Chris Gilmer , Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

San Francisco’s municipal WiFi plans look like they are up in the air again. The first time saw concerns about privacy, quality and health, and now it looks like its about money. The plan which started in 2004 has hit some snags again recently, causing Earthlink to re-look their stance and money making opportunities with [...]

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Chris Gilmer , Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

The world is finally adapting to the power of open wireless signals. London is the next major city to adopt free public wireless internet access.
Free-Hotspot.com is the group behind this move. They are also a hub resource for people looking to connect to a wireless signal. Free-Hotspot and a network infrastructure firm called MeshHopper [...]

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Chris Gilmer , Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Counting down the minutes, or hours, until your flight lands so you can get work done? Count no more if you’re taking a Qantas flight.
Qantas has announced that by August 2008 its new Airbus A380’s will feature satellite based internet access. There has been no pricing structure set for the service as of yet, [...]

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Chris Gilmer , Friday, March 23rd, 2007

If you are a train traveler and laptop user in good ol Texas, your ride might have just gotten a little easier. 4G Metro will put 10 Mbps per train on the Trinity Railway Express (TRE). The 4G Metro system will use ground based broadband to achieve the 10Mbps results using equipment from Colubris and [...]

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Chris Gilmer , Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

There was a big rush to get Wifi onto trains a while ago, and now apparently it has slowed down a considerable amount. Florida’s Tri-Rail system is not going to be speaking with potential vendors for internet access on trains, it will be building their own. Florida’s Regional Transportation Authority has touched base with Palm [...]

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