WiFi Update No. 14
A WiFi update is overdue. The first WiFi story here at patrickWeb goes back more than five years. I was bullish then and and remain bullish. Like most thing related to the Internet, we are still at the early stage with new things being announced every day. According to a survey by the Wi-Fi Alliance, […]
Rooftop WiFi
The doubters about WiFi’s ultimate potential often talk about the lack of ubiquitous WAPs (wireless access points) to justify their skepticism. One of the reasons for my optimism to the contrary is "mesh" networking technology. The idea is that people or organizations put WAPs on their roofs. At least one of the WAPs has a […]
WiFi In The Air
Some of us have long envisioned WiFi being everywhere and the rollout is well underway. Hotel, coffee shop, and airport WiFi is now taken for granted in most parts of the world, but the reach of WiFi is now extending beyond those venues. On the SAS flight home from Copenhagen (connection from Oslo) this past […]
The Web Is Getting Ubiquitous
Two important developments in the first month of the year are enabling the web to move a few steps closer to ubiquity. Most mobile phones do not have a web browser — or if they do have one it likely does not work very well. Generally, the mobile browsing speed has been slow and the […]
WiFi Update – No. 11
The first piece about WiFi in PatrickWeb was in November 2002. I have always felt the evolution would continue rapidly following the path taken by the Internet. I still believe that, and each day that goes by we see more of the evidence. One of the short-comings of WiFi currently is a lack of seamless […]
