Reasons to go wireless...

Malcolm Gladwell

This bloke cost me six Tequilas before midday because I never read his book (didn't even know that I had to read his book!)

It's all spaghetti sauce to me...

Nedi

I used Nedi extensively about 2 years ago. Methinks, I'll start using it again...

iBurst WiMax

MyBroadband writes in Vodacom's network infrastructure: "Last year Vodacom deployed a WiMax network on behalf of iBurst, spanning large parts of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban. As of 31 December 2008, 118 WiMAX base stations were operational in South Africa.

WiMax allows Vodacom to resell a wireless broadband service similar to ADSL, which complements the HSPA wireless broadband services. WiMax provides an assured rate service which functions as a wireless leased service with quality of service and service level guarantees for enterprises, typically competing with leased line offerings from Telkom and Internet Solutions."

The original Madge Networks engineering team

The original engineering team at Madge Networks: Bruce Tanner, Mark Richer, Martin Lea, Robert Madge and Rob Stubbs.

Bosberaad

iBurst in Lebanon

TeleGeography writes in Mobi to expand iBurst access to nearly three-quarters of population: "According to TeleGeography's GlobalComms database, the Mobi network, based on iBurst wireless technology, was launched in December 2006, and by January 2009 had reached over 70 locations."

History of telecommunications

After having dug to a depth of 10 metres last year, Scottish Scientists found traces of copper wire dating back more than 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English scientists dug to a depth of 20 metres, and shortly after, headlines in the UK newspapers read: " English archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the Scots. "

One week later, "The Kerryman", a southwest Irish newspaper, reported the following: "After digging as deep as 30 metres in peat bog near Tralee, Paddy O'Driscoll, a self taught archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely nothing. Paddy has therefore concluded that 300 years ago Ireland had already gone wireless."

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