December 20, 2001
802.11b Networking News: Public Space Wi-Fi's Transforming Event.
Instead, they are aggregating the network infrastructure of other companies and wrapping it up through a single user account, a single bill, and a single set of pricing. Dayton summarized the new firm's thrust: "Boingo Wireless is a non-infrastructure wireless ISP."
The Guardian: Sentries at the gate.
But if technology can be used as an additional policeman on the use of copyright material, these men also argue that digital and internet technologies, such as peer-to-peer based communication and file exchange programs, have the potential to create a more diverse and open culture.
SF Gate: The Chinese Connection.
But we're not doing anything. Instead, Western corporations are gladly supplying China with the very tools it needs to maintain the status quo of surveillance and stifled civil liberties. And they'll continue to do so, as long as there's profit in it.
Business 2.0: UnexcitedAtHome.
Dylan Tweney. No, the real problem is not with broadband technology, but with the inevitably cyclical nature of the business. A lot of optimism about broadband's future -- as well as incessant hype -- led to a period of massive infrastructure buildup and investment, which far outstripped demand...
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