Category: Commentary

If the future of Wi-Fi is complete ubiquity and pervasiveness than it's likely that Mesh architecture for wireless LANs will play a pivotal role. Via [internetnews.com]

The spread of wi-fi is being hampered by increasing complex and incompatible products, an industry body promoting the technology has said. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]

Tom Montalbano seems like an ideal customer for wireless Internet "hot spots" in hotels, restaurants and airports. The 41-year-old insurance investigator travels four days a week, compiling reports from jewelry robberies on his laptop computer. Via [online.wsj.com]

Trapeze Networks' new chief executive officer, Jim Vogt, thinks a product called Ringmaster is one of his prize assets. I'd agree. I think he ought to give it away. Via [eweek.com]

New radio link is expected to challenge Bluetooth in the 'Personal area network' - but could also prove a better bet than Wi-fi for home and office networks. Via [vnunet.com]

As the market for wireless networking products continues to grow, vendors are constantly one-upping each other with performance claims for their products. However, it's a moot point to millions of U.S. and European home users stuck with Internet connection speeds far below the bandwidth promised by new 802.11g products. Via [infoworld.com]

Signs at a McDonald's in downtown San Francisco cordially beckon customers to surf the Web using its wireless Internet service, but no one is biting during a recent Wednesday lunch hour. Via [zdnet.com.com]

According to a top Gartner analyst, when companies are developing their wireless security strategies, they need to consider far more than whether to deploy Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) or other out-of-the-box security fixes. Via [searchnetworking.techtarget.com]

Some wireless equipment vendors believe 802.11a has failed and are already looking to a proposed 108Mbit/s standard to take its place. Via [vnunet.com]

The wireless industry has reached that stage where intellectual property issues threaten to overshadow real technology debates. Too many bright start-ups, many facing shake-out and failing to gain significant market presence through effective sales, are turning instead to their patent portfolios and the 'Qualcomm model' of deriving revenue from other companies' licensing fees. Via [theregister.co.uk]...

Looking to drum up more business, ACJ Technology is giving a little in hopes of getting a lot. The wireless networking company is developing a network of free Wi-Fi hot spots for Seattle area businesses. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Whenever Dick Tracy checked in with Diet Smith on his two-way wrist radio (and, later, TV), kids everywhere imagined how cool life would be if they could send similar missives. WiFi — wireless fidelity — has been wonderfully pre-sold. When laptops or hand-held computers started linking through local area networks (WLANS) in airports, hotels, conference...

Wireless local area networks and Net-based phoning have been among the most talked-about emerging technologies for businesses over the past year, and now, vendors are introducing products they say will help companies combine the two. Via [news.com.com]

Over the two years since Wi-Fi emerged, the hype behind it has swung from one end to the other. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]

Charging more for hot-spot access than burgers will not be a winning strategy, according to an Australian IDC analyst. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]