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December 1, 2007
The City of Minneapolis is in the process of rolling out a city-wide WiFi service for residents. It's not a free service. Rather, there are daily and monthly subscriptions available to anyone who anyone with a WiFi connection in the...
August 15, 2007
BusinessWeek is reporting that municipal WiFi initiatives aimed at providing free or nearly free Internet access are not meeting expectations: Why Wi-Fi Networks Are Floundering These potholes in the nation's wireless rollout of civic ambition窶把riticized by many as an improper...
June 14, 2007
My commute was particularly horrendous on a morning earlier this week, so I broke up the trip with a stop into a Caribou Coffee coffee shop in Edina, MN where I figured I could wait things out while checking a...
May 29, 2007
The city of Minneapolis is in the process of rolling out a city-wide WiFi-based Internet service that will provide wireless access from anywhere in the city starting at $20/month. During the bidding phase, which was eventually won by a local...
May 1, 2007
Advertising Age has an article in this week's issue on the potential impact of FON's free WiFi sharing system on Starbucks. It includes the following take from me: Starbucks' Pushy New Neighbor Some businesses already offer free Wi-Fi as a...
April 17, 2007
A few weeks back, I contributed to a story on my local FOX TV affiliate about coffee shop squatters. We discussed how coffee shop's policies vary, but really it comes down to etiquette on the part of the customer. If...
March 29, 2007
Jeremy Toeman from LIVEdigitally is living the jury duty lifestyle, and has filed the following report on the WiFi status in the jury waiting room: Doing time窶ｦ (on jury duty) - The good part is, the summons waiting room has...
March 23, 2007
While it's very common to have WiFi available at hotels these days, this is the first time I've seen laptop rental as well. At $15 per day, it's approximately the same price as a simple WiFi connection at some hotels:...
March 7, 2007
Thanks to Rex Sorgatz for pointing out this awesome directory listing the WiFi status of 219 airports. I wonder how many travelers in and out of JFK choose JetBlue over other carriers based on the free WiFi availability in Terminal...
March 4, 2007
Following up on yesterday's free WiFi post, I was wondering what strategies you think restaurants and coffee shops should use to deal with customers who take way too much advantage of free WiFi connections. Jeffrey McManus thinks places like Panera...
March 3, 2007
I need to get a little work done while out on the town today, so I headed down one of St. Paul, Minnesota's shopping districts, Grand Avenue, in search of a coffee shop with WiFi access. Finding a coffee shop...
November 4, 2006
Minneapolis is officially going wireless as of Thursday, November 2nd, when the city signed a 10-year agreement with a local Internet service provider to build out the network. Here is the announcement from Mayor R. T. Rybak's email newsletter:...
October 7, 2006
Tim Converse thinks it's time we get serious about the Internet access claims made by hotels"Hotel wifi - there oughta be a law! "Case in point: hotel wifi. What kind of internet access do you have? we ask brightly. Wireless...
September 1, 2006
Glenn Fleishman of Wi-Fi Networking News wonders whether Minneapolis residents will make the jump from their current cable or DSL ISPs to the soon to the launched municiple WiFi network Minneapolis Doesn't Pick EarthLink: Wi-Fi Networking News "As has happened...
May 25, 2006
I spent a couple hours at a
downtown
Minneapolis Panera Bread today sitting outside enjoying the afternoon
weather while drinking a lemonade and catching up on a few emails between
meetings. At one point, I checked up on a few of my favorite RSS feeds in
Bloglines, including
The
Superficial for my daily dose of celebrity dirt so I can speak with
authority on "important" issues like the latest on Brit & Kevin,
Nick & Jessica, Angelina & Brad, and - of course - Paris Hilton.
April 21, 2006
For quite a while now we have been promoting the Belkin Pre-N WiFi Router (which has nothing to do with the actual 802.11n spec.) This was the only router that actually worked in my apartment building which is bombarded with 2.4GHz signals from all sides. It’s been about a year, and we’re trying to find a solution that we can deploy in much larger environments. Enter the Linksys WRT54GX4 SRX400 WiFi Router. Ahhhh, that just rolls off the tongue. I think I’ll just call it the SRX400 from now on.
March 18, 2006
What does the future of citywide wireless Internet access look like? Will it be free? Publicly owned? Provided through government authorized monopolies? One citywide WiFi possibility that is gradually turning into a reality is in the works in Minneapolis right now.
March 17, 2006
The following is a list of current technology stories that I find interesting but haven't had a chance to write about yet. If you happen to be familiar with any of the concepts listed below and would like to contribute some thoughts on your experiences, please contact me using the options listed on my bio page or post a comment in the comments field below.
January 7, 2006
The show keeps getting better and better. This is the second day of the 2006 Consumer Electronics show, and with it our second video update is now available. We have interesting conversations with Sanyo on their 720p handheld cameracorder, talk...
December 28, 2005
I have been a Treo user since the Handspring Treo 300 first came out. Moved to the Treo 600 right when it became available, then the 650 once again right away. I love the ability to use the entire smartphone...
December 25, 2005
Spending the holidays in Hawaii means relaxation and a chance to test the latest technology offerings.
December 18, 2005
I just got Sprint’s new PC-5740 EVDO card for my laptop, which makes me very happy. For those of you who don’t know, EVDO (EVolution Data Only) is broadband service provided by CDMA cellular companies such as Sprint or Verizon. ...
December 12, 2005
Panera's free WiFi is creating evangelists for their restaurant. A great business decision.
December 5, 2005
Bell South has decided to un-donate a building to the city of New Orleans after the city announced plans for a city-owned internet network: Angry BellSouth Withdrew Donation, New Orleans Says (Washington Post) "City officials said BellSouth was upset about...
November 30, 2005
I live in an apartment complex. All around me I have 2.4GHz phones and wireless interference that breaks just about any WiFi base station I try to use. I went through Linksys, Apple, Netgear and even a Parkervision base station...
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