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WiMax Equalizes Broadband in Town and Country
Every technical advancement does a bit to reduce the gap between rural and urban life. The telephone reduced physical isolation that is far greater in the country than the city. Radio brought music and ballgames to the prairie. Television did the same for video. Cable equalized the number of video channels available to each population.
Wi-Fi [...]
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Wi-Fi?s Voice Gets Stronger
The maturation from data-only Wi-Fi networks to platforms capable of supporting voice — voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi or VoFi) ? is filled with challenges. For instance, voice packets must be prioritized and allowed to cut the line and move ahead of less demanding data-only packets. Roaming — the movement between access points (APs) without losing [...]
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For Designers, a Moveable Feast of Challenges
There has been a good deal of debate over whether the iPhone will be a significant corporate tool, or if BlackBerry and more business-oriented devices will withstand the challenge.
That may be missing the point, at least to some extent. Of course, whether companies will be buying millions of the Apple devices in the coming years [...]
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The Tough World of Ruggedized Devices
A not-so-small minority of mobile computing devices are used by people who work at construction sites, in the military and other harsh environments. I haven?t seen Bear Grylls walking through Siberia or Patagonia with one yet, but it is a good bet that the crew trudging behind him has a few.
This week, Panasonic introduced a [...]
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Fiber Growth Shifts, but Trend Remains Upward
Earlier this week, I wrote a blog based on reports that the cable industry is in the process of expanding its already substantial use of fiber. The basic idea is that cable?s hybrid fiber-coax approach dominated while the telcos were stuck with a copper-heavy network. Now that Verizon, AT&T and others have leap-frogged cable operators [...]
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