Even though it’s still not a standard, 802.11n is starting to take off. The Swedish city of Lund has decided to build wireless hotspots using the technology. Larger carriers are also starting to get interested.
WeFi is hoping to do for Wi-Fi connectivity what Facebook has done for social networking.
WeFi, a software company headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, and in Tel Aviv, Israel, creates software that can be downloaded for free onto laptops or mobile devices that the company says will enhance Wi-Fi connectivity and provide mobile devices with more powerful connection tools.
Dave Heck, CIO for the city of Tempe, Ariz., remembers when municipal Wi-Fi advocates talked four years ago about wireless networks as shining beacons that would bring the Internet to the masses.
Over the past four weeks, the City of Sydney Council has been trialling the provision of free Wi-Fi services in its libraries.
