Wireless Internet Access in Rockville - Resources

Here are some links that can help citizens with wireless Internet access.  If you know of additional information, please send a note to comments@rocknet.org.

Finding Hot Spots

• JiWire Guide to Wi-Fi
• Wi-FiHotSpotList
• Wi-Fi Free Spot
• The Hotspot Haven
• WiFiMaps

Articles on Wireless Internet Access

• Applied Wireless LAN Newsletter
• Wi-Fi Mesh Networks
• General Interest Article
• The Municipal WISP
• Beyond Wi-Fi
• Free Community Nets Sprouting Up
• Wireless Demystified
• Hierarchical Community Internet
• Wireless Net at pay phones
• Virginia Services for the Personal Digital Assistant
• Wi-Fi Success in Meteor Crater
• AT&T CEO Aims to Convert Wireless Cynics

Other Cities Providing Wireless Access

• Austin, Texas - Revitalization Authority
• Tallahassee, Florida - Launch, Wireless Network, Frequency Guide, Motorola
• Cumberland, Maryland - AllCoNet,
• Jacksonville, Florida - Wireless Internet Zone
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Calls for city-wide Wi-Fi
• Dusseldorf, Germany - City-wide Wi-Fi
• New York City - Verizon Hot Spots
• Baltimore - Unwired Pilot
• Somerville, Massachusetts - WiFi Experiment

Basic Technology Information

• IEEE Standards
• IEEE 802.11 Group
• IEEE Broadband Position
• IEEE Broadband Workshop Report
• Summary 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
• 802.11g Specification
• Synopsis on Wireless Ethernet (IEEE 802.11)
• 802.11 Planet
• Wirelapse.net
• eg3.com mobil and wireless resources
• WiFi Maps

Providers

• NetStar Communications
• Boingo Wireless
• Jetstream Wireless
• T-Mobile Hotspot
• Verizon
  • Verizon Service in DC