Dec 4, 2007 | business, Google, mobile, phone, wireless
Verizon’s announcement that it would open up its network next year to devices not sold in Verizon stores made headlines and generated lots of online buzz. It is a welcome development from a notoriously closed company and Verizon deserves kudos for stepping...
Oct 25, 2007 | audio, network, video, wireless
Wireless technology is a blur of confusing acronyms and frequent frustration, but we are making progress and there continues to be hope that more and more wires will disappear in the future.Wireless Internet connections for our computers are slowly becoming more...
Sep 4, 2007 | broadband, wireless
Sonic is demonstrating again that it has its heart in the right place.Now that Earthlink has officially killed its plan to deliver free wireless Internet access to San Francisco, Sonic has stepped up with a more modest plan for the city of San Francisco and downtown...
Sep 3, 2007 | broadband, business, wireless
In January, Google and Earthlink signed a contract to set up free high-speed wireless Internet access for the entire city of San Francisco. The deal provided that EarthLink would pay the city $2 million for the right to build, install and run a free Wi-Fi network that...
Aug 5, 2007 | broadband, network, wireless
The Wall Street Journal wrote an article last month about wireless networks, expressing a sentiment many of you have probably felt – namely, they’re a pain in the neck. It doesn’t help that the vocabulary has gotten muddled. There are now four basic...
Jul 27, 2007 | broadband, business, Google, mobile, phone, wireless
In 2009, new frequencies will become available in the US for handling voice and data. The frequencies are currently being used for analog television, but the FCC decided years ago that analog television would no longer be supported after 2009; the frequencies are...
