Author: Wayne Slavin

Would you like super-sized Internet access with that burger and fries? Via [siliconvalley.com]

Linksys has begun shipping what it claims is the world's first wireless LAN product capable of operating across both 802.11 WLAN standards: a and b, and the as yet un-ratified 802.11g specification. Via [theregister.co.uk]

It remains to be seen how the majority of wireless LAN infrastructures will be deployed in mainstream corporate offices. Will they emerge in a carefully managed, top-down approach championed by IT departments or as a bottom-up effort driven by business units? Via [nwfusion.com]

If Cometa Networks is to succeed in its quest to build the first nationwide network of Wi-Fi hotspots, they need to listen to what Amy Cravens is saying about the future of wireless Internet access. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

The future of wireless networks can be found about an hour from Atlanta, in the foothills of Georgia's northeast mountains.

Businesses and home users are quickly adopting wireless networking—and for good reason. It's cheap, convenient, easy to set up, and provides great mobility. In fact, more than one third of PC Magazine readers have already installed wireless networks in their homes. The freedom from tangled cables is intoxicating but comes with a price. A wireless...

Bell Canada and San Diego, Calif.-based technology consulting firm inCode Telecom have come up with an innovative new use for payphones. The two companies have developed a strategy and technology that turns existing payphones into Wi-Fi hotspots. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Motorola Inc., Avaya Inc. and Proxim Corp. on Tuesday announced plans to collaborate on devices and supporting software and hardware that can roam between cell phone networks and wireless LANs without interruption. Via [eweek.com]

Dell Computer Corporation has long been on the Wi-Fi bandwagon, offering a line of TrueMobile Wireless products and making 802.11b miniPCI cards an option in its laptops -- the antenna has been built in. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Royal Philips Electronics and General Atomics (GA) Monday said they will work together to jointly develop Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless communication chipsets and support the standardization process. Via [internetnews.com]

In one of the largest such deployments to date, the United Parcel Service plans to roll out Bluetooth and Wi-Fi equipment to 1,700 worldwide locations beginning in June. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

High-tech executives in the US are battling to prevent the Department of Defense from imposing restrictions on the use of radio spectrum for Wi-Fi products. Via [theregister.co.uk]

The High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) has cut back the power it uses on a 72-mile WLAN link between San Diego and San Clemente Island. Via [computerworld.com]

Apparently wireless computer networks are spreading everywhere like some kind of commie menace, soiling our precious military spectrum and making it possible for crafty terrorist hackers to get free Internet access. Via [alternet.org]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continued its push to free more spectrum for unlicensed wireless use Wednesday afternoon by seeking public comment on a proposed rule permitting unlicensed transmitters to operate in additional frequency bands. Via [internetnews.com]