Hermosa Beach, California Launches Free Citywide WiFi Service using advanced WiFi-Plus obstruction penetrating antennas.

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Free open WiFi on Tacoma-Washington
train, courtesy WiFi hacker

Free open WiFi on Tacoma-Washington
train, courtesy WiFi hacker 03/24/2005 08:15 PM
Cory Doctorow: A Seattle wireless hacker rides a commuter train from Tacoma every day with a battery-powered WiFi hotspot in his backpack that's linked up to the Internet with a 14.4 144k wireless modem. Catch his train and get free WiFi on your commute.

The open wireless node can be found in the first car of the last morning train and in Car 403 on the 5:10pm return trip. Use SSID "FreeInternetAccess" or "seattlewireless" to connect - You may have to assign yourself an IP in the range 192.168.0.0/24 and use the Default Gateway 192.168.0.1 as the DHCP is sometimes flakey

Link (via Make)

Amsterdam Start-Up to Offer WiFi
Internet Citywide (Reuters)

Amsterdam Start-Up to Offer WiFi
Internet Citywide (Reuters) 08/30/2004 10:01 AM
Reuters - Amsterdam's Web surfers could soon be liberated from their home computers and Internet cafes, with plans by a start-up firm to make their city the first European capital where laptops can hook up anywhere to the Web.

California city to go completely WiFi

California city to go completely WiFi 12/11/2003 06:13 PM
Cerritos, California plans to offer WiFi Internet access all throughout the city after signing a contract with Aiirnet Wireless

Powerful WiFi antenna used in California
and New York City now being used for
Nigeria Hotspot

Powerful WiFi antenna used in California
and New York City now being used for
Nigeria Hotspot 07/18/2004 02:29 AM
Chevron Nigeria uses new USA produced WiFi-Plus multi-polarity obstruction penetrating antenna for successful telecom in challenging environment [PRWEB Jul 18, 2004]

WiFi Free-For-All

WiFi Free-For-All 02/11/2004 01:23 AM

Here Comes More Free WiFi

Here Comes More Free WiFi 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
We've maintained in the past that there are two situations in which someone can charge for WiFi: (a) there is no reasonable chance of competition in that location, such that you have captive users or (b) you are offering up something special on top of the WiFi that people value (which could be convenience, security, reliability, etc.). When looking at case "a", this pretty much left only some hotels and airports for the time being - since they could cover enough ground to (somewhat) monopolize the WiFi offerings. However, the trend seems to be changing on that as well, as both hotels and airports are realizing there's a lot more benefit in offering WiFi for free than trying to charge for it. The prices were too high, and not too many people were using it. However, when they offer it for free, it attracts more customers to their locations. In other words, once again, it's the publicity factor that makes it worthwhile.

Review: WiFi Seeker / WiFi Spy

Review: WiFi Seeker / WiFi Spy 07/16/2004 04:50 PM
A few weeks ago I got Chrisalis Developemnt's WiFi Seeker, a convenient keychain-sized wireless network locator. Marware's recently announced WiFi Spy is a rebranded version of the same device, so it should perform identically.

To locate a wireless network simply press the button and watch the LEDs. When the lights stop sweeping back and forth, the number that remain lit will show the strength of the wireless signal. If the lights continue to sweep back and forth, you're not in range for any wireless network. Unlike other devices, the WiFi Seeker isn't fooled by other 2.5 GHz signals like microwave ovens or cordless phones, and it doesn't depend on 802.11 client activity to detect the access point. It detects both 802.11b and 802.11g.

Hacking free WiFi at XML 2003

Hacking free WiFi at XML 2003 12/09/2003 06:10 AM
Ben Hammersley's at the XML 2003 conference, where the WiFi password costs $40. He and Bill Kearney and the other RSS-wonks in the room have interpreted the confernece organizers' charging for basic conference functionality as damage and are routing around it:

In answer to the long held question, can a TiBook with one Wifi card act as a repeater and relay access to everyone else in the room without them having to pay, the answer it turns out is yes. How do we do this? Well, first turn off the built-in Apache installation on the OSX machine that is online. Edit httpd.conf to load mod_proxy (there are about 20 or so lines to uncomment). Turn Apache back on. Go to network prefs, and find out your assigned IP address. Write it on a piece of paper, and pass it around the room, telling them to set it as their web proxy.

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.Mac members get free 30-day WiFi trial

.Mac members get free 30-day WiFi trial 04/07/2005 10:40 AM
American .Mac members will receive a free 3-day trial of the T-Mobile HotSpot WiFi service. The trial launches June 29 and offers users full internet accessat HotSpot locations including Starbucks, FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Centers, Borders Books & Music, airports, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, and select airline clubs and Red Roof Inn locations. Users also get 20 free iTunes tracks if they choose to subscribe to the HotSpot annual plan.

Free wifi at Babbas Lounge

Free wifi at Babbas Lounge 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
"A local favourite restaurant and bar, Babbas Lounge, is now offering free wifi. Babbas Lounge above Cedars Eatery at 81 University Ave. in Charlottetown. It is home to fine trivia on Sunday nights, and great music on most weekends.try the Chicken Shawarma. Thanks for the wifi!" (43 words - posted by steven) 3 replies

Free WiFi Good For Business... But... It
Ain't Everything

Free WiFi Good For Business... But... It
Ain't Everything 08/03/2004 04:17 PM
Popular bread maker Panera is making some noise today talking about how wonderful their free WiFi offering is going, saying that it has improved business. They've found that it keeps customers in the stores longer -- especially during off-peak hours. Oddly, they don't say if it actually increased sales, which is the key. Panera's claims sound pretty similar to what Schlotzs ky's Deli had been saying about their free WiFi. Of course, some of Schlotz sky's numbers seemed a tad overhyped, such as the claim that 40% of customers choose Schlotzsky's because of the WiFi. The only way that really makes sense is if very few people are going to Schlotzsky's at all... and, oops, that might just be the case. Today the c hain declared bankruptcy. So, while free WiFi may be good for bringing in business, it's certainly not the be all, end all of being in business. You still need to sell some food and make some money.

Free mall WiFi on the rise

Free mall WiFi on the rise 04/30/2004 02:11 AM
Shopping malls across the US are adding free WiFi:

A very small number of the 1,130 malls in the United States have wireless access. But, she said, an increasing number are thinking of installing the capability.

For instance, Westfield America Trust said most of its 62 regional and super regional shopping centers will soon offer the service. Taubman, which owns or manages 31 malls, began offering Wi-Fi services yesterday at its The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano, Texas.

"If you look at malls in general, you are really seeing owners bring in things that allow for more people to come do a variety of things at the center," Duker said. "The mall has become more than a place to shop."

Link (via WiFiNetNews)

Is free municipal wifi good?

Is free municipal wifi good? 09/02/2004 08:06 AM
Philadelphia is considering investing $10M to blanket 135 square miles with wifi coverage. Some people for whom I have the highest respect, and from whom I've learned a lot, I anticipate are going to denounce this. Their argument is that the government is exactly the wrong entity to make decisions best made by the market. Why? Because: Government agencies are ill-equipped to make technical decisions. Governments are corrupt. The incumbents have too much influence. Even if Philadelphia makes the right decision, it will lock the city into one technology that will be hard to displace. There is no such thing...

Free WiFi coming to Best Western

Free WiFi coming to Best Western 01/24/2004 08:19 PM
Every Best Western hotel in the US, Canada and the Caribbean will have free open WiFi by Sept 1. Tell you what, I've got a new default choice for hotels when I travel. Let's start finding ways of holding conferences at BW's instead of high-ticket Hyatts and Marriotts with their craptacular $10/day WiFi.

"It's the No. 1 amenity requested by virtually everyone, especially businesspeople, said Tom Higgins, CEO and president of the Phoenix-based hotel chain. "High-speed Internet for free is going to be where it's at."

Link (via matthowie)

Philly: Let Free WiFi Ring

Philly: Let Free WiFi Ring 09/01/2004 09:54 AM
CBS News Sep 1 2004 2:26PM GMT

Free WiFi in the National Mall

Free WiFi in the National Mall 04/29/2004 09:20 AM
Open Park is a community wireless group that is bringing free, open WiFi to the National Mall in DC, so that the next time you find yourself on the steps of the Supreme Court -- or wandering a Smithsonian building -- you can get online. Link (Thanks, Fred!)

Philly considers free WiFi for all

Philly considers free WiFi for all 09/01/2004 11:34 AM
Xeni Jardin: Patricio López says, "Let's hope this becomes the norm in a few years! For about $10 million, city officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot." Link to news story

Free WiFi in Toms River, NJ

Free WiFi in Toms River, NJ 01/08/2004 08:45 PM
Free WiFi in Toms River, NJ from Wireless Freedom. Just go and buy a cup of Java at the Java Joint on Main Street.

Free municipal WiFi in Jerusalem

Free municipal WiFi in Jerusalem 09/05/2004 11:56 PM
Xeni Jardin: Following up on last week's post about the city of Philadelphia considering free wireless 'net access for all, BoingBoing reader cyphunk says, "Pfff. Jerusalem (Israel) is already rolling out free wifi for the ENTIRE city -- starting with major commercial areas." Link to news story.

Kansai Int Airport Free WiFi

Kansai Int Airport Free WiFi 04/12/2004 02:17 AM
If any of you travel thru Kansai Int in Osaka be sure to sit near the window as you can...

Zenith launches new WiFi Laptops with
Intel

Zenith launches new WiFi Laptops with
Intel 08/22/2004 05:37 PM
TechTree Aug 22 2004 8:38PM GMT

Livedoor's WiFi phone service

Livedoor's WiFi phone service 12/11/2003 12:03 PM
Livedoor, a Japanese ISP, says they're going to offer a Voice over IP over WiFi service using pulverInnovations' WiSIP 802.11b phone that can make calls...

Free WiFi influences 40% of Schlotskys's
customers

Free WiFi influences 40% of Schlotskys's
customers 02/18/2004 12:00 PM
Schlotzky's is a deli chain that gives away free WiFi -- they were among the first to do so, in a bold expeeriment at one of their flagship restaurants on the main drag in Austin, TX, after Starbucks set up shop directly across the street (Schlotsky's also took the incredibly canny step of renaming their coffee sizes Tall, Grande, and Venti and putting a starbusian combinatorial explosion of caffeine-delivery systems on the menu). The company has released new market research showing that free connectivity is a selection-factor for 40 percent of its customers.

Glenn writes,

I've met the CEO and the marketing director when I invited the CEO to speak at a panel I moderated at Wi-Fi Planet last year, and the most interesting aspect of the Wi-Fi is that they're not excited about the technology but its uses. There's a financial aspect to this, of course: the average purchase price of a Schlotzsky's customer is about $7.

But the CEO wasn't a geek; he liked seeing entire families or sports teams or groups of parents and kids come in and spent time using the high-speed connection. It's important to recall that a small but significant minority of Internet users have broadband; for the rest, Schlotzsky's offering is a profound (and free) pleasure.

Link (via WiFiNetNews)

Schlotzsky's Continues Their Free WiFi
Push

Schlotzsky's Continues Their Free WiFi
Push 02/18/2004 07:58 PM
Schlotzsky's has been the poster child for putting free WiFi access in their restaurants, and their latest announcement continues to support that decision, as they say they've found that 40% of their customers cite the free WiFi as a factor in deciding to go to Schlotzsky's to eat, while 6% say it was the key factor. While we've been a big fan of this model (offering free WiFi to get more customers), 40% sounds like an awfully large number. Considering the number of folks you see using free WiFi at many locations, even here in Silicon Valley, I'd be amazed if 40% of all customers at Schlotzsky's were aware of the WiFi, so I'm curious how they measured this. In the meantime, this program has clearly been a success for Schlotzsky's, and I'm surprised that other large chains haven't followed with similar plans. It seems that too many of the for-fee WiFi guys are running around telling these chains just how much direct revenue they're going to get by becoming an ISP, and neglecting all the potential indirect revenue from new guests (or guests who come during off-peak hours).

Free WiFi planned for Washington Mall

Free WiFi planned for Washington Mall 04/28/2004 05:26 PM
CNN Apr 28 2004 9:36PM GMT

Free wifi spots in fort collins,
colorado

Free wifi spots in fort collins,
colorado 12/02/2003 10:20 PM
HELLO PEOPLE! First wifi spot: MY HOUSE. D-Link DI-614+ (22Mbps) BSSID: free net )( Location: Winfield Ct. Also: Go to Mugs, great food and coffee! I found a bunch of open WiFi's all up and down Constitution Ave. and im sure there is plenty more! bye for now.

T-Mobile offers free WiFi in Charley's
wake

T-Mobile offers free WiFi in Charley's
wake 08/14/2004 04:50 PM
In the wake of Hurricane Charley

Free WiFi, VoIP at X-Prize launch on
Sept. 29

Free WiFi, VoIP at X-Prize launch on
Sept. 29 09/18/2004 01:15 PM
Xeni Jardin: So cool. BoingBoing reader Inder says,

I want to let boingboingers know that WanderPort will be providing a free wi-fi network at the launch of SpaceShipOne for the Ansari X-Prize in the Mojave Desert September 29th through to the second launch. If any bloggers are attending the launch and want to have a mac address pass-through to make sure they can file, just send us an email info@wanderport.com and we'll make sure they can get their blogs posted. We'll also be providing a few WISIP phones for free North America phone calls.

Link to Ansari X-Prize home.

Dayton, Ohio: Free City-Wide WiFi

Dayton, Ohio: Free City-Wide WiFi 04/04/2005 04:17 PM

Jocks & Jills announces FREE WIFI
ACCESS

Jocks & Jills announces FREE WIFI
ACCESS 04/09/2004 04:10 PM
Jocks & Jills, based in Atlanta, GA, has announced that all of the Sports Restaurants in the corporation now have FREE WIFI. The network is open for public use with the SSID being "JOCKS". They have the following locations in and around Atlanta: Midtown, CNN, Galleria, Brookhaven, Alpharetta, and Norcross.
Also, the Jocks & Jills in Charlotte, NC by the Colesium also has FREE WIFI.
Frankie's, owned and operated by Jocks & Jills, at the Prado shopping center is also offering FREE WIFI. For more location information go to www.jocks-frankies.com.

Free WiFi at the Dana Street Roasting
Company

Free WiFi at the Dana Street Roasting
Company 01/12/2003 02:27 AM
This is too cool. One of the nearby links in my GeoURL neighborhood is for the free WiFi at the Dana Street Roasting Company. If I was a coffee drinker, I'd be all over that. As a blogger, I think...

Airespace Wins IBM Partnership for WiFi
Service

Airespace Wins IBM Partnership for WiFi
Service 09/15/2004 09:47 PM
Boston Globe Sep 16 2004 1:45AM GMT

802.11 WiFi Denial of Service Exploit
Discovered

802.11 WiFi Denial of Service Exploit
Discovered 05/13/2004 06:23 AM

Free WiFi turns coffee-shack into
freelancer It Spot

Free WiFi turns coffee-shack into
freelancer It Spot 12/18/2003 10:31 AM
Interesting piece about a Dallas coffee-hut that added free WiFi and now finds itself playing host to a slew of Cheers-like regulars, freelance workers who hang out and use the shop as their office.

``You get all the colds ... you have to be able to work through loud noise, you have to be able to focus and tune out even more so than in an office,'' he said. ``Babies are one of the biggest hazards. The screaming child at the table next to you ... you don't get that at work.''

As a person who spends hours each day at a coffeehouse, Smith is always mindful of the fact that he is in someone else's place of business. He doesn't go behind the counter to help himself to a refill, even though he knows where everything is as well as any employee, and he always dresses nicely as if he were going into the office -- albeit a casual one.

Link (via WiFi NetNews)

WiFi Toys book -- free downloadable
preview chapter

WiFi Toys book -- free downloadable
preview chapter 07/21/2004 11:29 PM
Mike Outmesguine, tech guru and Southern Calilfornia Wireless Users Group cofounder, has a new book out called "Wi-Fi Toys." It's a compendium of hands-on projects involving "extreme wireless technology." There's great stuff in here. It's just broad enough to avoid intimidating non-geeks, but just geek enough so that the experiments will actually work. Mike says:

This book attempts to bring readers into the fray by teaching them, step-by-step, how to build fun, useful, and k001 projects using Wi-Fi. Thanks to Wiley Publishing, the entire first chapter is available for download as a non-DRM'd PDF file here. This chapter teaches the basics of Wi-Fi and shows you how to terminate a cable and choose a pigtail for any wireless project. Also, at the last SOCALWUG meeting, I gave a highly interactive (i.e. Comments/Questions/Answers) presentation about the book. Slides here, Video here, Meeting notes here. Link

Charter to Deliver WiFi Service to
Internet Subs

Charter to Deliver WiFi Service to
Internet Subs 01/04/2005 12:32 AM
Broadband Daily Jan 4 2005 5:13AM GMT

Airespace Wins IBM Partnership for WiFi
Service (Reuters)

Airespace Wins IBM Partnership for WiFi
Service (Reuters) 09/15/2004 05:16 PM
Reuters - Airespace, a Silicon Valley telecom services start-up, won a partnership with International Business Machines Corp. that will help Airespace grab a piece of the growing market for WiFi services, the two companies told Reuters on Wednesday.

Free WiFi Hotspot Roundup, If One Site
Can Be a Roundup

Free WiFi Hotspot Roundup, If One Site
Can Be a Roundup 04/13/2004 07:23 AM
JOEL JOHNSON -- So as is typical, after a full day of responses to my request for some of your favorite chain restaurants that provide free WiFi, I get one big, fat link that trumps them all, and includes all of your Schlotzsky's, Apple Stores, It's a Grinds, and New...

WhatHelps? Launches Free Service

WhatHelps? Launches Free Service 12/24/2004 12:54 PM
WhatHelps?, a global provider of social networking and online community web services, recently released a new package of web tools and webware that customers may use absolutely free of charge. The Freebie Package consists of more than a dozen professional-grade, customizable web tools, including their proprietary Online Community webware. Included are classifieds/personals, Match Maker matchmaking webware, Access Shield password-protection tool, a chat room, message board, email list, and web calendar - to name just a few. All web tools, and the online community's web pages, are HTML customizable, allowing the owner to seamlessly integrate their tools and/or community into their web site. [PRWEB Dec 22, 2004]
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Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G router

Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G router 06/13/2004 09:42 PM
CNET Jun 14 2004 0:30AM GMT

Nation's First City-Wide WiFi Network
Completed

Nation's First City-Wide WiFi Network
Completed 07/31/2004 06:50 PM

UTD Lifts Ban On WiFi Equipment

UTD Lifts Ban On WiFi Equipment 09/18/2004 07:21 AM

Truck-stops with WiFi thriving

Truck-stops with WiFi thriving 05/07/2004 03:35 AM
Truckers -- who made CB radio into a success in the 70s -- ar enow chasing another kind of wireless. Truck-stops that install WiFi can attract more business from bandwidht-hungry long-haul drivers.

David Maloney, a trucker from Aledo, Texas, is one who'll go the distance to reach a truck stop equipped with wireless Internet access.

"The only time I really get to use any kind of broadband is out here on the road," said Maloney, who recently stopped at a Flying J with Wi-Fi on his way from Virginia to Appleton, Wis. "That's the whole reason I came this far last night."

Link (via WiFi Net News)

Setting Up The Greenpeace Ship w/WiFi

Setting Up The Greenpeace Ship w/WiFi 07/04/2004 11:38 PM

Bootable CD turns 486s into meshing WiFi
routers

Bootable CD turns 486s into meshing WiFi
routers 04/28/2004 04:00 PM
Glenn Fleishmann has written a blog entry about an amazing new WiFi project at Champaign-Urbana, to create a bootable disk image that turns its host machines into meshing wireless repeaters.

The CUWiN project wants to allow self-forming, noncentralized, mesh-based Wi-Fi networks using standard, old PCs with no configuration. Slightly more advanced units could be ruggedized boxes using Compact Flash, but the basic unit would be a 486 or later PC with a bootable CD-ROM or bootable floppy that bootstraps a CD-ROM. Once booted, a unit finds other similar units without any other configuration or control and forms a mesh.

"We've been developing software now since about 2000, and our idea is to build software that is super user friendly, super easy for someone who doesn't understand the nuances of the technology or community wireless networking to set up their own system," said Meinrath. It's an attempt to enable community networking to spread beyond the folks who are self-starters.

Link (Thanks, Glenn!)

LinSpot turns WiFi routers into
commercial hotspots

LinSpot turns WiFi routers into
commercial hotspots 03/06/2004 01:55 AM
Want to make a few extra bucks from your wireless Internet access? Start-up LinSpot announced on Wednesday that their LinSpot 1.0 application for Mac OS X allows you to do just that, with the company taking a 15 percent cut for services sold over your wireless network.

Country-wide WiFi review

Country-wide WiFi review 03/19/2003 10:42 PM

I took a bunch of flights a couple weeks back and thought I'd be able to enjoy my downtime between flights catching up on email and reading the web. Since I don't know of any central site that tracks such things (is there a "geek airports" list with availability and price, like the geek hotels site?), here were my findings:

San Francisco (SFO) - New media business capital of the world and no wireless.

Chicago (ORD) - The business capital of the midwest, but not a wireless signal in sight.

Boston (BOS) - Major business city in New England, second only to New York City in the region, but nada on the wireless coverage in the terminals I sat in.

Austin (AUS) - Finally! Wayport access cost $5.95 for 24 hours of connectivity. Two years previous, it was free, but $5.95 ain't bad and I got an hour's use out of it.

Denver (DEN) - AT&T coverage through their "GoPort" service. A 24 hour connection costs $9.99. I had a few hours in Denver so I decide to do it, filling out this signup application, but I get a web server error upon submittal. I checked my credit card and wasn't charged for the $9.99, but I did sit in Denver connection-free due to their app.

It kind of shocks me how few aiports offer wireless access, even though much of airline travel is business related. It's an easy business model too, you just buy a $50/month DSL line and throw some base station hardware up for everyone to use, then start making 5-10 bucks a head, per day from customers. I also saw Microsoft tablet PC kiosks in Denver, as well as a booth hawking Intel's new Centrino product. SFO also had a Centrino display, even though SFO doesn't offer wireless access. It was interesting to see businesses such as Intel and Microsoft understand the value of engaging business travelers, even though the airports themselves do not (I also wondered, now that Google put money into Blogger, would they see value in selling blogs to business travelers in airports and why don't they have kiosks in major hubs too?).

Last year while flying, I found only two other airports offering wifi access: San Jose (SJC) and Dallas (DFW). One other odd finding was paying $5.95 for wireless at one wayport-equipped airport (austin), then having a stopover in Dallas (also covered by wayport) required a separate $5.95 account, even though I was within the 24 hours originally purchased.

As a complete aside, I noticed on my six flights that I was surrounded by giner ale drinkers. Sure, once in a while I run into someone that loves fresh ginger, or I find a non-cola drinker that insists on it, but my rowmates on four of the flights were drinking it. Everyone was asking for it. The staff was running out of it. People were getting testy when they went without it.

The data's a bit of an outlier, and I have the feeling I missed some trendster proclaiming it as the miracle drink du jour. So what's the deal with it? Is it the new Atkin's Brau? The favorite juice for sugarbusters? Did Oprah plug it as one of her favorite products out of the blue?

WiFi ADSL router grouptest

WiFi ADSL router grouptest 05/26/2004 07:44 AM

Comcast's WiFi router lets your ISP spy
on you, shut you down

Comcast's WiFi router lets your ISP spy
on you, shut you down 05/07/2004 03:35 AM
Om Malik warns that the Linksys WiFi boxes that Comcast is supplying to its customers allow Comcast to remotely detect and disconnect devices on your home network, like your VoIP phone (which competes with Comcast's long-distance service).

If you scroll through the press release, you come to a section which says that the gateway supports a CableHome 1.0 "for the ability to deliver secure, managed services from Comcast’s head-end network to the subscribers’ home network." Now there is a big problem with this thing - for instance, the Cablehome 1.0 standard allows cable operators to snoop around their home networks and learn things such as how many computers are attached to the gateway and what kind of traffic they are generating/receiving. (Beware Vonage fans, this could be used to detect your Vonage ATA as well.)

In case you were wondering, where’s the juice. Go to the Cable Labs website and read this document. Scroll down to Section 6.3.1 and read:

The goals for the CableHome Management Portal include:
* Enable viewing of LAN IP Device information obtained via the CableHome DHCP Portal (CDP)
* Enable viewing of the results of LAN IP Device performance monitoring done by the CableHome Test Portal (CTP)
* Provide the capability to disable LAN segments

Link (via Engadget)

How Come No One Sues WiFi Equipment
Makes For False Advertising?

How Come No One Sues WiFi Equipment
Makes For False Advertising? 06/05/2005 11:57 PM
It's widely known in the wireless industry that the "speeds" listed with WiFi equipment are greatly exaggerated. However, no one seems willing to list more realistic speeds, because that would make them look slower than the competition. Of course, this isn't anything new for the wireless industry as a whole -- who has always used the sneaky "up to" before describing the maximum possible speed (as in, "speeds up to 1 gazillion gigabytes per microsecond" thereby making anything well below that fair game). This maximum possible speed is usually under absolutely perfect conditions in a vacuum if you were somehow obscenely (we don't want to know) close to the antenna/tower in question and no other living being was within 300 miles. Reality has a way of making those speeds much lower -- often by more than 50% of the claimed speeds. With companies like Gillette getting slammed for false advertising concerning its razors that don't actually lift hair away from your skin, why is it that no WiFi equipment vendors get sued for false advertising? The best guess reason is because everyone does it. Posting the theoretical maximum speed is just "how it's done," so no one within the industry expects any different. Meanwhile, customers never really notice because their 802.11g routers that are supposed to give them 54 megabits per second are usually used to connect to the internet over a pokey DSL or cable connection that don't reach anywhere near the speeds of the local network.

"article on a series of villages in
Cambodia which receive and send email
delivered to a central server via a WiFi
powered motorcycle"

"article on a series of villages in
Cambodia which receive and send email
delivered to a central server via a WiFi
powered motorcycle" 01/28/2004 11:23 AM

Hermosa Beach, California Launches Free Citywide WiFi Service using advanced WiFi-Plus obstruction penetrating antennas.

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