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How do you use WiFi?

By On December 13, 2007 · 3 Comments

What are some ways you use WiFi besides sitting down with a laptop? I have some ideas but am anxious to know yours. Doing some brainstorming here. Thanks.

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Tarheel MeshNet Initiative

By On October 30, 2007 · Leave a Comment

I just found this new group on Facebook. Its called the Tarheel MeshNet Initiative. If you’re using facebook login and look for this group. I’ll post an external public URL once I find one. This is a wonderful thing to have locally. Yah UNC!

Our goal is to design and implement mesh wifi networks [...]

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MuniWireless.com analyst on Chapel Hill’s free Wi-Fi

By On September 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The Independent Weekly has a great article by Fiona Morgan called Carol Ellison: MuniWireless.com analyst on Chapel Hill’s free Wi-Fi. Its a short interview discussing Chapel Hill’s involvement with public wifi. Here is the most important part to me.

Carol Ellison -

I would be very surprised if Chapel Hill encountered any of [...]

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Mobile Video Internet Calling

By On September 5, 2007 · Leave a Comment

That is a Nokia N800. Another way you could use public WiFi… Its not just for coffee shops and laptops anymore! This video demonstrates the Nokia N800 tablet using Gtalk to make a video call to someone. Pretty good quality for a small device.

The popular VOIP software Skype works on [...]

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Chapel Hill Launches Wi-Fi Pilot Project

By On August 30, 2007 · 1 Comment

The Town email newsletter “Chapel Hill eNews’ just announced WiFi pilot will be at the following locations.

(1.) U.S. Post Office, 179 E. Franklin St.
(2.) Old Town Hall (IFC Shelter), 100 W. Rosemary St.
(3.) Town Parking Lot 5, 108 Church St.
(4.) Hargraves Center, 216 N. Roberson St.
(5.) [...]

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TOWNofCH-WiFi is Here!

By On August 30, 2007 · Leave a Comment

I just used the new Town of Chapel Hill WiFi for the first time. I was having lunch on Franklin street and got my laptop out. This is what I found in front of the Post Office.

SSID: TOWNofCH-WiFi
Channel: 6
Open

Now we need more public seating in front of the [...]

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My View on WiFi in Chapel Hill News

By On August 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment

A short opinion piece I wrote appears on the front page of todays Chapel Hill News. Its called Wi-Fi for the People. Its about my recent efforts to bring public WiFi to Chapel Hill, the new WiFi pilot project slated to start September 1, and the Chapel Hill Wireless Tailgate Parties.

In the [...]

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MuniWireless blogs about Wireless in Chapel Hill

By On August 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Carol Ellison over at MuniWireless.com has written a post called Turning infrastructures into true community networks. Its about our work in Chapel Hill to bring attention to new public wifi hotspots. Hopefully on September 1 we will have five new public WiFi hotspots sponsored by the Town of Chapel Hill.

The post [...]

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Share the Chapel Hill Wireless Map

By On August 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment

April/May of last year (2006) I created the WordPress blog and Google Maps mash up Chapel Hill Wireless. The goal was to help people find wireless hotspots in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, North Carolina. Since then Anton created Durham Wireless and Zach created Asheville Wireless. Plus lots of other [...]

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Muni WiFi helps bridge disaster recovery

By On August 6, 2007 · Leave a Comment

MuniWreless.com points me to a good article at Computer World called New Wi-Fi network proves critical in Minneapolis bridge disaster.

“Thank goodness we had it in and that this piece of the network was already up and operational,” said Minneapolis City CIO Lynn Willenbring. “We could not have been as effective [...]

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