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SpeedStream Powerline review: Joe Friend of Indonesia (though in Seattle at the moment) pointed me to an excellent rundown of the SpeedStream Powerline wireless access point, which allows you to bridge a network over your electrical wiring. It's a great idea and cheap, too.
Intel readies Centrino: Intel's set of chips including a Wi-Fi module gets ready to go under the Centrino name.
Etherlinx unveils?: An alert reader noted that Etherlinx's site contains vastly more information than it did before -- not sure if this is a recent change, but a welcome one. Etherlinx made a splash last summer in the New York Times in an article discussing their low-cost, off-the-shelf-modified approach to providing cheap, non-line-of-sight point-to-point service using unlicensed spectrum. The products listed show a couple of examples of their approach, which combines some proprietary ideas with commodity hardware and mesh networking.
Top 15 wireless companies: The 802.11 Report issued their top 15 "fiercest" wireless companies, and it's a good introduction to the major players in the business with capsule summaries.
France Telecom offers vague Wi-Fi plans: Without offering real detail, France Telecom's Orange service will be supplemented with Wi-Fi.
Telia HomeRun and Sonera wGate interconnect: Finnish and Swedish hot spot subscribers can freely roam between networks.
TeleSym puts voice over WLAN: Disruption potential is high even with a niche market when that niche is the sweet spot for spending lots of money for service. (Sub-note: since when are the local telephone companies seizing back area codes?! I missed that memo...could be bad news.)