I know it sounds like witchcraft but sometimes, fixing software and hardware bugs is beyond mysterious. So how about this: to fix the iPad’s Wi-Fi issues, notably the problem reconnecting with your Wi-Fi base station after waking from sleep, all you have to do is increase the brightness of the screen. What? That sounds silly, […]
NTIA reopens BTOP application window for public safety broadband systems
May 13, 2010 by
The NTIA announced that it will provide an opportunity for certain state and local governments to apply for broadband stimulus funding to support public safety projects. The potential applicants are the state and local governmental entities that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently permitted to deploy public safety broadband systems using the 700 MHz public […]
Sprint Reveals EVO 4G Pricing: $199 Phone, $10 extra for WiMAX, $30 for Pocketspot Capability
May 13, 2010 by
When we heard about plans for a big Sprint HTC EVO 4G shindig in New York tonight, we sort of figured we’d hear some more details about the first WiMAX smartphone for the U.S. market. Turns out it will be available June 4. So what will you pay for a handheld device that can surf at either […]
Texas-New Mexico Power dumps T1 lines, deploys microwave backhaul
May 12, 2010 by
Texas-New Mexico Power (TNMP), a community-based electrical power generation and distribution company serving more than 216,000 subscribers in Texas and 490,000 subscribers in New Mexico, is dumping its T1 lines and replacing them with microwave backhaul systems from Exalt Communications. TNMP hired Houston-based telecommunications and IT engineering firm Lockard & White to assist in design, […]
Oh no, not again! Anti-municipal broadband bill in North Carolina
April 15, 2010 by
Stop The Cap has informed us that “North Carolina’s incumbent cable and phone companies are once again trying to ram through an anti-municipal broadband bill, and their timing is designed to rush it through committee before a groundswell of consumer opposition has a chance to build. Time is short — the bill will be taken […]
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