Entries tagged with “connectivity” from O'Reilly Digital Media Blog

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If you think about it, probably the reason wireless networking and mobile phones are so successful and desirable to humans is that they remove the barriers of space, time, and matter from communication.

Commercial wireless networks don't seem to be such a hot proposition and the latest studies support this. WiFi is growing, but revenue from WiFi services are not.

In ruling that the Bells don't have to offer their lines to competitors at regulated rates, the FCC has essentially given the high-speed bandwidth business to the phone company.

WiFi enabled car stereos present a new kind of file sharing network that works for you while you're stuck in traffic.

Jack Valenti's response to an editorial from Lawrence Lessig (claiming that broadband hasn't taken off in the U.S. is because of Hollywood's lack of support for the technology) has plenty of holes in it.

Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig points out the reasons why broadband hasn't caught on in the U.S.

Getting DSL shouldn't be this hard.

Telemarketers are good for testing new phone lines, if nothing else.

Mickey Mouse has gone wireless, as Walt Disney World is using an 802.11b LAN throughout most of it's 47 square mile park.