Wireless metro service providers: back from the dead; Web site tackles age-old question

Opinion
Jul 2, 20072 mins

Anderson: Wireless metro service providers: back from the dead, 06/26/07: About 13 years ago, we at Battery Ventures invested in a company called General Wireless, a company with no assets, no customers and one tough CEO, Roger Lindquist.

‘Net Buzz: Web site tackles age-old question, 06/26/07: How far can you drive after the gas-tank warning light goes on?

Bradner: Fourth Amendment applies to cyberspace, for now, 06/26/07: U.S. Appeals Court rules in favor of e-mail privacy and security in Ohio.

Gearhead: Of mice and madness, 06/26/07: I rescind my positive rating of a mouse and wrestle to make my mouse work, and just before I loose my mind, I solve the problem. And discover that I should have guessed the cause . . .

Nutter’s Help Desk: Router loopback interfaces: Delete or keep? 06/22/07: I am doing a review of the configuration of all our Cisco equipment after taking over from my predecessor. I noticed in one of the routers has a loopback interface on it but I can’t account for the actual interface that corrects to the loopback …

Backspin: 1984 plus 23 equals CACP, 06/28/07: Orwell’s 1984 conjured up a dystopian future where the masses were manipulated and controlled to preserve the power of the elite. Kind of brings the tactics of the RIAA and the MPAA to mind doesn’t it? And now there’s something called the “Coalition …

Dr. Internet: Issues with installing software driver, 06/27/07: I have a Novatel Merlin 620 CDMA-EVDO cellular data card for my laptop that stopped working recently after a software upgrade failed part way through. I tried to uninstall the software driver to reinstall it again but the uninstaller program fails …

Johnson: SMB services: myths and realities, 06/27/07: Finally, if you’re a service provider selling to SMBs – don’t patronize us. Don’t confuse us with consumers. And get ready to grow with us.

Editorial: NWW changes afoot, 06/22/07: Two exciting developments at Network World have a bearing on how we deliver content to you.