SMC Teams with IP3 Networks to Provide Total Solution for HotSpot Internet Access

Grok Headline matches for SMC Teams with IP3 Networks to Provide Total Solution for HotSpot Internet Access

SMC Networks Ships All-in-One Hotspot
Gateway Solution

SMC Networks Ships All-in-One Hotspot
Gateway Solution 12/19/2004 03:33 PM
SMC® Networks announced the availability of its new comprehensive solution for Internet Hotspot set-up, the EliteConnect™ 2.4GHz 802.11g wireless Hotspot Gateway Kit. Combining a wireless access point/bridge with AAA services (Authorization, Authentication and Accounting) in a secure NAT router with a solid SPI firewall, the new EliteConnect Hotspot Gateway rounds-out the solution with a Mini POS ticket printer to make it easy for businesses to turn WiFi access into revenue. [PRWEB Dec 9, 2004]

InternetSpeech Teams with Sasquatch for
Voice Internet Solution

InternetSpeech Teams with Sasquatch for
Voice Internet Solution 12/29/2004 06:14 PM
HostReview.com Dec 29 2004 8:43PM GMT

Activated Content and First 4 Internet
Provide "Double Dipped" Solution

Activated Content and First 4 Internet
Provide "Double Dipped" Solution 03/26/2005 05:20 AM
Activated Content, the leading pre-release watermarking firm, and First 4 Internet, the leading pre-release copy protection firm, have have created a service that both copy protects and watermarks discs. [PRWEB Mar 26, 2005]

BANGLADESH: Provide Internet access to
all

BANGLADESH: Provide Internet access to
all 05/25/2004 05:29 AM
Asia Media May 25 2004 9:43AM GMT

Arcor to provide WLAN internet access

Arcor to provide WLAN internet access 09/23/2004 08:42 AM
DMeurope.com Sep 23 2004 1:20PM GMT

Provide Internet access to consumers:
TRAI

Provide Internet access to consumers:
TRAI 12/30/2003 08:37 AM
Manorama Online Dec 30 2003 7:44AM ET

Vietnam prepares to provide internet
access to military on Spratlys

Vietnam prepares to provide internet
access to military on Spratlys 05/29/2004 07:44 PM
ABC Online May 29 2004 11:49PM GMT

Wayport To provide Wi-Fi Wireless
Internet Access For Handlery Hotels

Wayport To provide Wi-Fi Wireless
Internet Access For Handlery Hotels 07/14/2004 03:21 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jul 14 2004 6:57PM GMT

Portal Software Deployed by Sentech to
Provide Billing Solution for Africas
First Broadband Wireless Internet

Portal Software Deployed by Sentech to
Provide Billing Solution for Africas
First Broadband Wireless Internet 06/09/2004 10:39 AM
ECTA Portal Jun 9 2004 2:58PM GMT

Portal Software Deployed by Sentech to
Provide Billing Solution for Africa's
First Broadband Wireless Internet

Portal Software Deployed by Sentech to
Provide Billing Solution for Africa's
First Broadband Wireless Internet 06/17/2004 10:06 AM
ECTA Portal Jun 17 2004 1:39PM GMT

World's largest commercial satellite to
provide fast Internet access

World's largest commercial satellite to
provide fast Internet access 07/18/2004 02:18 AM
ABC Online Jul 18 2004 5:30AM GMT

French Employers Who Provide Staff with
Internet Access Are Held to the Same
Data Retention Obligations as ISP

French Employers Who Provide Staff with
Internet Access Are Held to the Same
Data Retention Obligations as ISP 03/29/2005 04:43 PM
Mondaq Mar 29 2005 8:16PM GMT

NextPhase Wireless Helps City of
Fullerton Provide Downtown Visitors Free
Internet Access

NextPhase Wireless Helps City of
Fullerton Provide Downtown Visitors Free
Internet Access 04/04/2005 11:15 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Mon Apr 4, 10:44 am GMT

Which Hotspot Networks Still Stand?

Which Hotspot Networks Still Stand? 05/19/2004 01:26 PM
With the slow rundown of Cometa's clock starting today, which companies remain standing?: I do have a little ego, and my article in Feb. 2001 in The New York Times was the first comprehensive piece written in a major publication about the nascent Wi-Fi hotspot industry. Several companies were striving to raise funds into the mouth of the dotcom collapse, which claimed bloated business plans or too early attempts to capitalize on a technology that only a small number of laptop users had access to. While researching the story in Dec. 2000, I spoke to the chief marketing officer of the Aerzone division of Softnet. Three days after I spoke to him, Softnet pulled the plug because they couldn't raise the funds to perform the build out that they'd contracted with airlines and airports to handle. The firms I interviewed for the article were Wayport, Surf and Sip, Global Digital Media, AirWave, SkyLink (not quoted), and MobileStar. Let's start in reverse order. What's clear from examining each of these firms is that execution and timing mattered as much in 2001 as they do today: controlling costs and building out a robust network in the right place can only go so far: users who pay are still required. MobileStar: While initially well funded, MobileStar had extremely high run rates. I's technical standards were top notch, but expensive, and expenses ran far ahead of any potential revenue. They went bankrupt late in 2001 and had their assets purchased by T-Mobile HotSpot. The company reportedly went through as much as $90 million in investment income while producing no more than a couple million in revenue. T-Mobile has continued to use its brand name and high-level partnerships to run what is generally considered to be an excellent network that's overprice for day use, but not far out of scale on their unlimited monthly plans with one-year commitment. Sky.Link Internet Plus: A promising Canadian firm with hotel and airports service, the company disappeared abruptly a few months after my article came out. It resurfaced briefly with fewer locations before taking a final plunge. Its history and disappearance are a mystery. AirWave: AirWave was a small San Francisco Bay Area set of hotspots in restaurants and coffeeshops that decided that the software they'd written to manage access points was a better product than the hotspot business. In 2002, they exited hotspots, spinning off their locations to...

Netopia Offers Hotspot Solution

Netopia Offers Hotspot Solution 06/28/2004 12:59 PM
Netopia joins a handful of other companies offering a hotspot-in-a-box solution: Netopia's hotspot solution costs $300 for customers that already have a DSL modem and an additional $40 a month for support. Users, which could be a cafe or retail location, are given cards with log on numbers that they can sell or give to end users. Netopia will also sell customers Web site design and maintenance service. Sure and Sip and AirPath are just two of a handful of other companies that offer hotspot services to venues. These services are aimed at venues that don't want to deal with supporting a network themselves. It's unclear yet if the pricing structures set up by these providers will fly in the market....

Altiris Teams With Centerbeam to Provide
Enhancements

Altiris Teams With Centerbeam to Provide
Enhancements 05/28/2004 10:53 PM

IP3 Networks, Sprint, and Safari Telecom
Offer High-Speed Internet Access at
Ryder Cup 2004

IP3 Networks, Sprint, and Safari Telecom
Offer High-Speed Internet Access at
Ryder Cup 2004 09/17/2004 11:38 PM
Investors Business Daily Sep 18 2004 3:43AM GMT

TurnKey Hotspot solution available from
UK Distributor Wireless CNP

TurnKey Hotspot solution available from
UK Distributor Wireless CNP 09/20/2004 02:48 AM
Wireless CNP is proud to announce its partnership with The Cloud. Wireless CNP will be both partner and Distributor to The Cloud delivering Wireless CNP’s extensive experience of wireless solutions to Systems Integrators, Resellers and ISP’s. Initially, Wireless CNP will distribute The Cloud’s ‘Hotspot in a Box’ public Internet access solution, offering full survey, installation and configuration services in addition to The Cloud’s solution. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004]

Alacer Technologies Announces Successful
Deployment of Caching Appliances in
Cable and Satellite Internet Access
Networks

Alacer Technologies Announces Successful
Deployment of Caching Appliances in
Cable and Satellite Internet Access
Networks 09/16/2004 03:07 AM
A successful greenfield deployment consisting of several networks built using Alacer Technologies internet & cache appliances has been completed. The Alacer product suite provides our network operator partners with a robust network infrastructure & QoS service platform. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2004]

802 Networks Offers a Different Approach
to the Canadian Hotspot Frenzy

802 Networks Offers a Different Approach
to the Canadian Hotspot Frenzy 05/31/2004 02:06 PM
802 Networks, a Canadian-based network installation and maintenance firm, today announced a different approach to the hotspot business model. By offering low cost, low maintenance wireless solutions, 802 Networks will empower business owners to offer Wi-Fi connectivity for free as an extension of their current product and service offerings. [PRWEB May 27, 2004]

WIN Enterprises Teams Up with AMD to
Provide OEM Developers with AMD64-Based
Embedded Designs

WIN Enterprises Teams Up with AMD to
Provide OEM Developers with AMD64-Based
Embedded Designs 03/28/2005 04:02 AM
WIN Enterprises, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of customized embedded systems, has teamed-up with AMD to provide OEM developers and system integrators with AMD64 processor-based embedded controllers and platforms. [PRWEB Mar 28, 2005]

Microsoft Teams With MTV to Provide
Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Debut of the
Next-Generation Xbox

Microsoft Teams With MTV to Provide
Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Debut of the
Next-Generation Xbox 04/11/2005 11:29 PM
MTV: Music Television and Microsoft Corp. today announced a global marketing alliance to unveil the next-generation Xbox® video game system on MTV channels in the United States, Asia Pacific and Europe, all within a 24-hour window -- a first for the video game industry. The highly anticipated console will be revealed to video game fanatics, music lovers and MTV viewers via a high-energy half-hour program titled "MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed." The special will be hosted by entertainment icon, seasoned gamer and Xbox fanatic Elijah Wood, known globally for the Academy Award-winning "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Island Records' renowned Las Vegas rockers The Killers will deliver electrifying performances throughout the special. The global broadcast will premiere Thursday, May 12, at 9:30 p.m. EDT in North America and on Friday, May 13 in other regions around the globe (local air times below).

The Cloud enables SIM-based hotspot
access

The Cloud enables SIM-based hotspot
access 12/03/2003 07:30 AM
Pitching for enterprise guest Net access, too

MindComet Is Proud To Introduce The
First Total Control Spam Solution

MindComet Is Proud To Introduce The
First Total Control Spam Solution 08/05/2004 03:40 AM
MindComet will be selling a revolutionary email security product that does not use blacklisting, whitelising, DNS lookups, challenge response systems, probablity ratings, or filtering of any kind - yet it prevents 100% of spam without loosing ANY legitimate messages. This NEW technology offers a system that is not currently in use by other "anti-spam" products, and the product costs less to implement than others such as brightmail, ironmail, and spamex. [PRWEB Aug 5, 2004]

Trio Teams to Span Wireless Networks

Trio Teams to Span Wireless Networks 08/02/2004 12:02 PM
Avaya Inc. and Motorola Inc. have lifted the veil on their respective collections of products that let phone calls roam seamlessly between enterprise WLANs and public cellular networks.

Bintec Access Networks Ships new VPN
Access line

Bintec Access Networks Ships new VPN
Access line 05/06/2004 11:40 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum May 6 2004 3:57PM GMT

ePartners Teams With PC-Ware to Provide
Microsoft Business Solutions and
Services to Upper Midmarket Businesse

ePartners Teams With PC-Ware to Provide
Microsoft Business Solutions and
Services to Upper Midmarket Businesse 04/07/2005 07:09 AM
dBusinessNews.com Apr 7 2005 11:56AM GMT

Colligo Networks to Make Mobile Teams
More Productive

Colligo Networks to Make Mobile Teams
More Productive 05/10/2004 11:09 PM
BC Technology May 11 2004 3:36AM GMT

News: .Mac offers users free T-Mobile
Hotspot access

News: .Mac offers users free T-Mobile
Hotspot access 04/07/2005 10:10 AM
Apple's .Mac service's latest promotion for subscribers is a free 30-day trial account with T-Mobile's HotSpot Wi-Fi service. Available in the U.S. through June 29, 2005, the promotion provides .Mac users with full Internet access through T-Mobile's network of HotSpot Wi-Fi access locations. T-Mobile HotSpot areas include many Starbucks location, FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Centers, Borders Books & Music, airports, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and other locations. What's more, if you sign up for the service's annual subscription plan, you'll get 20 free songs from the iTunes Music Store.

HireAbility Teams with LinkedIn to
Expand Recruiting Technology Networks

HireAbility Teams with LinkedIn to
Expand Recruiting Technology Networks 04/12/2005 02:16 AM
HireAbility.com, a leading provider of recruitment services and software, announces today the signing of a co-marketing agreement with LinkedIn, the world's largest and most effective business network. LinkedIn's referral-based recruiting tool is a natural match for HireAbility's recruiting network. LinkedIn and HireAbility will promote each other on their respective websites with sponsored links, banner ads, newsletters, special pricing, and email campaigns targeted to HireAbility's recruiting network. [PRWEB Apr 12, 2005]

Trio Teams to Span Wireless Networks
(Ziff Davis)

Trio Teams to Span Wireless Networks
(Ziff Davis) 08/02/2004 12:09 PM
Ziff Davis - Avaya Inc. and Motorola Inc. have lifted the veil on their respective collections of products that let phone calls roam seamlessly between enterprise WLANs and public cellular networks.

Partner: Achieve total access protection
today!

Partner: Achieve total access protection
today! 04/04/2005 01:30 PM
New webcast

Ericsson to provide 3G streaming
solution to Far EasTone

Ericsson to provide 3G streaming
solution to Far EasTone 12/29/2004 07:29 AM
Investors Business Daily Dec 29 2004 11:23AM GMT

Sensory Networks will provide hw
acceleration for ClamAV

Sensory Networks will provide hw
acceleration for ClamAV 04/01/2005 07:41 PM
Sensory Networks, the leading provider of hardware acceleration for network security applications, started a partnership with us to provide hardware acceleration support for the Clam AntiVirus suite. "We are very excited about providing commercial support to the fast growing Clam AntiVirus project in the form of high performance acceleration for the suite" said Matt Barrie, Chief Executive Officer of Sensory Networks, "We are strong supporters of open source software, as it has a very strong role to play in the information security industry". Support for Sensory Networks' NodalCore acceleration in Clam AntiVirus will be available in version 0.90 of the software suite in Q3 2005. For more information please visit http://www.sensorynetworks.com For more information on Clam AntiVirus, go here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/clamav/ To download Clam AntiVirus, go here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86638&package_i d=90197

Zerco Systems Calls President Bush’s
Ohio Visit Timely & Says Zerco Has
Proven Solution to Help Meet National
Goal To Provide Americans With
Electronic Health Records; Zerco’s
Health-eCard Offers Solution To National
Need

Zerco Systems Calls President Bush’s
Ohio Visit Timely & Says Zerco Has
Proven Solution to Help Meet National
Goal To Provide Americans With
Electronic Health Records; Zerco’s
Health-eCard Offers Solution To National
Need 05/31/2004 01:47 PM
Zerco Systems has proven technology can help meet the call of President George Bush for Americans to have electronic health records within the next 10 years. John Soltesz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the developer and integrator of optical memory card technology and complete biometric verification-based identification systems and data storage solutions, said, “Zerco’s optical card technology has been applied to health care and meets the President’s criteria to bring health care up to other industries in information technology utilization. The vast storage capacity of the ZercoHealth-eCard meets the needs of providing a personalized single source medical record for all Americans.” [PRWEB May 25, 2004]

PossibleNOW Launches Guest2Net Brand --
Guest2Net Identifies PossibleNOW’s High
Speed Internet Access Solution For The
Hospitality Industry

PossibleNOW Launches Guest2Net Brand --
Guest2Net Identifies PossibleNOW’s High
Speed Internet Access Solution For The
Hospitality Industry 06/03/2004 02:08 AM
PossibleNOW, a leading provider of Internet-based applications, strategic consulting and systems engineering services, has launched the brand name, Guest2Net, for its high speed Internet access solution. Activities in the branding process include establishing a separate web site, www.guest2net.com. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2004]

Police IT teams build easy-access data
store

Police IT teams build easy-access data
store 11/16/2003 10:45 PM
Computer Weekly Nov 16 2003 9:13PM ET

Alcatel to provide ONO a Wi-Fi solution
for the Royal Nautical Club of Valencia

Alcatel to provide ONO a Wi-Fi solution
for the Royal Nautical Club of Valencia 09/07/2004 08:48 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Sep 7 2004 12:45PM GMT

Rhetorical to Provide Speech Synthesis
Technology for Motorola VIAMOTO Solution

Rhetorical to Provide Speech Synthesis
Technology for Motorola VIAMOTO Solution 12/15/2003 02:11 PM
ECTA Portal Dec 15 2003 12:26PM ET
Grok Description matches for SMC Teams with IP3 Networks to Provide Total Solution for HotSpot Internet Access
GrokA matches for SMC Teams with IP3 Networks to Provide Total Solution for HotSpot Internet Access

T-mobile WiFi Hotspot

T-mobile WiFi Hotspot 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
I arrived here at Honolulu International a little earlier than I wanted to this morning as my wife had to...

.Mac members get T-Mobile HotSpot trial

.Mac members get T-Mobile HotSpot trial 04/07/2005 10:13 AM
Apple has added a new offer for members of its .Mac services -- a free 30–day trial of the T–Mobile HotSpot Wi–Fi service, which provides access to more than 5,400 wireless broadband locations in the U.S...

T-Mobile wins Heathrow hotspot siting

T-Mobile wins Heathrow hotspot siting 05/10/2004 11:42 AM
Wi-Fi to be installed in other UK airports too

American University Becomes First
T-Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot Campus

American University Becomes First
T-Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot Campus 04/16/2004 11:40 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Apr 17 2004 2:57AM GMT

.Mac Members Get 30-Days Of Free
T-Mobile HotSpot Service

.Mac Members Get 30-Days Of Free
T-Mobile HotSpot Service 04/07/2005 02:47 AM

By Mac Observer

T-Mobile and Comcast Produce Press
Release, Hotspot

T-Mobile and Comcast Produce Press
Release, Hotspot 05/27/2004 03:17 PM
Your editor has been trying to sort these story out for a couple of days: T-Mobile's hotzone powered by Comcast broadband: The problem with a story like this is that it's been given enormous play because it's a major city and a large area. But it's planned to be a paid location after the first six months, and it's not particularly interesting as a "partnership," because Comcast's role is mostly marketing. Sure, they're bringing in bandwidth, but any Internet provider would do. Likewise, T-Mobile has no other outdoor hotzones that I'm aware of, and it's unclear what the point is of this one: a trial balloon? The press release and coverage cites the fact that Comcast customers have access to T-Mobile's hotspot service. Sure, and so do I: the rate, as far as I can tell, is the same. Again, marketing. I thought about not covering this at all, but it's worth explicating the event. Meanwhile, in cities around the country, hotzones like NewburyOpen.net in Boston and Battery Park in Manhattan are sprouting that are commercially supported free locations designed to be free indefinitely and focusing on areas with high appropriate traffic....

Buy a Fujitsu and get 2000 T-Mobile
HotSpot minutes free

Buy a Fujitsu and get 2000 T-Mobile
HotSpot minutes free 03/13/2003 10:15 AM

Buy a Fujitsu and get 2000 T-Mobile HotSpot minutes free: Fujitisu is offering 2000 minutes of T-Mobile HotSpot service for free when you buy a qualifying notebook. In typical fashion, the terms aren't disclosed: do they expire? do they start ticking when you buy the notebook? [via Dan Gillmor]

How to Become a Hotspot Guide

How to Become a Hotspot Guide 04/23/2004 08:23 PM
Looking to become a hotspot? Jiwire has published an in-depth guide: There's no question we get more frequently at Wi-Fi Networking News than from individual venues or small chains of locations that want to install Wi-Fi service but don't know quite how to start or how to evaluate offerings. This Jiwire piece offers very specific advice and direction on making primary decisions--free or fee? on your own or in a network? turnkey or solutions provider?--and then who to turn to....

Hotspot Camera

Hotspot Camera 01/05/2005 06:47 PM
Did Kodak just build 802.1X into a camera? Kodak will release a camera in June that can upload photos via T-Mobile hotspots. The software to enable this uploading isn't due until fall, for some reason. The new Easyshare-One sounds like a combination of Apple iPod Photo, PDA functionality (for wireless and previewing), and digital camera. It comes with a trial for using T-Mobile's service. I'm guessing that this camera's fall software release will leverage the 802.1X authentication that T-Mobile has added to its North American venues. 802.1X is both simple and hard. If Kodak preloads unique accounts, or allows people to set this up through PC or camera back software, there's very little complexity. The 802.1X supplicant in the camera can manage the connection. The camera will retail for $600 plus $100 for the optional Wi-Fi card. Terms of the free trial service and monthly pricing are yet to be determined. It's a direct shot across the bow at cellular operators who are offering poor upload speeds on their high-speed network. Given that T-Mobile has articulated a long delay in their 3G rollout plans and don't want to clog their GPRS networks, this seems like a perfect symbiosis for Kodak and T-Mobile....

SBC is Hotspot Hero?

SBC is Hotspot Hero? 07/26/2004 12:37 PM
They're late to the game, but they're ready to party: It's a funny thing. When SBC Communications first announced their FreedomLink plans last year with plans build 6,000 hotspots over a couple of years, it seemed like yet another announcement of large numbers with no track record. Cometa was still on its 20,000 hotspots prediction and had only a handful. McDonald's hadn't decided its partner and was in limited trials. Wayport seemed stuck on hotels. And T-Mobile stayed focused--as it still does--on a few ubiquitous chains. In the space of a few months, SBC has moved from last man in, to practically first mover. Let's review: The UPS Store. They will install Wi-Fi in thousands of UPS Store outlets, which are places that business people already congregate. This will probably also necessitate a change of thinking for that mailing and business operation so that they can make it easier for people to work for periods of time in their stores. Wayport managed services. They hired Wayport to build out their FreedomLink locations instead of creating a new division with no experience in house. Wayport's Wi-Fi World and McDonald's. They're the first telco to sign up to resell Wayport's McDonald's network, which will ultimately be several thousand stores over the next couple of years. Wayport/McDonald's supplier. They're also providing DSL and other connectivity to many of the McDonald's that Wayport is disconnected, which is part revenue, part branding for them as part of the Wi-Fi World co-marketing model Wayport is pursuing. Airports, airports, airports. They have roaming agreements now for their FreedomLink users onto Concourse, Wise, Wayport, and (reportedly) Sprint PCS's airport locations. There are only a handful of major airports not represented by those networks: SFO and Boston Logan are the two that come to mind. Pushing Wi-Fi into homes. SBC is selling 3,000 Wi-Fi routers a day to their home DSL users. This will drive adoption by their users of Wi-Fi. People without Wi-Fi will buy adapters or new systems because of the ease of sharing. Pushing hotspots subscriptions to their DSL subscribers. It's a coming, and it's going to be good--SBC keeps saying in its press releases that they will offer FreedomLink at a substantial discount to their DSL subscribers. $10 per month for unlimited use? $8? $15? Who knows. But it's an audience they've already got and they can offer them nationwide service with several thousand locations...

New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder

New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder 01/09/2004 09:52 PM
Firstly, i would like to say "Happy New Year".

Anyway, this posting is because i have made a new UK Hotspot finder site that finds the nearest Wi-Fi Hotspots (Commercial and Free) to your postcode.

At the moment, Wi-Fish.com (the name of the site) is UK-Only because of the search algorhythm...

A Hotspot on Every Corner

A Hotspot on Every Corner 07/29/2004 08:25 PM
Details are sketchy, but New York City may allow six telecom firms to pay up to $25 million per year to install wireless transmitters on 18,000 lamp posts: The article is full of sturm und drang about health effects, but the real story is that the city is trying to counter its dead zones without tearing up the streets. It's unclear precisely what kind of transmitters these will be, but you can bet your boppy that the goal will be wireless backhaul for the majority of the points using mesh or simple point-to-point. This endeavor could bring massively improved voice, 2.5G/3G cell data, and Wi-Fi into a city without ripping up all the roads once again or putting giant cell antennas on every last building. The companies include well-known and never-heard-of-'em: the New York Post says they are two cellular providers, Nextel and T-Mobile, three non-cellular companies, ClearLinx Network Corp., Crown Castle Solutions, and Dianet Communications. The sixth, IDT Business Services, will provide telephone service via the Internet. [link via GigaOm]...

Hotspot Helper

Hotspot Helper 01/16/2004 11:01 AM
MediaTracker is offering a low-cost way for venues to manage their hotspots: The management software, ControlAP, costs $149 and can support several platforms and both external APs plugged into a computer or an internal wireless card. Because the software is Java based, it can be run from a handheld with a wireless card. "It's a do-it-yourself mechanism to control hotspots," said Dario Laverde, MediaTracker's founder. "The initial target is cafes and small store fronts." The software enables a captive portal Web page where end users can sign in or see a welcome page if the hot spot is free. For now, a cafe may decide to offer 30 minutes of free use, then require customers to approach the counter where they pay the barista for additional use. A cafe could also ask customers to buy another coffee in exchange for additional use rather than set a price based on time, Laverde suggested. An employee authorizes additional use from a computer behind the counter where the ControlAP software can be integrated with existing point-of-sale software. The next version of ControlAP will support credit card billing. The software logs traffic and allows a cafe to block URLs or users by MAC address. It can be used to manage wired connections, too, so a cafe that may have some wired computers available for customers can manage those together with users of the Wi-Fi network from the same tool. Laverde says that thousands of people have downloaded the free version of the software, which is meant to serve as a trial version because it limits simultaneous users to five and offers stripped-down features. The full version of the software was just introduced this week. MediaTracker isn't alone in the market chasing independent cafes that don't want to partner with any of the larger hotspot operators, but it does offer some unique differences from its competitors. Surf and Sip, for example, offers a hosted hotspot management solution that either costs $50 per month if the hotspot is free for users, or 25 percent of profits for a paid location. Sputnik offers a robust solution for managing hotspots but is designed for the small to medium-sized hotspot operator that has multiple locations. AirPath Wireless also offers a hotspot management solution but seems to be targeting larger hot spot operators--Sprint uses AirPath's solution. NoCatAuth is also an option but appropriate mostly for technical folks....

Oregon Gets Biggest Hotspot

Oregon Gets Biggest Hotspot 02/10/2004 02:40 AM
It's always worrisome to qualify networks as the "biggest" but in this case I'd bet that eastern Oregon really does have the biggest hotspot in the country: Yesterday, Boardman and Hermiston, Ore. turned on a 600-square-mile hotspot. The network came about through a public/private initiative and was built by EZ Wireless. The network will be used by the Morrow County Emergency Management and Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, the police force, and citizens. Initially, it will cover 600 square miles which includes four counties and seven cities, some in Washington. The second phase, which should be complete this summer, will add another seven cities. The press release isn't online and any news organizations in the area either don't post the stories online or require subscriptions from visitors wanting to read the stories online....

Psst, need a Hotspot locator?

Psst, need a Hotspot locator? 07/19/2004 04:40 PM

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Need to be able to locate Wi-Fi Hotspots in a hurry, perhaps JiWire’s Portable Hotspot Locator is just the tool that you need. The Portable Hotspot Locator enables you to search for and find Hotspots quickly thanks to the ability to search by State, city and even Location Type….

Second Wi-Fi Advertising Hotspot Network

Second Wi-Fi Advertising Hotspot Network 05/02/2004 03:37 PM
FreeFi will overlay advertising on Wi-Fi free hotspots; The press release claims FreeFi is the first Wi-Fi ad network, but it's only narrowly the case: DotSpot launched in March and both builds out hotspots and then sells advertising on them. The FreeFi site makes it clear that FreeFi is a software gateway overlay. The FreeFi system uses a Web-based advertising bar that apparently a user must agree to open in order to gain access. It says it doesn't rely on spyware, popups, or other annoying tools. (The FreeFi logo cleverly incorporates the open Wi-Fi hotspot warchalking symbol.)...

New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finding Site

New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finding Site 01/03/2004 08:47 PM
Firstly, i would like to say "Happy New Year".

Anyway, this posting is because i have made a new UK Hotspot finder site that finds the nearest Wi-Fi Hotspots (Commercial and Free) to your postcode.

At the moment, Wi-Fish.com (the name of the site) is UK-Only because of the search algorhythm...

Coming Soon to a Wireless Hotspot Near
You: Ads

Coming Soon to a Wireless Hotspot Near
You: Ads 05/03/2004 12:26 PM

free hotspot lambeth rd se1

free hotspot lambeth rd se1 02/10/2004 03:00 AM
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Put a Hotspot Search on Your Page

Put a Hotspot Search on Your Page 11/04/2003 12:52 AM
Like what you see at left? You can have it, too: The JIWIRE hotspot locator can be added in one of two dimensions to your page by following the link....

MCI's Hotspot Network

MCI's Hotspot Network 03/23/2005 12:40 PM
The attention that MCI has gotten from its expanded hotspot network is bewildering to me: I cover the industry obsessively, and so I know that MCI is just reselling locations available from Boingo and Wayport. Still, there have been piles of articles trying to articulate how MCI's hotspot plan fits into their rest of their operations. There's a strategic goal there, of course, but the articles--not the one linked to, however--often confuse the private-label reseller relationship that Boingo has with MCI (and with Earthlink, Fiberlink, and other companies without -link in their names) and Wayport with, well, everyone, with MCI building out a hotspot network a la SBC or T-Mobile. Although the IDG story linked to says that the service costs $40 per month for unlimited Wi-Fi/broadband when added to a dial-up and VPN account, it's unclear exactly how that works as MCI's Remote Broadband Access FAQ states that wireless charges are in addition to dial-up charges. Just another way in which it's hard to figure out what, precisely, something costs....

City to become wireless hotspot

City to become wireless hotspot 05/19/2004 06:13 AM
Anyone in the centre of Cardiff will be able to surf the web or pick up e-mails on their laptop under a new broadband scheme.

North Pole Gets Wi-Fi Hotspot

North Pole Gets Wi-Fi Hotspot 04/15/2005 08:43 PM

Hotspot Problems Universal

Hotspot Problems Universal 01/19/2004 01:59 PM
A Malaysian user of the state-run operator's Wi-Fi service has trouble getting on: Then he gets no help from customer service. It seems that getting technical help when trying to connect to a hotspot is problematic anywhere you go. Ultimately, the writer finds more luck using free hotspots....

Charter, Cisco Hotspot

Charter, Cisco Hotspot 06/09/2004 05:35 PM
Unstrung.com Jun 9 2004 9:42PM GMT

Hotspot Users Survey

Hotspot Users Survey 06/24/2005 10:01 PM
A group at the University of Virginia wants some answers from hotspot users: They're compiling a study in which they're recruiting folks who regularly use hotspots to fill out a very brief questionnaire....

Google Wireless Hotspot Finder

Google Wireless Hotspot Finder 12/31/2004 04:44 AM
I4U Dec 31 2004 8:40AM GMT

SMC Teams with IP3 Networks to Provide Total Solution for HotSpot Internet Access

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