Websites & eNewsletters

Broadband Properties Magazine Seeing this site made me marvel at the content that is out there on the Internet. According to the Mission Statement: BROADBAND PROPERTIES is the leading source of information on digital and broadband technologies for buildings and communities. Our editorial aims to accelerate the deployment of Fiber-To-The-Home and Fiber-To-The-Premises while keeping readers up to date on the available solutions capable of serving their practical needs. I'm curious to hear what you readers think of this site.

Broadband Reports This trade journal covers a wide swath of issues on broadband, from product and service reviews to news items, etc. I would visit this site AFTER you have developed a little bit of knowledge of broadband issues, because while it offers a tremendous amount of information, to the uninitiated it will be like drinking from a firehose.

Broadband Wireless Business Magazine On your digital magazine rack, this website magazine features news items and in-depth articles that examine wireless technologies offering alternative solutions for backhaul and last-mile access - from wireless LANs to wireless MANs, millimeter wave fixed wireless and free-space optics. A good glossary, events calendar, and other features make this site very useful. For the technologically sophisticated reader, this site is well organized and has a great amount of information.

Corante is a premier blog site that covers technology and business issues, so often it has an article of interest in re wireless broadband. As it describes itself: "The world's first blog media company, Corante is a trusted, unbiased source on technology, science and business that's authored by highly respected thinkers, commentators and journalists; read by many of the sector's top entrepreneurs, executives, funders and followers; and is helping to lead the emergence of blogging as an influential and important form of reportage, analysis and commentary."

DailyWireless.org At first glance, the sheer amount of data on this website may appear intimidating. However, I've found it to be a rich, if quirky, source of interesting applications and developments in the world of wireless. I've set my browser to launch with this website, because it is kept up to date with the latest news, and has a tremendous set of links to other sites on the web. This is the Swiss Army Knife of wireless websites. Not to be confused with DailyWireless.com, which offers coverage of wireless industry news from more of an industry point of view.

eWeek.com this eMagazine has a section entitled Mobile and Wireless.

Google This site is the beginning and end of web searches. Search engines grew in popularity as the Internet grew by leaps and bounds - the founders of Google put together the most elegant and robust of search engines, and now, on the heels of their blockbuster IPO last year, Google is the acknowledged "King of Search." Often by typing a few key words, Google will list the website you are looking for. Websites that are the product of Google searches are listed in order of links to other sites and the presence of key words inside the sites that match your search terms, with the logic that good alignment on these parameters gives you a high probability of finding what you are looking for. And it works, 9 times out of 10! Make this a part of your web browser and get used to using it, and your effectiveness in using the Internet, and your level of enjoyment, will rise considerably.

Government Technology sponsored by Intel, is a content-rich, professional website that should be bookmarked by those interested in metropolitan broadband. This site also features a section and newsletter titled Digital Communities that will keep you informed via your email of the latest in digital communities that have MetroNets. Lots of good content - for example, I found this document through the Wireless Mesh link. The One Hundred Year Storm: Wireless Disruption in Telecommuncations, is a Deloitte & Touche whitepaper that gives good theoretical backing for why we pay attention to metropolitan broadband - because it disrupts the traditional approach to telecommunciations.

Howstuffworks.com This site is great to get started on figuring out the insides of things. Type relevant search terms and browse the results to get expert, detailed descriptions of how things work. Depending on your search, it may be hit or miss, but it is a great learning tool to get an understanding of technology terms.

Jiwire is devoted to providing info on Wi Fi Hot Spots, primarily as a resource for business travelers, with its now industry-standard Hot Spot Guide. JiWire was founded by Kevin McKenzie as a hotspot directory with an editorial component, focused on product reviews and how-tos, with contributions from Glenn Fleishman. The site has changed only slightly over its two and one-half years of existence, bringing more focus to product than it originally did.

Motorola Connections is an e-zine produced by Motorola's Canopy division. It has very relevant content for cities looking at wireless broadband as an option.

National Journal's Insider Update: The Telecom Act This website is true to its title, offering good quality, timely scoop on the goings on in Washington, DC, concerning the rewriting of the Telecom Act of 1996. Bookmark this one and follow their posts!

Search Mobile Computing's 802.11 Learning Guide Published over two years ago, this compendium of information on Wi Fi is a must read for a beginner - learn the terms here first and you will not find your time spent in vain. See the Search Mobile Computing website as well - "the Web's Best Mobile Computing Information Resource for Enterprise IT Professionals" - very tech oriented, but a good source of information.

TCS: Tech Central Station - Where Free Markets Meet Technology provides a comprehensive window of analysis and commentary from a free-market, corporate perspective on the changing face of technology and how it is reshaping the world to bring greater benefits and increase the size of the economic pie. This site is global in perspective and provides tremendous reach, in both depth and breadth. This site is sponsored by DCI Group, a conservative public affairs firm with reach around the globe.

TECHtionary: World's First and Largest Animated Magazine on TECHnology The first time I went to this site, I got lost about 30 minutes of consciousness as I clicked through it, searching for different terms and watching the animated slide shows - it was very similar to how you would become absorbed in a video game. This free site has over 2500 animated tutorials on technology terms. This is another tool for your toolbox on tracking and understanding the changing face of wireless broadband.

Whatis.com, the leading IT encyclopedia and learning center If your focus is technology, this guide published by TechTarget is a good source for the very technical terms you may come across in your research.

Wikipedia This on-line people's encyclopedia is a great reference guide for just about anything. Move over, Encyclopedia Brittanica. Oh yeah, that's gone now. Type in your word or phrase and up comes a reference. Wikis are a new type of Internet software that allow on-line documents to be edited by anyone, resulting in a large, open-source encyclopedia. This is an encyclopedia by the world, for the world. Move over, World Book. Check it out.

WiMAX.com This brand new site was recently established to serve as an information resource for the new technology of WiMAX, which will offer cities another solution for unwiring. The intent of the site is to open up this new technology and raise the level of awareness on the possibilities of WiMAX.