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  • Aircell Unwires 1,000th Plane August 31, 2010
    Aircell has unwired its 1,000th aircraft: It's a Delta DC9 flying out of Detroit; lucky passengers will get free Wi-Fi access. Aircell says one-third of mainline aircraft flying each day in the US have its service onboard, for nearly 4,000 flights each day. Aircell's contracts should push it to 2,000 craft in 2011. The question is, however, whether […]
  • Virgin Mobile Adds Unlimited 30-Day Usage Plan August 23, 2010
    Virgin Mobile has upped the ante on cellular data: Despite being owned by Sprint Nextel, Virgin Mobile is challenging all four major US carriers with an as-you-need-it, no-contract $40 unlimited 3G data plan. The plan lasts for 30 days. Virgin previously had four levels of service topping out at 5 GB for $60 used within 30 days. The new tiers are $10 for 100 […]
  • Sprint Ships 3G EV-DO Femtocells August 23, 2010
    Sprint puts 3G in femtocells at last: Sprint had the first entry in the femtocell market, those tiny cell base station that a subscriber installs in the home and plugs into his or her own broadband connection. But Sprint and later Verizon's femtos were 2G (1xRTT) only. For calls, that was no problem, but the data side would run at 2G, or a phone would m […]
  • SFO Gets Free Wi-Fi Early August 16, 2010
    San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has launched its free Wi-Fi service: SFO is among the largest airports in the US to have pulled fee service off the terminal menu, replacing it with free. Denver (DEN) was the first large airport to make that choice a few years ago; Seattle's Seatac (SEA) went free earlier this year. Copyright ©2010 Glenn Fleish […]
  • School Board Refuses to Rely on Fear-Based Non-Science August 16, 2010
    Canadian school board will keep Wi-Fi on: Terrific reporting (no byline, or I'd praise the reporter) on a sticky issue. A school board in the central Ontario area of Simcoe County is refusing to turn off Wi-Fi because of scaremongering from parents who allege a direct connection between symptoms of ill health and the presence of signals. Great summary i […]
  • Devicescape Enters Wi-Fi Location Business August 13, 2010
    Devicescape will offer SoftGPS, another way for device makers to obtain coordinates for mobile equipment on the go, GPS or no: I've written before that Devicescape and Skyhook Wireless are two of my favorite companies in the back-end Wi-Fi space because what they do is so clever. Both have been around for years; both are seeing the payoff for consistent […]

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Why Would You Consider Migrating To WIFI?

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

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There is no doubt that wireless networks are becoming more and more appealing. The question becomes, why are they so appealing?

Here’s a few things to consider:

  • Wireless provides redundancy…
  • Wireless Networks provide cost savings…
  • Wireless Networks can be deployed virtually anywhere…
  • Wireless Networks allow expandable mobility…
  • You can easily extend or back-up an existing wired network infrastructure with Wireless nodes…

Another thing to consider with respect to these networks is the fact that Wireless Mesh Networks are self healing due to the nature of the redundancy itself. Multiple paths can overcome point of sight limitations that can be problematic for other types of configurations.

Many organizations are also using wireless networks to replace point to point circuits and point to multi-point circuits. This is a common practice to reduce recurring monthly connectivity cost.

Originally posted 2009-11-18 14:19:01. Republished by Blog Post Promoter