Wireless

London not prepared for Wireless VoIP communication

AirMagnet, a wireless monitoring company, has conducted a survey and found that less than one third of the wireless enabled locations in central London are capable of supporting more than one VoIP call at the same time.
AirMagnet MD Ian Schenkel stated that “Wireless VoIP has so much potential and it is imperative that on-site service [...]


London: Not So Hot For VoIP

A survey carried out by AirMagnet has revealed that three quarters of all the wireless hotspots in London city center are currently unable to support calls made by Voice over IP.   That’s not great considering London is one of the world’s foremost financial districts where people are on the move and would like to take [...]

Manchester, UK Planning Free Citywide WiFi

Inspired by municipal WiFi projects in San Francisco and Amsterdam, Manchester city council have announced plans to blanket the city with a high speed wireless network.  Once up and running the proposed WiFi network would extend to cover 90% of the Greater Manchester area, servicing approximately 2.2 million users.  Manchester’s wireless network will be entered [...]

Sydney & NSW Cities To Get Free WiFi

Good news for any readers in Sydney, Gosford, Newcastle and Wollongong.  You’ll be getting free WiFi inside 3 years under a plan recently unveiled by state premier, Morris Lemma.
“As one of the world’s great cities to do business, visit or live in, Sydney deserves state of the art broadband coverage accessible [...]

Buffalo WLI-U2-G144N 802.11n USB 2.0 Adapter

There have been rumors, and rumors of rumors about when 802.11n will leave draft and get ratified.  Manufacturers such as Apple are already including 802.11n cards in their laptops and desktops, so clearly something is happening.
But if you can’t wait, have a look at the Buffalo WLI-U2-G144N, a USB 2.0 wireless 802.11n adpater.  Simply plug [...]