The Heartland Institute

Wi-fi users in Minneapolis, Minnesota received some bill shock last summer when they got invoices for the city s ostensibly free municipal service. US Internet (USI), the provider of the Minneapolis Internet and hosting services, required users to verify their identities with a credit card. The company claims the invoices were ...

An Austin, Texas, computer store is rolling out a plan to set up 50 free wi-fi hotspots throughout the city, stating it is frustrated with the city s broken promise to blanket the community with free wi-fi using taxpayer money. Three years ago I fully expected Austin to have nearly blanketed free wi-fi service by now, said ...

The Federal Communications Commission s new National Broadband Plan says the United States needs more broadcast spectrum opened up for wireless broadband use, with the assumption it s being wasted by the traditional broadcast television industry. The looming question, however, is how to open that spectrum in a fair fashion. The ...

Internet access via a wi-fi connection in one s car was one of the hottest items on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January but the prospect is being called a public hazard before it s even launched as a viable product. Ford emerged as a leader in this technology at CES, debuting its SYNC in-car connectivity ...

Comcast of Eastern Shore LLC has filed suit against a Gambrills, Maryland-based provider of wireless Internet service to condos and timeshares, accusing the firm of illegally reselling Comcast s high-speed Internet service. The suit calls into question the legal limits on reselling broadband, a common practice at coffee shops around ...

A patent infringement lawsuit has been filed in the United States Court for the Northern District of California against NETGEAR, Inc. by Ruckus Wireless, Inc. Ruckus alleges NETGEAR and Rayspan infringed two of its wi-fi patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 7,358,912 and 7,193,562) in the development of the RangeMax WPN 824v3 wireless ...