Category: HotSpots

An electrical engineer from Texas has developed a method for powering wireless network nodes using small windmills. Via [pcpro.co.uk]

In another time and place, college students wondering whether the campus cafe has any free seats, or their favorite corner of the library is occupied, would have to risk hoofing it over there. But for today's student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that kind of information is all just a click away. Via [seattlepi.nwsource.com]...

Europe has become the world leader in the public availability of wireless internet access points, or hotspots, according to figures published last week. Via [vnunet.com]

Paris is the top European city for free Wi-Fi access, according to a survey by Freehotspot.com. Via [vnunet.com]

A European research team has successfully launched and tested the world's first Wi-Fi balloon, raising hopes that high-tech dirigibles could be used to provide wireless communications in remote regions or disaster areas. Via [vnunet.com]

McDonald's plays host to free wireless access for Nintendo DS gamers in the US but the UK will have to wait. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

While hotel guests complain about being charged as much as $13 a day for Wi-Fi Internet access, Tantus Networks has come up with a way to make wireless Internet access free to everyone—through Wi-Fi advertising. Via [redherring.com]

Google’s recent bid to offer free Wi-Fi at 300 kilobits per second across the city of San Francisco struck some as being far outside the company's area of expertise. So what's this company up to, anyway? Via [commsdesign.com]

In the high-tech city of Oulu, Finland, anyone with a wireless laptop or mobile device won't go hungry or stay lost. Via [boston.com]

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who became internationally known for his campaign a year ago to legalise gay marriage, said on Monday he considered wireless Internet access a fundamental right of all citizens. Via [today.reuters.co.uk]

Telecom and cable providers are already at battle with a number of government municipalities that are launching free or low-cost Internet services for their communities. Now Google could join the fray with its proposal to provide such services in San Francisco. If chosen as a provider, Google could compete with the city's local telephone and...

No longer happy with just clean sheets and heavy curtains, hotel guests are demanding more from their rooms. Via [usatoday.com]

There will be over 100,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots globally by the end of this year, with Europe and North America beginning to challenge the Asia-Pacific region’s early dominance, according to market research from Informa Telecoms & Media. Via [eet.com]

Hundreds of local governments are building wireless networks-- but the telecom industry has taken issue. Via [informationweek.com]

With over 150 base stations, the largest Wi-Fi network over in Finland, Wivanet, is to close by Q1 2006. Vantaa Energy has decided to stop maintaining the network. Via [theinquirer.net]