Recently in wireless Category

Ever since the advent of wireless networks there have been issues with security. While some issues have been quite serious, with sensitive data being purloined by criminals etc., in many instances an insecure wireless network simply allows other people to "piggyback" on it for free.

Why pay for bandwidth / internet access if you don't have to?

One of the ISPs in the UK, however, is attracting a bit of media attention at the moment due to a change in their terms of service:

9.6.4 We shall be entitled to terminate the Service immediately if We discover that:

(i) You have accessed the Service using Your username and password on multiple occasions, simultaneously;

(ii) You have permitted (whether knowingly or not) a third party to access the Service using Your username and password; or

(iii) You have permitted (whether knowingly or not) a third party (or third parties) to access the Service using a wireless connection over Your Communications Line.

Whether the ISP intends to actively pursue clients who abuse their new terms of service or not remains to be seen.

A storm in a teacup?

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I don't own an iPhone, but if I did the new offer from o2 Ireland and Bitbuzz would probably excite me.

Simply sign up with O2, register the device in a Bitbuzz hotspot and find yourself surfing for free in our locations throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland.

In the last few days the plans to introduce free wifi to Dublin city have been axed.

Dublin City Council has come under some criticism for its shelving of the plan and has been accused of bowing to pressure from commercial interests.

The Council plans to run pilot schemes in some areas of the city which are not served by commercial ISPs according to reports.

Over the last few months I've been talking a lot about the mobile web in other places, however the reality in the Irish market isn't that attractive. While it may be fine to navigate the web from your phone if you're on your local wireless network ie. piggy backing off your dsl or similar, the costs of browsing the web using one of the operators maybe prohibitive.

Adrian Weckler's latest blog post mentions some of the cost involved and they are not nice!

Damien Mulley provides an interesting price comparison table with pricing in several countries compared to the "best" deals in Ireland