Archive for the ‘Wireless’ Category

Punt!

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Sonic.net and BroadLink staff re-engineer BL network As mentioned in the status blog (formerly system MOTD), BroadLink Communications had a system failure in a critical component of their network today. A hard drive in their core router failed, and while they do have spare parts, they were unable to rebuild ...

BroadLink wireless outage

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

BroadLink is a wireless carrier partner for a group of customers in Santa Rosa and some surrounding areas.  BroadLink has had a failure of a critical component in the core of their network, and they are currently attempting repair. We have scheduled a meeting for an hour and a half from ...

Wi-Fi posts growth, and helps you dodge a ticket

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Wi-Fi embedded moduleThe Wi-Fi Alliance has published 2007’s Wi-Fi chipset shipment numbers. The total for 2007 is 300,000,000 Wi-Fi chips. That’s a lot of gear. But, the stunning part is the growth: 41% over 2006. Meanwhile, there are new uses for Wi-Fi. Skyhook is now offering location ...