 8th, 2008

AT&T’s iPhone website has been updated to reveal that each iPhone plan now includes access to “more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots“, including Starbucks.

Last week AT&T had quietly begun offering iPhone users access to their Wi-Fi hotspots for free. Then the service was abruptly turned off.
AT&T has remained quiet about this new offering, but it’s clear [...]

Best and Worst Hotel WiFi

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 7th, 2008

Looking for a hotel where the WiFi is definitely not free, possibly not working and perhaps is not even WiFi?
Yes, it’s time for the Worst WiFi Hotels of 2008.

It’s WiFi Week at Hotel Chatter. They started off with the Best WiFi Hotels of 2008, perhaps not as entertaining but probably more useful. Here are [...]

Free iPhone WiFi Gone at Starbucks

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 5th, 2008

The free iPhone WiFi service at Starbucks has been disabled by AT&T, reports iPhone Buzz. There was no mention when, or if, the WiFi offering would be back.

The service could have been disabled so AT&T could figure out a better way to secure it. All it took to access it was an AT&T iPhone [...]

Municipal Wireless: Soup Yet?

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 2nd, 2008

Muniwireless notes a couple of municipal wireless developments:

The Colorado Wireless Communities (CWC), a group of 10 cities in Colorado near Boulder, are wondering whether they should continue trying to work with C-Com, a Boulder-based service provider, whom they picked to deploy the wireless broadband network. C-Com has not been able to raise enough money [...]

Free Starbucks WiFi for iPhones

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 2nd, 2008

iPhone users are expected to get free, unlimited WiFi from Starbucks if multiple rumors are true. Starbucks announced that AT&T would replace T-Mobile as its Wi-Fi provider, back in February. The transition is expected to to be completed this summer, although some Starbucks in California and Texas have already been upgraded.

A special iPhone formatted page [...]

WiFi in Dubai

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 30th, 2008

TECOM Investments has announced a new deal with du, the UAE telecoms operator, to offer a WiFi service in public areas of Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City and Knowledge Village starting this April.
To begin with the new WiFi coverage will include food courts, lobbies and select offices and villas, but TECOM intends to extend [...]

The $199 iPhone?

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 30th, 2008

AT&T is planning to cut the price of Apple’s new iPhone to $199, say a variety of news reports. According to Fortune:
AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of a new iPhone, bringing the price down to $199 for customers who sign two-year contracts, the source says. Apple is expected to have two [...]

WiFi Shirt & Watch

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 29th, 2008

Looking for a fashion accessory for your WiFi detecting T-Shirt ($29.95)? Look no more.

The WiFi detecting watch is a discreet alternative. At the touch of a button, it will reveal the strength of local WiFi connections, so you can select the best location from which to hook up. And it’s with you at all [...]

Mac OS on OQO?

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 29th, 2008

Engadget says the tiny OQO hand held computer has been successfully hacked to run Masc OS X Leopard.

The OQO is setup in a dual-boot Vista / OS X mode which boots Leopard in about 2 minutes and 30 seconds. It has WiFi, sound, power management and Bluetooth. The only thing missing at the moment [...]