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802.11ac Channel Allocation (Because I keep having to look the damn thing up)

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Cellphone calling over WiFi - France edition

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GigaOm and Verge are running stories on Free.fr - a remarkably disruptive broadband service in France which, for ~$40/month provides a 30MB broadband connection, IPTV (w/ set-top box), wi-fi, and free calling to a passel of countries. ( There is a good description of Free.fr here , for those who care ) Free.fr has been singly responsible for a dramatic reduction in cost ( and improvement in services!) for all triple-play services in France.  Their main competition has been the recent surge in quad -play - mobile, along with the triple-play of broadband, voice and video, and they've just announced their response in this space.  For 19.99 € they will provide, well, Unlimited everything (text, mms, calling, internet, etc.). Their approach is somewhat the same as what T-Mobile, Republic, and others are doing in the U.S., viz. leveraging wi-fi connectivity to route calls/data over the internet whenever possible.  In this vein, one huge advantage they have is th...

Beer and wifi

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The only thing cooler than a hack is a hack involving beer ... Seriously - go check out this awesome hack showing you how to improve your wifi performance using a beer can! (And oh, be sure to drink the beer first!)