Items tagged with wireless

Lock-in is bad

December 14, 2005 - 723 words , 5 comments
T-Mobile thinks they’ll get new Hotspot customers with exclusive content and locked-in devices.
Also tagged as: bestof clueless marketing tmobile walledgardens wifi

Carmel Coffee Marketing

December 5, 2003 - 89 words , 6 comments
The owner of a Carmel coffee company demonstrates a very effective marketing technique.
Also tagged as: caffecardinale carmel coffee marketing wifi

NAT is not a firewall

October 8, 2003 - 442 words , 11 comments
A NAT router simply denies incomming traffic that it doesn’t understand. That’s one function of a firewall, but not the only one.
Also tagged as: linksys nat netgear router

Sea-Tac Wireless

June 12, 2003 - 157 words
Even though I was sitting right under one of the signs indicating an access point, Netstumbler couldn’t make a connection. Now when I see Centrino ads, all I’m going to remember are the access points I couldn’t access.
Also tagged as: airport centrino intel travel

A bright idea

May 13, 2003 - 94 words , 1 comment
Put a wireless access point anywhere you have a lightbulb.
Also tagged as: 80211 compusa lightbulb siemens wifi

Living in stereo

April 27, 2003 - 284 words , 9 comments
Some thoughts on using MP3 libraries on your computer, with and without wires.
Also tagged as: 80211 mp3 x10

Wireless to go

April 19, 2003 - 47 words
A small wireless access point makes it easy to set up wireless networks anywhere I go.
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Library Access

January 21, 2003 - 80 words , 2 comments
Always be on the lookout to provide additional value to your customers, especially if you can do it without adding any cost.
Also tagged as: library value

Rethinking Warchalking

January 21, 2003 - 193 words
Warchalks are just advertising for open wireless networks.
Also tagged as: hotspot starbucks tmobile warchalking

Switching wireless

December 30, 2002 - 338 words
Wireless phone providers are going to need to up their level of service now that they are losing a competitive advantage.
Also tagged as: customers