Category: HotSpots

Experts say Wi-Fi prices are set to fall as competition in the sector heats up. Most laptops now ship with Wi-Fi and many public areas are equipped with hotspots, but users often complain about the cost and complexity of accessing the internet. Via [itweek.co.uk]

As veterans of Burning Man, the annual art festival held in a remote Nevada desert, Tom Price and a group of about 20 others who have been volunteering with post-Hurricane Katrina reconstruction in Mississippi are used to persevering in forbidding environments. Via [news.com.com]

Earlier this year, New York City-based Speedus Corp. began the public beta testing of its free Wi-Fi access service, Wibiki. Launched as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Speedus, Wibiki (pronounced “why-BIH-kee”) aims to make it easier, safer, and more affordable to share Wi-Fi access. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Okay, today's brain teaser, no peeking: What represents the fastest growing segment of Wi-Fi hotspots? Via [news.tmcnet.com]

The country's biggest Wi-Fi network has been launched in London. Thames Online will provide about 12km of seamless coverage - from Westminster to Greenwich - along the river. Via [theregister.co.uk]

A report says Earthlink, Google, and HP are 'extremely interested' in partnering with Boston city officials to build a municipal Wi-Fi network. Via [informationweek.com]

While much of the wireless tradeshow focus this week was on voice at the 3GSM World Congress in Spain this week, there was an awful lot of wireless going on in San Diego this week as well at the HIMSS06 Annual Conference & Exhibition put on by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Via...

Few start-ups encapsulate the desperate utopianism of the times so much as Fon Technology. Via [theregister.co.uk]

The City of Boston, long conspicuous by the absence of any municipal-wide effort to supply Wi-Fi access, is moving to support a citywide rollout of the wireless technology that is expected to be outlined in a report next week from a non-profit organization. Via [informationweek.com]

Fon, of Spain, got $21.7 million in investor funding from Google, Skype, and other investors. Fon plans to create a global network of a million shared Wi-Fi hot-spots by 2010, using the same download, install, and share model that created the Skype network. Via [informationweek.com]

Wi-Fi startup Xirrus raised an undisclosed amount of venture financing from Microsoft-backer David Marquardt Monday to help accelerate sales of its multifunction access point for businesses. Via [redherring.com]

A group of Silicon Valley civic and business leaders don't think the high-tech center is connected enough, so they are looking to build a regionwide wireless networks. Via [news.com.com]

London has lost its place as the city with the most Wi-Fi hotspots, according to a recent survey. Via [vnunet.com]

One evening last July, in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, Web-site consultant Rong Chen was on a subway train when a client called needing urgent repairs to its network. Far from his home office, the 27-year-old hopped off the train at the next stop and began searching for a place to get online with his...

Wireless internet access should be installed in parts of the Houses of Parliament to allow MPs access to information on the move. Via [silicon.com]