WiFi On Steroids
You will find quite a few postings here on patrickWeb about WiFi. My enthusiasm continues to grow as WiFi continues to gain momentum. The technical name for WiFI is 802.11b. That is the standard from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, of which I am proud to be a senior member). 802.11b will […]
Fall Internet World
Fall Internet World is coming up in less than three weeks and I am honored to being one of the keynote speakers. I’ll be talking about “The Future of the Internet” on Tuesday, October 1, 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM . There will be a short press meeting afterwards and then the conference book store […]
WiFi in Europe – part 2
It wasn’t my plan for the blog to be a WiFi blog — there are so many other things to write about in the world of Internet Technology. However, my enthusiasm for WiFi grows each day as I hear from readers. Anders Jacobsen, a Norwegian subscriber to my weblog’s RSS newsfeed, sent me some additional […]
WiFi Evolution — It’s In The Chips
C|NET ran a story called, “Wi-Fi to climb aboard modems“, that describes how Wi-Fi chips for wireless home networks will seeon become integrated with broadband modems. Communications chipmaker Conexant Systems announced Tuesday that it is adding Intersil Wi-Fi chips to the semiconductors it builds for high-speed cable or DSL modems. This is clearly the next step […]
WiFi In Europe
Matt Gould at Megabeam dropped ma a note to remind me that WiFi is not an American thing. Megabeam is building a pan-European wireless hotspot network targeting business travelers at airports, hotels, train stations, and convention centers. Hotspots are up and running in both Milan and Rome airports and in key European business centers including […]
