Posts Tagged ‘ wireless ’

WiFi becoming valuable customer retention tool – FierceWireless

May 11, 2009
By Tom

I find this article interesting as it acknowledges (in a roundabout way) the shortfalls that exist in 3G broadband. Too bad 900Mhz remains regulated spectrum here in the auld country, do the mobile operators use it anymore? With 900Mhz you can penetrate walls – a WISP’s dream. WiFi becoming valuable customer retention tool – FierceWireless.

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UPC Announces 120Mbps NGN for Ireland

April 30, 2009
By Tom

From today’s edition of Silicon Republic : Cable broadband player UPC Ireland is planning to introduce 120Mbps broadband in the coming year under a project codenamed Fibre Power. UPC CEO Robert Dunn revealed the plan at a Dublin conference, and said the company’s next-generation network (NGN) is being built. “We are building an NGN and launching NGN services...

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Listen to Pandora outside of the U.S.

April 21, 2009
By Tom
Listen to Pandora outside of the U.S.

If you liked the free Pandora streaming music service but are no longer able to tune in then this article is for you. Pandora is a music service much like Last.fm but it is more faithful in playing artists and genres that the listener may be interested in. In short, Pandora is more compelling. When Pandora...

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Hidden iPhone Tethering Feature Exposed

March 21, 2009
By Tom

Hidden iPhone Tethering Feature Exposed I came across this story recently and it made me realise just how backward the iPhone really is. Lack of MMS, no incoming VOIP notifications, no copy and paste and now this! This “hack” is widely available as standard on any S60 phone. How primitive.

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The WTF Guide to Linksys VoIP, PAP2, PAP2T, SPA2100, 2102, 941, 962….et al.

March 18, 2009
By Tom
The WTF Guide to Linksys VoIP, PAP2, PAP2T, SPA2100, 2102, 941, 962….et al.

Part 1. OK, VoIP – you’ve heard of it and maybe you’ve dabbled with it, but you also know that what you don’t know is likely to come back and bite you, usually when money has already changed hands and not long after your 30 day money back offer expires. If you’re like me when I...

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Warning over broadband future

March 11, 2009
By Tom
Warning over broadband future

Yet another reason why “the last mile” should have been held in trust for the public; Quoted from http://www.breakingnews.ie/business/eyaucwmhmhkf/rss2/: Warning over broadband future The future of broadband in Ireland has been plunged into doubt because struggling Eircom cannot commit to rolling out the technology, it was warned today. The telecoms company refused to disclose the scale of its...

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Meraki Launches 802.11n Access Point

February 26, 2009
By Tom

The networking startup is trying to differentiate its products by having a lower price point and offering a hosted solution for network management. By Marin Perez,  InformationWeek Feb. 24, 2009 URL: informationweek.com Networking startup Meraki is introducing an 802.11n access point that it said will offer businesses high throughput at low costs. The MR58...

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