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 [...]
By Jeff
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Also posted in Broadband, 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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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 [...]
Earlier this week, I posted a few thoughts on how the broadband gap isn’t isolated to rural areas of the U.S., but affects urban areas too. I took that as an opportunity to encourage local governments and community groups to band together to tackle the issue themselves, in conjunction with the federal government’s broadband stimulus [...]
Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about fiber-optic communication. The phone companies are hyping fiber as the best thing since sliced bread. I constantly see commercials for a certain phone company’s fiber-optic network that make it seem as though this technology is widely available and will improve broadband [...]