Ed Sutherland

A Maryland wireless company believes it can make Wi-Fi hotspots profitable by giving up to 90 percent of the revenue it makes from 802.11 Internet connections to the hotspot venue owners and bringing lessons learned in Asia to the unwired shores of the U.S. Teletronics International, a Rockville, Md., designer and developer of wireless systems, […]

Wireless providers looking to profit from public Wi-Fi hotspots may have ordered an extra double mocha latte upon hearing of Verizon’s plans to enter the free wireless broadband arena. Some analysts say the phone company’s recent announcement that it will offer free public 802.11 access via New York City pay phones is the death of […]

As cable and DSL heavyweights slug it out in the streets of cities like New York and Los Angeles, a new player is quickly converting dial-up users in largely-ignored regions of the country to wireless broadband Internet access. After announcing a deal to bring broadband to 85 percent of Utah residents, Broadband Central, based in […]

When you think of all the efforts offering free Wi-Fi hotspots, New York City or Portland, Ore., are likely to spring to mind. A group of southern wireless enthusiasts are trying to shatter that stereotype by kicking off a “100 hotspots in 100 days” public awareness campaign with the ultimate goal of a top spot […]

Although wireless security was center stage during last week’s Networld+Interop trade show in Las Vegas, behind the scenes was a convention floor full of misconfigured hardware resulting in malicious attacks on computers and undoubtedly many red faces. While N+I is the premiere get-together for networking professionals, when it came to securing the countless wireless networks, […]

According to Proxim Corporation , students at Central Michigan University will be the first users of a city-wide Wi-Fi network in Mount Pleasant, Mich. Some 4,500 students living in eight off-campus apartments have begun using the network operated by Last Mile Technologies based in Mount Pleasant. Along with student housing, the network covers a four […]

In Las Vegas, the biggest bets weren’t being placed at the craps table or the roulette wheel, but at Networld+Interop, the gathering of networking gurus that was also the coming-out party for a bevy of wireless startups seeking to cash in on the exploding Wi-Fi “switch” market. However, with a crowded field of players jostling […]

Imagine a Ferrari stuck behind a slow-moving mini-van and you can understand the quandary of high-speed 802.11g gear slowed to a crawl by wireless networks dominated by equipment based on the slower 802.11b standard. One Californian chipmaker wants to inject a little Nitro into your Wi-Fi connection.

Not many years ago, wireless networks were hugely expensive, often totally incompatible and were barely a blip on the public radar screen. With the help of the 802.11 standard and an industry seal of approval, high-priced proprietary gear turned into the inexpensive building blocks of Wi-Fi networks in millions of homes and offices. Now, chip-making […]

You won’t find these Wi-Fi users sipping Mocha Lattes at the local Starbucks while connecting to corporate networks. Nor are they the likely target market for Intel’s new Centrino-powered laptops. But a growing number of low-income residents are discovering wireless to be their bridge across the digital divide. From the backstreets of Philadelphia, PA to […]

As health officials worried about the global spread of a pneumonia-like virus begin advising against travel to much of China and surrounding areas, a Wi-Fi industry dependant on chips and components from the region may be facing a crisis. If growing concern over Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) culminates in a quarantine of affected regions, […]

From Long Beach to New Orleans, cities and communities across the U.S. are looking to public Wi-Fi hotzones as the latest form of urban renewal. Will 802.11 technology become the new drawing card for reviving sagging downtowns? New Orleans’ historic French Quarter is a far cry from the modern air-conditioned glass towers, where phrases like […]