mobile working free wi-fi
Photos: Wi-fi in the great outdoors
Photo The outdoor office was free to use and came complete with desks, chairs, coat stands, a water cooler and of course lashings of free wi-fi. Web designer Frederic Marc spends a lot of his time working remotely - in wireless coffee shops or seeking... [08 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.06.08
Round-Up The future is wi-fi-equipped public conveniences with a coffee machine. Good luck, if the British summer is anything to go by your portable device of choice will not only need to be wi-fi enabled but waterproof as well. [20 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Energy shortages loom
Comment Written during an intensely boring conference session and dispatched via a free wi-fi node outside Liverpool St Station in London later the same day. Other simple energy-saving measures would involve a move to less power hungry laptops and thin... [16 May 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Femtocell
Cheat Sheet What's now femtocell was originally called Access Point Base Station, and if you think about an access point for something like wi-fi, expect a similar device. In short, to bring better mobile coverage at the edge of cellular networks. [25 Sep 2007]
Urban wireless networks set to surge
News According to Datamonitor, municipal wi-fi can help local governments deliver on efficiency targets by lowering communications costs, facilitating mobile working and enabling the emergency services to have on-the-spot access to information. [26 Jul 2007]
East 17 to big up the wi-fi massive
News The network will support mobile CCTV cameras which can be moved to trouble spots around the area at minimal cost. Carter added: "This gives us more opportunity for flexible working and working from home. [23 May 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Wi-fi really is everywhere
Comment It would seem wi-fi nodes outnumber cellular mobile transmitters by at least 69:1. Where is all this (free) wi-fi? Free wi-fi in the USA Logging onto free wi-fi signals and using them is illegal, isn't it? [10 Jan 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: What's on my Christmas list
Comment Wi-fi should be like mobile coverage - ubiquitous and affordable. Free wi-fi. What's the point of dual-mode mobiles, VoIP phones and laptops with built-in wireless cards when wi-fi on the hoof is so expensive no one gets to use them? [14 Dec 2006]
Leader: Set your workers free
Leader Business executives are aware of the major workplace types of tech - wi-fi, VoIP, ultra-mobile PCs - and they know technology can impact working styles. You're sitting in a meeting room in your office and want to share an email with your colleagues... [05 Dec 2006]
O2: A wannabe BT?
News Unlike BT, which is using wi-fi to route calls over a broadband connection, O2 fancies the idea of a mini-GSM reverse-engineered base station instead - the thinking being that the user won't need to upgrade to a new dual-mode device. [15 Nov 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Digital divide? What digital divide?
Comment Written at the IoD in London, edited on the London-Ipswich train and dispatched to silicon.com a day later from a coffee shop in Woodbridge, Suffolk which provided free wi-fi and great coffee His presentation had been enlightening in terms of... [14 Nov 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: High-speed Korea
Comment Most public buildings and the airports I passed through had at least one free wi-fi service, and while one hotel charged for wired access from my room, it did provide free wi-fi in the lobby. At another extreme was a hotel that provided free wired... [06 Sep 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: A 4G future
Comment In the same time frame wi-fi and WiMax will have changed the paradigm of mobile working in large measure, along with public expectation. On one side are the traditional mobile phone groups who see 4G as the next logical development step on from 3G... [05 Sep 2006]
Norwich gets free city-centre wi-fi
News Connectivity between the mesh nodes is also currently handled on 5.8GHz, although Baker suggested Ofcom would soon relax restrictions on the 5.4GHz frequency (currently reserved for mobile wi-fi devices), opening up further channels for exploitation. [02 Aug 2006]
GNER's on-board wi-fi arrives early
News East coast rail operator GNER is on target to fit out its entire fleet of trains with wi-fi by the end of this summer - eight months ahead of schedule. GNER has already kitted out all 30 of its electric trains with wi-fi and is now putting the... [26 Jul 2006]
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