Another Small Pa. Town Marks First Hotspot
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Penn. Town Gets Second Wi-Fi Hotspot:
the Library
Penn. Town Gets Second Wi-Fi Hotspot:
the Library
05/12/2004 11:11 AMNewtown, Pa., renovates library and installs Wi-Fi, doubling town's
Wi-Fi hotspot count: The small town of Newtown has a Starbucks with
fee Wi-Fi access as its sole reported public Wi-Fi. This library isn't
public; it's supported by membership dues since 1760. The library
isn't sure whether they will open the Wi-Fi access to all, or just to
members....
Small town computer usage sinks
Small town computer usage sinks
01/12/2004 03:02 AMninemsn Jan 12 2004 1:48AM ET
Small town residents least likely to use
home computers: study
Small town residents least likely to use
home computers: study
01/12/2004 12:48 AMSydney Morning Herald Jan 12 2004 0:16AM ET
Small Town Software Releases Time and
Budgets 1.2, Introduces TaBulator
Widgets
Small Town Software Releases Time and
Budgets 1.2, Introduces TaBulator
Widgets
09/22/2004 02:28 AMSmall Town Software today released a free upgrade to Time and Budgets,
its web-based time tracking and budget monitoring software. Along with
new features, speed increases and the usual bug fixes, this upgrade
introduces new stand-alone software "widgets" that pull real-time data
from the Time and Budgets network -- and display that information in
unobtrusive translucent windows, some as small as 1 by 2 inches.
[PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]
Militants in Europe Openly Call for
Jihad and the Rule of Islam---In this
former industrial town north of London,
a small group of young Britons whose
parents emigrated from Pakistan after
World War II
Militants in Europe Openly Call for
Jihad and the Rule of Islam---In this
former industrial town north of London,
a small group of young Britons whose
parents emigrated from Pakistan after
World War II
04/27/2004 01:56 AMOK peacenicks, how do you propose dealingwith
this?
nytimes.com/2004/04/26/international/europe/26EURO.html?hp
track
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"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town"
"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town"
06/22/2005 02:21 AMSomeone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town
02/17/2004 01:12 PMuh oh. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town: Cory's coming to
London. Then, starting on April 1, I'll be heading off to London,
England, to work for Creative Commons and EFF on a variety of
projects: • Responding to...
Microsoft Celebrates National Small
Business Week with Technology and
Service Offerings for Small Businesses
Microsoft Celebrates National Small
Business Week with Technology and
Service Offerings for Small Businesses
05/18/2004 01:31 PMIn recognition of National Small Business Week and the significant
role the nation's 7.5 million small businesses play in the U.S.
economy, Microsoft is teaming with other organizations that focus on
small companies, including the Small Business Administration, to
provide higher levels of support and services.
Microsoft Solutions for Small and Medium
Business: Small IT Solution
Microsoft Solutions for Small and Medium
Business: Small IT Solution
07/19/2004 11:14 AMSBC is Hotspot Hero?
SBC is Hotspot Hero?
07/26/2004 12:37 PMThey'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...
A Hotspot on Every Corner
A Hotspot on Every Corner
07/29/2004 08:25 PMDetails 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 AMMediaTracker 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....
How to Become a Hotspot Guide
How to Become a Hotspot Guide
04/23/2004 08:23 PMLooking 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....
New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder
New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder
01/09/2004 09:52 PMFirstly, 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...
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....
Charter, Cisco Hotspot
Charter, Cisco Hotspot
06/09/2004 05:35 PMUnstrung.com Jun 9 2004 9:42PM GMT
T-mobile WiFi Hotspot
T-mobile WiFi Hotspot
04/09/2004 04:00 PMI arrived here at Honolulu International a little earlier than I
wanted to this morning as my wife had to...
Psst, need a Hotspot locator?
Psst, need a Hotspot locator?
07/19/2004 04:40 PMDirect and Related Links for 'Psst, need a
Hotspot locator?'
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….
Oregon Gets Biggest Hotspot
Oregon Gets Biggest Hotspot
02/10/2004 02:40 AMIt'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....
North Pole Gets Wi-Fi Hotspot
North Pole Gets Wi-Fi Hotspot
04/15/2005 08:43 PMfree hotspot lambeth rd se1
free hotspot lambeth rd se1
02/10/2004 03:00 AMas said before by others, bought 11g network card, plugged it in, free
access. around junction of kennington rd & lambeth rd, lambeth se1
Coming Soon to a Wireless Hotspot Near
You: Ads
Coming Soon to a Wireless Hotspot Near
You: Ads
05/03/2004 12:26 PMSecond Wi-Fi Advertising Hotspot Network
Second Wi-Fi Advertising Hotspot Network
05/02/2004 03:37 PMFreeFi 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.)...
Hotspot Problems Universal
Hotspot Problems Universal
01/19/2004 01:59 PMA 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....
Put a Hotspot Search on Your Page
Put a Hotspot Search on Your Page
11/04/2003 12:52 AMLike 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....
New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finding Site
New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finding Site
01/03/2004 08:47 PMFirstly, 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...
Which Hotspot Networks Still Stand?
Which Hotspot Networks Still Stand?
05/19/2004 01:26 PMWith 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...
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....
City to become wireless hotspot
City to become wireless hotspot
05/19/2004 06:13 AMAnyone 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.
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....
Netopia Offers Hotspot Solution
Netopia Offers Hotspot Solution
06/28/2004 12:59 PMNetopia 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....
Boingo Bolsters Hotspot Security
Boingo Bolsters Hotspot Security
09/08/2004 04:08 PMTelus snaps up hotspot provider
Telus snaps up hotspot provider
08/03/2004 02:14 PMBusiness in Vancouver Aug 3 2004 6:39PM GMT
Frozen polar waste gets Wi-Fi hotspot
Frozen polar waste gets Wi-Fi hotspot
04/14/2005 01:42 PMSanta and elves said to be pleased
Stupid hotspot connection processes
Stupid hotspot connection processes
02/10/2004 02:47 AMI tried to check my email during a stopover in Frankfurt from the
Luftansa lounge. Good news -- they have a Vodaphone WiFi
hotspot. But there's one problem. Signing up to connect to
the Hotspot requires that you receive a password on your mobile phone
via SMS. My Sprint PCS phone doesn't work in Europe.
Adding
insult to injury, none of the landline phones here in the lounge allow
outgoing toll-free calls. So I can't even reach the Vodaphone
help line to see if there's another way to log in.
I can understand the convenience of SMS, but why should connecting
your
laptop to a WiFi hotspot need to involve a text message to your mobile
phone? Doing the security over the Net via SSL seems perfectly
acceptable, as it is for virtually all online purchases. It's as
though a catalog retailer told me to go respond to an email in order
to
accept my credit card over the phone.
Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait until I get to Helsinki to connect
(and to upload this post!).
.Mac members get T-Mobile HotSpot trial
.Mac members get T-Mobile HotSpot trial
04/07/2005 10:13 AMApple has added a new offer for members of its .Mac services -- a free
30day trial of the TMobile HotSpot WiFi service, which provides
access to more than 5,400 wireless broadband locations in the U.S...
India Wi-Fi Hotspot Market Blooming
India Wi-Fi Hotspot Market Blooming
04/03/2005 11:52 PM The number of hotspots in India is expected to grow tenfold with
3,000 active by December: for a country with many times the U.S. and
with a vast technically trained population--and extremes of poverty as
well--hotspot growth is a given. The government only recently
legalized the use of 2.4 GHz and 5.1 GHz devices for this purpose.
Dishnet announced a 6,000-hot spot network this week with 2,000
planned to be active by December; Microsense has 200 now with 1,000
expected by December; other networks have hundreds of locations
targeted, too. Prices have plummeted as growth has expanded--but
probably not fallen "100 percent" as the article indicates....
Google Wireless Hotspot Finder
Google Wireless Hotspot Finder
12/31/2004 04:44 AMI4U Dec 31 2004 8:40AM GMT
WiFi for God: New Hotspot on Prince
Street
WiFi for God: New Hotspot on Prince
Street
12/29/2003 11:54 PM"I'm happy to announce the reintroduction of open WiFi into my
neighbourhood. Emanating from Reinvented World Headquarters here at
100 Prince St. is a WiFi beam stretching out onto Prince Street and
right into St. Paul's Anglican Church. The usefulness of the WiFi for
religious purposes remains to..." (370 words - posted by peter) 4
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