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EarthLink pays $5 million to delay Houston Wi-Fi buildout

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

That didn’t take long.
Earthlink has agreed to pay the City of Houston $5 million dollars for missing deadlines in the Muni WiFi buildout. I did miss one part in my prediction—Earthlink has agreed to continue the project with a nine month extension.
EarthLink pays $5 million to delay Houston Wi-Fi buildout | Tech news blog [...]

No happy ending for Earthlink’s Fairy Tale

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Today I am predicting that the City of Houston will soon be $5 million dollars richer! 
Earthlink is in the process of making key decisions on the company’s strategy for remaining in business. Yesterday they announced half their employees would get a pink slip before the end of the year, and they will close many of their remote offices.
There are three [...]

links for 2007-08-29

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Samsung to Build Mobile Network in NY
more news from the Samsung 4G forum
(tags: WiMax)

WiMAX World 2007
the big event for American WiMax takes place next month in Chicago. The news will probably repeated information we already know, but you can never tell.
(tags: WiMax)

Wireless on the Island–will it make it to the finish line?
A couple of New [...]

The Three Different 4G Technologies

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Beginning today in Seoul, Korea, the 5th Annual Samsung 4G Forum 2007, brings together supporters of the three different competing 4G technologies. Attendees will get a first-hand look at the pros and cons of each of these.
They all have their champions, with the host, Samsung, supporting WiMax. I’ll try to catch reports and report [...]

Laptop Keyboard Update

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Last week I fretted about the problems I was having with my keyboard. I ran more tests and like reader Dave, came to the conclusion the problem had to be hardware. Everything kept pointing to the keyboard, not the connections or motherboard.
I jumped on eBay and found a Dell Inspiron 2100 keyboard with a [...]

The Road To WiMAX

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Business Week takes a good, long look at the past and present of WiMax in this article dated for next week. Chronicling the consensus building discussions beginning in 2002, the article covers a lot of ground bringing us up to the present contentions between the WiMax supporters and Qualcomm.
Interested in the debate? This will get [...]

Skype’s Shallow Apology

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

I find it odd, as a paying Skype user, they would leave out one class of user from their latest apology maneuver. Here is part of the email sent out to users, including me.
As a goodwill gesture to all you faithful Skype Pro, Skype Unlimited, SkypeIn or Skype Voicemail customers, we’re adding an additional seven [...]

Sprint brands its WiMax—Xohm

Friday, August 17th, 2007

WiMax … the ultimate solution for replacing the incumbent carrier over the last mile. That’s how some companies are positioning this product, including Sprint. This announcement yesterday about their new name for WiMax services got me thinking about the reality of last mile replacement and how WiMax will fulfill that destiny. (The included link goes [...]

11 steps to buying a domain name that doesn’t suck

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Waking up, you remember the dream so vividly. The business plan was presented in its entirety, and the perfect domain name just snapped into place. You’re just dieing dying to head over to GoDaddy and register the domain. It’s short, sweet, and captures the vision of your new venture, perfectly.
Stephan Spencer, at the cnet blog, [...]

I Need Your Help—Keyboard Ceases to Function

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Last week, some of the keys on my laptop quit working … again. Yes, this has happened before, and I have successfully resolved the issues, but this time I haven’t had any success.
History
My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 2100 notebook, that is almost seven years old and I still love it. It’s light (less than [...]

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