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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Microsoft has thrown its hat into the municipal Wi-Fi ring, partnering up with MetroFi, based in Mountain View, California. MetroFi takes the ad-supported free muni Wi-Fi model. Katie Fehrenbacher at GigaOm thinks that Microsoft might have pumped some cash into the deal, but no one is talking. Microsoft plans to utilize location info from Wi-Fi [...]