Archive for May, 2006

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Committee Approves Net Neutrality Bill

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

I don’t know how many different bills are in contention for “net neutrality,” but this one that passed shows the very reason we don’t want the government playing in a ballpark where they don’t understand the rules.
This quote is the best part of the story … read closely.
DailyTech - US Government Committee Approves Net [...]

Strix Powering Florida Muni WiFi network

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

Another Florida city building a Muni WiFi network, however, this will not be a public network, but is intended for city workers.
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CALABASSAS, Calif.—Mesh network gear-maker Strix Systems Inc. announced that its Access/One outdoor wireless system will be used by Citi WiFi Networks Inc. for its deployment of a Wi-Fi network in Dunedin, Fla., [...]

links for 2006-05-27

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Plan for cloaking device unveiled
this is way to cool for this early in the morning.
(tags: science sci-fi)

Century-old phone tax for war is defeated
finally!
(tags: government taxes telephone)

WiMAX World Europe: Killer WiMAX?

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Here is an article that covers 802.16 (WiMax) in it’s different variants from the European point of view. The discussion in the US is different, but this is good background information.
WiMAX World Europe: Killer WiMAX? | May 23, 2006 | Telecommunications Magazine
“We are still a long way from WiMAX being a [...]

A cure to citywide Wi-Fi woes?

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Wavion has developed a new chipset that is more condusive to outdoor use. They claim to boost the signal strength considerable, thereby reducing the number of access points needed for a city-wide deployment. Interesting …
A cure to citywide Wi-Fi woes? | CNET News.com
“All the mesh Wi-Fi equipment makers use commodity chipsets developed for indoor use,” [...]

Digital Houston: The Fairy Tale Continues

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

It is time for me to wade in write on the Houston Muni WiFi event the Mayor held earlier this week with area bloggers. Here’s an audio recording of the entire telephone conference. There are several points the Mayor made during the telephone conference, and he repeated them often. It stressed the reasons the [...]

links for 2006-05-21

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

Symantec says Vista built on Veritas house of cards
i wouldn’t want to be the judge on this one.
(tags: microsoft technology)

Apple sues iPod rival over patents
turn about is fair play? creative sues apple and on the same day apple sues creative. wow!
(tags: Apple ipod)

Where No Auction Has Gone Before
make sure your christy’s buying card registration is [...]

Net Neutrality Nonsense

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

Arpan Sura writes an excellent piece on an issue that is gaining much buzz lately. The previous article (here on Business Unusual) is also about “net neutrality” and along with this article is meant to bring a voice of reason to the discussion. Head over and read the article in it’s entirety. It’s good stuff.
Net [...]

Real Info on “Net Neutrality”

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

I have been thinking about this whole net neutrality issue and reading different stories with the intent of writing an article about it. I have been beat to the punch with this great article at Opinion Journal. The author does a great job and covers most of the details about this “much ado about nothing” [...]

Houston WiFi Bidders

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

Here is a list of the companies that submitted RFPs to the City of Houston for the largest Muni WiFi project to date.

The city is considering bids from five companies seeking the contract. The bidders include:

Earthlink Municipal Networks

Redmoon Broadband Inc.

Convergent Broadband

nextWLAN Corporation and

Houston Wi Fi Ltd. Company.

The company charged with building the [...]

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