Here at PingWi-Fi, we have been viewed by persons in 14 countries around the world, in this our first month. “Welcome” to the gentleman from Finland. Shout out to Singapore. And props to India, New Zealand and everyone else.

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On my second trip to Sundance Film Festival, I had a chance meeting with a gentleman on the icy streets. I recognized the actor immediately and quickly offered him one of my promotional t-shirts. He accepted, tucked the chotsky under his leather coat and then was ushered into a shiny black Cadillac Escalade, where I […]

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The road between Jacksonville and Orlando was quite a drive. For the first 45 minutes, I took the A1 highway with the Atlantic Ocean on the left, until I hit St. Augustine and then veered off to the right, and hopped on I-95 headed for Orlando. It was pretty tempting to pull over and get […]

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Upcoming 802.11v Wireless Standard ‘Greens Up’ WLAN Trapeze Networks Engineer Tells InterOp New York How PLEASANTON, Calif., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ — The coming IEEE 802.11v standard will introduce new power savings features that will “green up” wireless LANs. This important advance will be explained at the InterOp New York conference by Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks’ […]

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Before I left the Five Points area of Jacksonville, I was drawn to the freshly painted window of a little coffee shop called L@titudes, with the “at” sign in the name. Hmmm … you think they will have wireless Internet? I’m thinking yes. But, their sign also said “coming soon.” So, I may never know, […]

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T-Mobile USA Announces Commercial 3G Network Availability in 21 Markets By Mid-October Company Confirms Launch of UMTS/HSDPA in Major Markets Across the Country and Details Plans for Additional Markets in the Fourth Quarter BELLEVUE, Wash. – Sept. 18, 2008 – T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced highlights of the company’s wireless network expansion plans, including the […]

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Then I got to the heart of things … Jacksonville proper. First off, I followed a tip from Ashley at the Old Bridge ice cream shop in Ponte Vedra Beach. She highly recommended the Five Points area, around the bend in the river from downtown Jacksonville. (Old Bridge – new management. No Wi-Fi samples, although […]

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The next day, I fired up the Wi-Fi Ford 250 Diesel, 4-wheel-drive, King Ranch edition and rolled toward Jacksonville for some urban trucking. But first, I ran across what must be the shopping mecca of north Florida, St. Johns Town Center. As I like to say, there was more Wi-Fi than you could shake a […]

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“I ain’t no student of ancient culture …” Mesopotamia B-52s

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The first portion of my Jacksonsville tour was marked by a combination of incognito yet in-your-face commuter-ism. The first time I traveled across the United States, I drove an SUV that was the subtle color of an orange safety-pylon – covered in sponsor logos. This trip, at least during the Jacksonville leg, I wanted something […]

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