Author Archives: Jeff
I was recently traveling in New York City to speak at the Morgan Joseph Conference. Realizing I hadn’t yet booked a hotel room, I made a pit stop at a coffee shop to refuel and search hotels.com on my 3G-enabled iPad. Generally, I love the freedom associated with making plans on-the-go, thanks to modern technology. [...]
Posted in Broadband, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, Wireless broadband
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Tagged 3G, 4G, Broadband, iPad, jeff thompson, Mobile Devices, new york city, Steve Jobs, Towerstream, Wifi, wireless
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Just saw my guest blog post go live on Technically Philly, Philadelphia’s online source for news, people, companies, and events that affect their growing technology community. I finally put together a list of my favorite reasons to choose 4G when considering office Internet connectivity. Historically, businesses had been tied down by wired Internet connectivity, but [...]
The following post has been written by our very own Arthur G. Giftakis, Vice President of Engineering and Network Operations at Towerstream. Arthur has played an extremely important role in designing and implementing our technology over the last 10 years. Arthur will be creating a series of guest blog posts exploring the idea of ‘mobile [...]
Posted in Broadband, Fiber, Internet, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, Uncategorized, WiMAX, Wireless broadband
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Tagged 4G, arthur giftakis, jeff thompson, Towerstream, wi-fi, WiMAX, wireless
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Everyone in the mobile space is no doubt posting their thoughts on this week’s iPhone 4 announcement. Of course, with the tremendous innovation that the new iPhone model is comes great demand on the network. As a wireless provider, Towerstream thought that two interesting things came up during the keynote. One was Apple’s Wi-Fi fluke while [...]
This week, I guest blogged for Technically Philly, Philadelphia’s online source for news, people, companies, and events that affect their growing technology community. Towerstream began providing service in Philadelphia in December 2009, and we’re enthusiastic to become more involved in this market, sharing with locals the emerging trends that excite us at Towerstream. This week, I [...]
A couple of weeks ago, Towerstream hosted CNET’s Maggie Reardon on a behind-the-scenes Empire State Building tour of our rooftop technology, which generates a wireless ring in New York City’s sky. Thanks to CNET’s photography, I now invite you to join me at one of Manhattan’s highest points to see how Towerstream powers local businesses every day.
To reach Towerstream’s Empire [...]
Posted in Broadband, Fiber, Internet, Towerstream, WiMAX
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Tagged antennas, CNET, empire state building, maggie reardon, radios, sarah tew, WiMAX
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It’s been a big few weeks for tech with the launch of the game-changing Apple iPad and the debate is raging whether it will effectively kill the netbook, revitalize the publishing industry, and/or increase carpal tunnel syndrome.
I couldn’t resist and bought an iPad a few weeks ago and I’m [...]
March 31, 2010 – 12:49 pm
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the CTIA Wireless 2010 Conference in Las Vegas. It was an eventful few days spent attending panels and talking to others in the industry. In this business, I’ve been to my fair share of conferences, and while they’re always insightful, this year’s CTIA Wireless was by far [...]
The CTIA Wireless 2010 conference recently wrapped up in Las Vegas and already there’s been a lot of great, substantive discussion about the themes presented, from the smartphone revolution to the debates raging about WiMAX vs. LTE.
Towerstream’s Chief Revenue Officer Mel Yarbrough was there to speak on a FierceWireless panel addressing [...]
March 16, 2010 – 10:56 am
This morning, I am very pleased to report that Towerstream announced an agreement to acquire Sparkplug Communications’ Chicago and Nashville business assets, including all customer contracts and network infrastructure.
We’re looking forward to expanding our Chicago market as well as establish ourselves in Nashville. Our first acquisition in company history, this transaction will be accretive [...]
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