WiFi on The Water In Washington via Boingo

Last week it was airports being added by Boingo. This week they’ve added ferries and ferry terminals in Washington State. As PhoneBoy points out, the costs have been lowered and subscribers immediately gain access to the entire Boingo network around the globe. The official announcement is here while the maven of all things WiFi, Glenn … Read more

WiFi on The Water In Washington via Boingo

Last week it was airports being added by Boingo. This week they’ve added ferries and ferry terminals in Washington State. As PhoneBoy points out, the costs have been lowered and subscribers immediately gain access to the entire Boingo network around the globe. The official announcement is here while the maven of all things WiFi, Glenn … Read more

Another Week, Another Conference

This week is a busy week, and there’s no relief in sight. That’s a good thing as this Wednesday and Thursday in San Francisco is the Open Mobile Summit. It’s really shaping up to be something of interest to me, as the idea of Open seems to have many definitions. It’s sort of like “unlimited.”

Reflections on the Ecomm Dinner

Mr. Mashup 3.0 Thomas Howe was in the room. Alec Saunders, the man who gave us Internet Explorer and now is pushing the envelope to enable active conversations with Calliflower was there. Frederik and Paul of Jajah were there too, as was Dr. Don Thorson and a few of his Ribbiteers from Ribbit. Dan York … Read more

Boingo Buys OptiFi, More Consolidation of WiFi Networks

Yesterday client Boingo acquired OptiFi, another aggregator/operator of airport hotspots, much like Boingo’s Concourse Communications purchase, and their buy of Sprint’s airport hotspot division. The timing couldn’t be better as one well regarded wireless analyst firm I follow closely has indicated that the rollout of WiMax won’t be as fast as people expected, and I … Read more

Boingo Buys OptiFi, More Consolidation of WiFi Networks

Yesterday client Boingo acquired OptiFi, another aggregator/operator of airport hotspots, much like Boingo’s Concourse Communications purchase, and their buy of Sprint’s airport hotspot division. The timing couldn’t be better as one well regarded wireless analyst firm I follow closely has indicated that the rollout of WiMax won’t be as fast as people expected, and I … Read more