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Toronto Columnists: City Owned Exclusive Broadband a Good Deal

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2008-03-31 13:50:27 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...broadband, even to those with broadband: I'll admit I don't understand Canada as well as I should, but this column in the Toronto Star advocates public ownership of broadband in the city that would supplant all privately supplied broadband to homes. I'm not kidding. Toronto Hydro is considering selling its telecom division, which includes its...
 
Tags: city, broadband, city budgets, city departments, city-wide fibrewireless network, broadband options, implement universal broadband, network, broadband firm
 
 
 
 
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Sorry, Qantas, No Unfettered Broadband

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2008-09-18 10:33:20 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...broadband: The Sydney Morning Herald somewhat erratically and incompletely reports that Qantas has delayed and modified its in-flight broadband plans. Aeromobile was the provider when the service was tested in second quarter 2007 , but OnAir is now described as the airline's partner. This was noted by colleague Fabio Zambelli, who emailed me...
 
Tags: satellite coverage, coverage, service, service involves, internet service, in-flight broadband plans, plans, inmarsat satellites, inmarsat
 
 
 
 
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Mobile Post: Rural Wireless Broadband

2008-05-23 10:03:51 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
What will happen to wireless broadband in less-populated areas? I discuss what I said to the Rainier Communications Commission in Pierce County, Wash., about the coming growth of mobile broadband across larger territories
 
Tags: wireless broadband, rainier communications commission, pierce county, larger territories, mobile broadband, discuss, wash, growth
 
 
 
 
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Delta Opts for Broadband Fleet Deployment

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2008-08-05 11:27:12 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...broadband service. The company said that it will equip 330 planes by 2009, starting with 130 MD craft this year, with Aircell's service. The Gogo Internet offering costs $10 for flights up to 3 hours and $13 for longer flights Delta's competitors with broadband interest, like Alaska, Southwest, and American, each have a different plan of...
 
Tags: shortly launch service, service, delta, pair in-flight wi-fi, in-flight, test service, fleet deployment, deployment, flight
 
 
 
 
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American Launches In-Flight Broadband Pilot

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2008-08-20 08:33:21 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...broadband for several years, and I've been wondering lately whether we'd be waiting until 2009 to see real production service. American is calling this a 3-to-6 month pilot to see what their passengers think. Just yesterday, I wrote up veteran travel writer Joe Brancatelli's frustration with the lack of information and some misinformation...
 
Tags: flight, in-flight broadband, service, service provider, american, internet service, real production service, american airlines, aircell
 
 
 
 
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Public safety spectrum, rural broadband grab spotlight

2008-04-24 00:00:00 by Brad Reed in Network World on Security
 
Speakers at the Wireless Communications Association meeting in Washington, D.C., this week threw out a flurry of suggestions to improve both public and private broadband access in the United States, from public investment to holding new spectrum auctions to allowing unlicensed use of TV white spaces
 
Tags: public, tv white spaces, public investment, wireless communications association, spectrum auctions, broadband access, improve, suggestions, flurry
 
 
 
 
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Free Wi-Fi for AT&T Laptop Mobile Broadband Subscribers

2008-05-20 09:32:57 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...broadband subscribers, but not to smartphone users, including iPhones: This is a logical move, vastly overdue, because it's a better experience for a laptop user to have access in a Wi-Fi hotspot, while simultaneously removing load from AT&T's 3G network. This was predicted many years ago--as early as 2001 by EarthLink, Boingo Wireless, and...
 
Tags: wi-fi, free wi-fi service, free wi-fi, att, wi-fi hotspot, internal att memo, mobile broadband subscribers, att extends, laptop users
 
 
 
 
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In-Flight Broadband Flies Tomorrow in Test

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2008-06-24 19:51:25 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...broadband briefly flickers back to life with a JFK to Los Angeles round-trip flown by American on which passengers will get free use of the onboard, in-flight Internet service via Wi-Fi. The test flight is a kind of soft launch, which will be followed in a few weeks by full-on service American will offer Gogo on its 15 Boeing 767-200s, which...
 
Tags: jfk-lax routes, jfk, test, american airlines, american, routes, onboard, test flight, jfk-sfo
 
 
 
 
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Flaw in internet protocol core could disrupt almost any broadband connection device

2008-10-01 22:22:42 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Security experts have discovered a flaw in a core internet protocol that can be exploited to disrupt just about any device with a broadband connection. The finding could have profound consequences for millions of people who depend on websites, mail servers, and network infrastructure. The bug in the transmission control protocol (TCP) affords...
 
Tags: broadband connection, transmission control protocol, core internet protocol, network infrastructure, profound consequences, security experts, affords attackers, mail servers, flaw
 
 
 
 
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Seven Years of Wi-Fi Networking News

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2008-04-04 15:10:45 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...broadband market, and, more recently, cellular and WiMax technology Enterprise coverage was once a central part of Wi-Fi Networking News, but it became clear a few years ago that as equipment was redesigned to be integral to the enterprise, that my ability cover and test gear was too limited, and the need for true enterprise experience was...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi hotspot giant, municipal wi-fi, wi-fi signal finder, wi-fi world, world, 11b-later-wi-fi site, 11b, news