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SF WiFi April Newsletter

“By the time March turned into April, the whole woodland was dancing around to celebrate the new spring season – especially the lamb-like spring breeze that had once blown fierce as a lion in winter”. 

Noteworthy news this spring:

• Bandwidth capacity is becoming an issue. Application bandwidth hogs such as: streaming video, music and even the efficient user (actually doing work) are increasing demands on Internet bandwidth. Solution is simple – add bandwidth!! SF WiFi has worked on many new T1 installs, upgrades or bonded T1’s and we have contacts that will help clients receive best pricing for a new service. Contact SF WiFi for more information.

• Clients are beginning to replace legacy wireless gear and improving speed, signal coverage and reliability with 802.11n. SF WiFi is pleased to see the new Apple iPad utilizes 802.11n. It maybe a good time to upgrade your wireless to 802.11n. Ask SF WiFi how 802.11n dual band can improve your wireless network.

• It maybe time to think about Microsoft Office 2007/2010. Pick up a copy of Office 2007 between now and September 30, and you’ll be eligible to get a free upgrade to Office 2010 with the Microsoft’s Technology Guarantee Program. Contact your Microsoft reseller or SF WiFi for more information.

• Marketing trends via WordPress and blog pages: Shaw Web Designs is designing web pages almost exclusively with WordPress allowing clients to easily edit and add content themselves as often as required. Updating web site content is great way to improve search engine discovery and improve marketing.

• And always make sure you have some sort of file backup running!!

You can follow SF WiFi on our blog site “Coverage” where we promote the flow of information about products, support info, geek jokes and announcements. We can also be found on Twitter

Geek chortle for April: Adding software patches too soon after being released and then worse yet – not installing patches at all.

SF WiFi would like to thank you for your business.

802.11n officially ratified

The IEEE 802 standards organization has officially ratified 802.11n. The high speed 802.11n Wi-Fi standard has been in draft status for nearly two years as engineers worked out their differences. As an official standard, 802.11n certified devices should work together, even from different vendors. Officials plan to publish the final standard in mid-October.IEEE standardization will ensure interoperability and high speed. It will theoretically connect at 300Mbps, about six times the theoretical 54 Mbps peak speed of the previous 208.11g/a standards. Typical thoughput of “N” is expected to be around 144 Mbit/s.