Angry Customer to Invoice WiFi, Internet Service Provider Over Frequent Downtime
I've decided to start mailing Charter an invoice every time there is an extended service outage. It's been down literally all week this week (October, 2009) with the exception of a couple hours in the middle of the night when they turn it back on. Why do they turn it off? I suspect it is because they have an exclusive contract granting them all of St. Tammany Parish (no competitors can run lines in the parish by virtue, or more accurately by vice), and they haven't got sufficient bandwidth capabilities to provide service to the entire parish all at once...

The Worst WiFi Service Company in the World
I would strongly advise anyone thinking about signing up for wireless internet service (wifi service) to avoid doing so via Charter Communications at all costs. That is, unless you're the type that enjoys paying for a service you are only occasionally provided by a company featuring quite possibly the worst customer service of any company in the entire world...

Indian Wells Tennis Garden Standardizes on Ruckus ZoneFlex System to Deal with Increasing Density of Wireless Users and Applications
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruckus Wirelessâ„¢ today announced that the Indian Wells Tennis Garden (Indian Wells, Calif.), the second largest tennis-specific stadium in the world and home of the BNP Paribas Open, has selected and standardized on Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi to support a myriad of indoor and outdoor wireless applications from point of sale and entry/exit ticket scanning to guest access and mobile data offload.

San Diego's Balboa Park Brings High-Capacity Wi-Fi to the Masses
      SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruckus Wirelessâ„¢ today announced that Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC), an innovative technology project serving more than 25 cultural institutions in San Diego's Balboa Park, has selected and deployed its Smart Wi-Fi products and technology to bring high-capacity, high-performance Wi-Fi to the millions of people who visit the park each year. Home of the world-renowned San Diego Zoo, 15 museums, and numerous cultural centers, Balboa Park has been a popular destination for family fun and recreational activities for nearly a century.

Small Cells Report 2011-2016: Analysing the Business Case of Heterogeneous Networks
NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Small Cells Report 2011-2016: Analysing the Business Case of Heterogeneous Networks Report Details Vendors Building a Strong Case for Small Cell Architectures "A mixed macro/ small cell architecture offers about 2.5 times the user data rate of a pure macro cell environment, providing 1.8 times the capacity for a mean data rate of 10Mbps per user- NEC" Major vendors such as Alcatel Lucent, Ericsson, NEC and ...

Vopium Launches First Real BlackBerry Wi-Fi Calling App for Consumers
        COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Although calling apps for the BlackBerry are widely available, they suffer from limitations and carrier-imposed requirements that undermine the benefits.

New York City Parks Visitors Made More Than 750,000 Connections to Free AT&T Wi-Fi Since June
NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Visitors are busy logging on with the expansion of free AT&T* Wi-Fi service in New York City parks across the five boroughs, including four additional parks locations launched today: Mineral Springs and Tavern on the Green in Central Park, Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park and Devoe Park in the Bronx.

Two of Britain's Largest Exhibition Venues Become the UK's First to Deploy Ultra High-Speed (802.11n) Smart Wi-Fi
  LONDON and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruckus Wirelessâ„¢ today announced that EC&O Venues (EC&O) has selected and standardized on next-generation Smart Wi-Fi products and technology from Ruckus Wireless throughout two of London's premiere event venues: Earls Court and Olympia exhibition halls.  With more than 2.2 million visitors every year, Earls Court and Olympia are the first large-scale public venues in the UK to move to higher speed, dual-band (2.4 and 5 GHz) 802.11n Wi-Fi technology capable of supporting speeds of up to 600 Mbps. Now operational in both venues, the Ruckus ZoneFlex Wi-Fi system was installed to address reliability, performance and scalability problems of its legacy ...