April 13th Show Latest Wireless Industry News - Steve Stroh, Marlon Schafer & Jim Sutton Philadelphia's release of its wireless plan and RFP dominates the news this week. And the opinions are as varied as you could possibly imagine. Some observers suggest it will be the 'poster child' for failure as it appears not to follow any of the previously successful models for municipal deployments. www.bwianews.com
NeighborNode: What is it? - John Geraci & Mohit SantRam "Neighbornode is a network of online neighborhood bulletin boards that people access through open wireless routers. Hosts of Neighbornode place an open router in their apartments' window, and anyone within wireless range (+/- 300 ft) can log on to discuss things with their neighbors." It began as a class project by John Geraci at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU. It was started as a way of reintroducing the notion of the Old Town Center into modern cities, which are mostly lacking in common space for community members to meet and exchange ideas and get to know one another. This seems to be an "out there" use of wireless connectivity but it has a growing group of followers and just maybe you'd enjoy hearing about it too. My AIM is johog77 www.neighbornode.net Sveasoft firmware for Linksys Routers - James Ewing Perhaps most good start-up companies have unique and interesting stories to tell in the pub over a few pints - Sveasoft is certainly in that class. James Ewing, founder of Sveasoft, will tell us the how and why of their start but explain the business model and what new developments can be expected in 2005. "We currently produce firmware for just 3 models of Linksys brand routers. We are expanding this to support models from three other manufacturers right now and will expand support for other platforms and manufacturers through Summer 2005. " Also look for specific application versions to supports things like hotspots, VPN, mesh and VOIP. www.Sveasoft.com If you have any questions you want to ask the guests or you have any of your own comments about a topic, please Instant Message us at AIM: JimSuttonVA, Marlonoffice, or SteveStroh2.. Hope you get a chance to listen in! ----- Frank Keeney Tel: +1-626-344-1424 Antennas, Cables and Equipment: http://www.wlanparts.com
