Sebastopol's city council voted unanimously to allow Sonic.net to build a free WiFi network. The network will cover a half-square mile downtown, and be accessible to anyone with a wireless connection.

Tim Pozar used to speak only rarely to his neighbors in San Francisco's foggy Sunset district, but that changed the day he hung out a wireless antenna and welcomed the world to use his high-speed ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - It is one of the oldest tricks in a hacker’s playbook, setting up their own wifi network in a public place and snooping on any computer or phone that logs onto the “free ...

Mobile telephone service providers are trying to block a plan to create a free, nationwide wireless broadband network by insisting on protections from interference that would make it impossible to ...

Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News ...

Kudos to the Denver International Airport for converting their paid WiFi network access from a paid model to an advertising supported model (read details here). Unfortunately, the free WiFi network ...

Sonic.net is expanding plans to build networks that will provide free wireless Internet service to residents and businesses in sections of Santa Rosa, Petaluma and Windsor. The plan is the latest ...

One Woodlands group is exploring a wireless network for The Woodlands Waterway while the community expands its use of wireless systems. Many businesses in The Woodlands provide WiFi Internet networks ...

Racing through the airport with 10% battery left, that free WiFi network looks like salvation. The Transportation Security Administration has a blunt message for smartphone users: resist the ...