10 Disadvantages to Allowing Kids to Have Cell Phones in Schools

July 4, 2011

Everyone, it seems, has a cell phone, including kids. Young people rely on their cells for communication with parents and friends, entertainment with games and music downloads, the list goes on and on. And like most adults, children take their cell phones with them everywhere they go, even into their classrooms at school. This situation [...]

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10 Ways to Boost Your Wireless Signal

June 1, 2011

You want to get the most out of your wireless device and all the speed you can muster when you surf the web. The first thing you’ll want to do to make that happen is to make sure you’ve got a strong signal for your wireless device. Sometimes the elements aren’t all that cooperative. Obstructions, [...]

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10 Ways to Secure Your Wireless Network

May 19, 2011

Threats to your wireless networks are numerous and varied, and so protecting it requires a number of different safeguards as well. In this article, we’ll discuss what those threats are, and ten specific steps you can take to secure your wireless network:

WPA2 encryption – Wireless Protected Access (2nd generation) is the preferred method – vs. [...]

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5 Cities in the U.S. with Excellent Public WiFi

May 17, 2011

If you travel with a laptop or are looking for a city with great public WiFi access, where should you go? Many municipalities now have free public WiFi for residents and travelers alike. It’s getting easier to find just about anywhere you go, but here are five cities with great wireless internet access that’s also [...]

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10 Reasons Not to Offer Free WiFi in a Coffee Shop

May 12, 2011

It is pretty rare to find a coffee shop that doesn’t offer free wifi. It seems to have become the norm. Coffee and wifi have replaced coffee and donuts. The coffee has gotten more expensive but the wifi is generally free. If you did manage to find a coffee shop without free wifi, you might [...]

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10 Reasons Anti Virus Programs Fail to Work

April 22, 2011

Computer viruses are becoming more and more prevalent and sophisticated all the time, so the installation of good anti-virus software on your computer is an absolute must. Nevertheless, not all anti-virus programs are effective in all cases. It takes some research to find the right choice for you. We’re going to discuss here 10 reasons [...]

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T-Mobile adding, offering discounts on, broadband plans

March 8, 2011

The above image comes from TmoNews.com, and it brings news of big changes at T-Mobile. Specifically, they’re doing something that all carriers should at least consider: offering multi-line discounts to loyal customers. In this case, though, it’s not multiple phone lines. It’s a phone account and a broadband account. On the two big carriers it [...]

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AT&T uses Wi-Fi to ease pressure on mobile network

May 26, 2010

Can mobile networks handle the increasing mobile broadband traffic? In many, and perhaps most, markets the answer is yes. Some have seen problems in this regard, and AT&T’s network in New York City might be the preeminent case. Many of the island’s 8 million inhabitants, plus more than a handful of business commuters, use the [...]

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Verizon plans to license 4G network to small carriers

May 13, 2010

Part of the problem with broadband is delivering it to small, rural markets. Wireless, then, might be the solution. Without the need to run millions of dollars worth of cable to a sparsely populated area, carriers can simply deliver the signal through wireless towers. Yet there’s still a problem there, in that small carriers do [...]

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Sprint and Clearwire to increase WiMax presence this summer

May 6, 2010

What’s the point of having a 4G network if it’s not available in all major markets? It means, for the time being at least, creating hybrid devices that function on both 3G and 4G. It has also left handheld devices out of the equation (that is, until the EVO 4G release). Clearwire and Sprint have [...]

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No more overage charges at T-Mobile — with a catch

April 27, 2010

We’re not too far removed from a time when carriers still advertised unlimited data plans, even though they didn’t really mean it. Verizon came under fire in late 2007 for booting users from its network because they exceeded a 5GB cap about which they were not aware. That led to carriers actually advertising their 5GB [...]

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Is iPad trouble a bad sign for the future?

April 2, 2010

AT&T has experienced plenty of problems with its 3G network. In New York many consumers complain of subpar service, which AT&T has blamed on excessive data usage by iPhone users. Yet the company will now allow iPad users to take advantage of its unlimited data plans as well. While the company doesn’t think it will [...]

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National Broadband plan appears to not change much

March 25, 2010

The FCC remains confident that its National Broadband plan can succeed in delivering high-speed internet to the masses, but after unveiling their plan they’ve invited the skeptics. Rob Pegoraro of The Washington Post gives his take, and it’s not very optimistic. The plan is slow-moving and relies upon many assumptions. Yet the toughest criticism to [...]

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How likely is the National Broadband plan?

March 14, 2010

Over the past few weeks and months we’ve heard plenty about the Federal Communications Commission, headed by Chairman Julius Genachowski, and their plan to provide free wireless broadband to the entire country, especially the 35 percent who currently lack it. The goal is to get 90 percent of the population covered, using partnerships with entities [...]

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