Pinboard: bookmarks for sogrady tagged 'wireless'

interesting, i wouldn't have expected this. maybe i should consider doing the same. i don't encrypt traffic now, but i do use hardware authentication to stymie random usage.

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january 2008 by sogrady

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Phoning In Wireless Dreams - Forbes.com

"New...wireless services will arise in the future, but not..because telcos want them. Google...are pushing telcos--which move slowly and...operate closed networks as a form of quality control--to open their networks..., and...spur innovation..."

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january 2008 by sogrady

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Verizon Reimburses 1 Million to Terminated EVDO Customers : EVDOinfo.com

"Since April of 2007, Verizon Wireless has voluntarily ceased cutting off customers based on their data usage and no longer prohibits common internet uses." - how kind of them. i liked Verizon's coverage, but good lord are they consumer unfriendly.

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october 2007 by sogrady

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Sierra Wireless - Heart of the Wireless Machine (sierrawireless.com)

good on Sierra for providing this; in the absense of real support, meeting Linux users like this half way is the next best thing

sierra evdo wireless linux desktop drivers wan cingular verizon
june 2007 by sogrady

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Powercast's technology cuts the electric cord - April 1, 2007

if this works as advertised, these people are going to make *a lot* of money

powercast power wireless
april 2007 by sogrady

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$100 per user for wireless access??? | MuleSource Blogs

"Recently we got the bombshell from our [previous] venue that they charge an initial $650 wireless set-up fee, then $100 per user." - this is unconscionable

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march 2007 by sogrady

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WildBill’s Blogdom » Blog Archive » Upgraded to Edgy Eft, and got EVDO working…

Miguel's usage of a Cingular wireless card reminded me to look; hopefully this will work when i get a chance to use it

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february 2007 by sogrady

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WEP Keys

this is a bit beyond my skillset, but i should look into it: i feel bad just restricting my network to trusted MAC addresses

wifi linux linksys network security wireless social
september 2006 by sogrady

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» Buyer Beware: Verizon Wireless and Sprextel disabling features on handsets they sell | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

this is one of the big reasons i am no longer with Verizon, and won't go back; Cingular's been great as far as my device goes - can do anything i need to it

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august 2006 by sogrady

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Free WiFi spawns cafe backlash

a natural problem given the rivalrous nature of the resources involved; for my part, i try to be a good patron of venues that offer free wireless, buying more water/etc than i might actually need

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july 2006 by sogrady

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Federico Mena Quintero - February 2006 Activity Log

Federico's right - wireless printing is tremendous; never did get Gnome-Cups-Manager to work, but plain old CUPS worked just fine

quintero linksys wireless printing cups
june 2006 by sogrady

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Peter Williams » Places to “work” in Boulder

wish i could help you with suggestions for Boulder - i'll pass it along to a buddy who works on Pearl St; as for the Meetup - probably next week or second week of June

williams boulder meetup coffee shops wireless
may 2006 by sogrady

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Gentoo Forums :: View topic - How-To: EVDO on Gentoo Linux

i may need this soon; could be Cingular for voice, and EV-DO for data