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SeattleWireless: the COM stands for COMFUSING: Rob Flickenger writes about the confusion caused by SeattleWireless.com, which is not a community networking group, for SeattleWireless.net, which is. The .net folks are building alternative infrastructure to create entirely potentially unrestricted backhaul for community networks. The .com folks are putting out press releases.
The straw that broke the camel's back yesterday that Rob F writes about has to be that .com is accepting credit cards for a service that appears to be based on maps copied from community network groups. Accept no imitations.
Other News
Me on mesh: My latest InfoWorld Test Center Insight in which I look at mesh networking's advantages, the companies deploying, and how developments in the near future from Intel's signaled interest could reshape the landscape of point-to-point into something new and strange.
Comprehensive worldwide wISP directory: Bjöaut;rn Thorngren, an analyst at BrainHeart Capital, sent a link to a company resource they've developed that lists every known wISP in the world. Click through on each wISP to read details about current and planned deployments.
Pubs are good hot spot locale choice in UK: The BBC writes briefly about Inspired's plans to roll out thousands of hot spots alongside gaming machines. I'd failed to mention yesterday that British Telecom has already committed to using the vendor-neutral network Inspired is setting up, which allows BT to attain their 4,000 hot spot goal quite a bit faster than installing it on their own.
Powerline products complement Wi-Fi: The powerline HomePlug products use electrical wiring in a house to connect devices without hubs: they bridge networks using Ethernet, USB, and Wi-Fi. Oddly, the article doesn't mention Siemens remarkable SpeedStream product which is both HomePlug (for bridging) and Wi-Fi (as an access point)--and it comes in under $100.
Europe keeps getting smaller: Megabeam bought by Swisscom: Alan Reiter analyzes the purchase of Megabeam by Swisscom, which immediately creates a network of 800 hot spots in several countries. Alan notes the high prices still charged in Europe, in contrast to moderate prices in the US.